artience group's development and production plan for Lithium-ion battery conductive agents approved by METI

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artience Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director Satoru Takashima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) and its subsidiary company TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD. (President and Representative Director Hideki Okaichi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) have received approval from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for the artience group's development and production plan for conductive auxiliary materials and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) used in Lithium-ion battery electrodes. METI approved the plan as part of its “Supply Security Plan for Storage Batteries."
CNTs are becoming the mainstream conductive additive used in electrodes to improve the electronic conductivity of Lithium-ion batteries. However, due to the extreme difficultly in uniformly dispersing CNTs, the artience group is the only Japanese company that has successfully commercialized CNT dispersions*. The artience group will respond to the growing demand for CNT dispersions used as conductive additives by strengthening its production system, while helping to realize a sustainable society through the global proliferation of electric vehicles.

* As of September 2024, according to artience Co., Ltd. research.