Bühler to supply battery production equipment for FIB
FIB is planning to start with an annual production capacity of 8 GWh. Bühler’s equipment, which includes four continuous mixing lines for the production of electrode pastes, is to be installed by the end of 2025. FIB expects production to start in 2026.
Under the new deal, Bühler will deliver two continuous mixing lines each for anode and cathode electrode slurry production at Teverola 2. According to the supplier, the newly installed systems “utilize Bühler’s co-rotating twin-screw extruder technology, streamlining multiple process steps into a single, continuously running unit.” Bühler’s technological solution consumes up to four times less energy and requires fewer operators.
“Bühler’s state-of-the-art continuous mixing technology and their proven expertise at Teverola 1 made them the ideal partner for Teverola 2,” said Andrea Civitillo, co-founder and Managing Director at Seri Industrial S.p.A. and FIB S.p.A., adding: “Their solutions offer unparalleled efficiency, sustainability, and scalability, which align perfectly with our goals for the project. This partnership strengthens our position in the growing market for renewable energy and electric mobility markets.”
Adrian Spillmann, Head of Market Segment Battery Electrode Compounds at Bühler, further elaborated: “Our continued collaboration with FIB S.p.A. embodies our shared vision of driving innovation and sustainability in the energy sector. We are proud to contribute to such a transformative project that will significantly enhance Europe’s capacity for producing high-performance LFP batteries.”
This is not the first instance where the two companies are working together, as in 2020, Bühler delivered an electrode slurry production system to FIB’s Teverola 1 project, a pilot plant with a capacity of 0.35 GWh per year. Earlier this year, Bühler also delivered megacasting systems for Honda.
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