Elkem is now establishing Vianode as a new company and brand dedicated to develop and produce sustainable and high quality active anode materials to meet the needs of the exponentially growing electric vehicles marketplace.

“The production of battery materials represents one of our biggest growth opportunities. By establishing Vianode as a dedicated company for advanced battery materials, we ensure full focus on developing this business and progressing the large-scale battery plant towards a planned final investment decision in 2021”, says CEO of Elkem, Michael Koenig.

Vianode's industrial pilot in Kristiansand, Norway, has already started qualification processes with several battery cell producers. It is currently in dialogue with a number of battery cell manufacturers globally and entered into a memorandum of understanding related to the supply of battery materials with FREYR in October 2020. Advanced research on silicon-graphite composite materials is being carried out for improved battery performance for the years to come.