According to Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, battery cells are gaining in importance as a versatile and efficient means of storing energy. They are a driving force in advancing electromobility, for example, and a key technology of great strategic and economic significance for manufacturing companies. Current demand is mainly met through cost-driven mass production in Asia and North America, which also affects the mechanical and plant engineering sectors. “In Germany we don’t have the conditions to be competitive in purely cost-driven mass production of cells and the associated mechanical engineering,” said Professor Jürgen Fleischer, Head of…
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