Juhokórejský Samsung svoju veľkú fabriku pre niekoľko tisíc ľudí vo Voderadoch neďaleko Trnavy už pred dvoma rokmi uzavrel.

Teraz však susediaca opustená hala znova ožije – pre krajinu možno ešte prínosnejším projektom. Spolu s trojhektárovým pozemkom si ju totiž kúpila na svoje nové výskumno-výrobné centrum na batérie do elektromobilov slovenská firma InoBat Auto.

Halu si začne prispôsobovať pre svoje špecifické potreby už koncom roka. Okrem vývoja tam bude bežať aj samotná výroba batérií. InoBat v stredu zverejnil, že prvé batérie vyrobí na budúci rok.

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The project is to implement and operate a 100 MWh battery manufacturing demonstration line, integrating a proprietary high throughput workflow technology and database experimentation platform, in Slovakia. The facility would mainly serve the CEE-based automotive manufacturers (OEM).

The demonstration project aims at the creation of a sustainable, cost-competitive innovative cell and battery production industry in Europe and contributes to the security of supply in critical components (batteries) to the EU industry.

Miliardové investície prichádzali na Slovensko doteraz iba s veľkými nadnárodnými automobilkami. Teraz však je jedným z tých, ktorí prinášajú na Slovensko investíciu v objeme 1,1 miliardy eur, investičný bankár Marián Boček. V cudzine strávil 17 rokov. Pracoval pre globálne banky a zahraničné vlády.

Za sebou má dealy v objeme vyše desať miliárd eur. Najskôr doma na Slovensku so svojou investičnou skupinou IPM investoval do hviezd slovenskej startupovej scény, ako je Aeromobil či GA Drilling. Teraz ide spolu s americkou firmou Wildcat Discovery Technologies a globálnou investičnou skupinou Koch Industries prostredníctvom ich novej spoločnej firmy InoBat Auto vybudovať vývojové centrum a obrovskú produkčnú fabriku na batérie pre elektromobily.

Für Hersteller von Elektroautos will die Firma InoBat mit Partnern Batterien nach Maßentwickeln und produzieren. Die Regierung unterstützt das Projekt.

Die junge Gesellschaft InoBat Auto hat Großes vor. Als gemeinsames Unternehmen der Anfang 2019 in der Slowakei gegründeten InoBat und ihres Technologiepartners Wildcat Discovery Technologies aus den USA will es zur größeren Unabhängigkeit der europäischen Automobilindustrie von asiatischen Batterieherstellern beitragen. Der erste Schritt sieht eine Investition von 100 Millionen Euro in der Slowakei vor - für die Errichtung eines Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrums und einer Pilotproduktionslinie für Batteriezellen (Jahreskapazität: 100 Megawattstunden). Der Aufbau soll im 2. Quartal 2020 beginnen, die Produktion Ende 2021 anlaufen. In einer zweiten Phase könnte schrittweise bis 2024 eine Massenproduktion von Batterien mit einer Jahreskapazität von 10 Gigawattstunden folgen. Diese Investition wird auf 1 Milliarde Euro angesetzt.

Bratislava, 5. februára 2020 – Po vzore vyspelých krajín má Slovensko jedinečnú šancu podieľať sa na vlastnom rozvoji autobatérií a stať sa špičkou v ich výrobe. Nástup éry elektromobility je neodvrátiteľný.

Zo strategického a bezpečnostného hľadiska je nevyhnutné, aby Európska únia mala rozhodovaciu suverenitu v oblasti elektromobility, vývoja a výroby autobatérii. „Investícia InoBat Auto má potenciál byť výrazným prínosom pre výskum na Slovensku. Vznik R&D centra bude kľúčový aj pre automobilky pôsobiace u nás a udržanie ich zamestnanosti,” vysvetľuje Marián Boček, predseda predstavenstva InoBat Auto.

On the 12th of December, the InoBat company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the representatives of Technical University of Kosice, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice, the Slovak Academy of Science (all three being a part of research centre Promatech) and the Kosice Self-Governing Region.

The signing of the memorandum represents the beginning of our cooperation and joint support related to the realisation of the InoBat project, especially in the field of e-mobility. Thanks to everyone who had made this happen - we are very excited about our common future plans!

The Slovak battery production and R&D company InoBat plans to work closely with universities in Slovakia to attract the best talents for their envisaged projects, which will revolutionise the battery market in Europe.

During a recent lecture “How to Make World-Class Batteries from The Heart of Europe” held at the Scientific Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies Promatech in Košice, Marian Bocek, the Co-founder of InoBat and Marian Smik, Chairman of the Slovak Battery Alliance talked about its vision on the future of e-mobility. The 1.5-hour long discussion detailed the plans for the projects, which will in the first phase focus on the building of a production demo line, with a view to further expand it to constructing a giga-factory with a capacity of 10GwH.

Bratislava, October 24 (TASR) - Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) signed a memorandum of understanding with Jozef Urban, vice-chair of the board of directors of InoBat, on Thursday.

The document should contribute to the smooth implementation of the company's plan to build a plant for producing batteries for electric cars worth some €100 million in Slovakia. The plant's location isn't yet known. "It's not about any particular assistance with construction. It's rather about opening the door and legislation," said Ziga. Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) general director Robert Simoncic stressed that InoBat won't only manufacture batteries; it's ambition is to develop a brand new platform for the whole EU. "It's a unique project. Slovakia is only the second country, following Sweden, where such production is being prepared," added Simoncic.

Bratislava, Slovakia / San Diego, California (DATE) - IPM Group, in consortium with its portfolio company InoBat and Flint Hills Resources, subsidiary of Koch Industries, invest USD20m Series C financing into Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a global leader in lithium-ion battery research and development. The investment marks an important milestone for the InoBat Auto project, laying the ground for the construction of Slovakia-based EUR100m battery production and R&D line starting in 2020, with a view to upscale to a 10 GWh mass manufacturing facility.

And becomes a strategic partner for the development of the InoBat Auto, EUR100m auto battery R&D and production line

BRATISLAVA (16/9/2019) – Matador today announced the investment in InoBat, that will help the R&D and battery production company revolutionise electro-mobility and energy storage in Europe, by building a unique combination of R&D centre and a production line in aforementioned sectors. Simultaneously, the companies entered into a strategic alliance for the construction of a 100MWh battery production line, InoBat Auto, that is expected to begin in the first half of 2020, providing the EU with proprietary battery solution for electric vehicles by the end of 2021.

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak group InoBat and U.S. energy tech firm Wildcat Discovery Technologies will build a 100 million euro ($111 million) automotive battery production line in Slovakia, with the aim of meeting future demand from central Europe’s carmakers.

The companies said on Friday construction on the 100 MWh line, able to produce 1,500 batteries annually initially, should start in the first half of 2020 and distribution will begin by the end of 2021. Eventually, they said, they wanted to upgrade the line to 10 GWh in the long term, boosting capacity to 150,000 batteries.

(Wildcat’s) proprietary technology has the potential to revolutionize the entire European electric vehicle batteries industry,” InoBat co-founder Marian Bocek said in a statement.

Bratislava, Slovakia / San Diego, California (26/7/2019) – In the very near future, Slovakia should see the construction of a 100MWh battery production line, the costs of which are estimated at EUR100m. The construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2020, with the first batteries ready for distribution towards the end of 2021. This initiative comes as the result of a strategic alliance agreement signed today between InoBat and Wildcat Discovery Technologies. For the first time, Wildcat’s renowned R&D platform enhanced with AI capabilities will be brought to Europe and combined in a unique full-scale production line.

Pozrite si záznam tlačovej besedy podpredsedu Európskej Komisie Maroša Šefčoviča a podpredsedu Európskej investičnej banky Vazila Hudáka o významnej strategickej spolupráci v oblasti elektromobility

Bratislava, Slovakia/ Prague, The Czech Republic (4/7/2019) – InoBat (backed by IPM Group, A.EN. Group and MSM Group) and CEZ today announce the signing of Memorandum of Understanding to explore the development of energy storage projects in the Czech Republic and Central Europe.

A Slovak accelerator InoBat, linking leading industrial groups in the Central European region with the world’s premier technologies, is developing a Pan-European battery excellence centre, headquartered in Slovakia, with the aim to establish battery demonstration and production lines with applications in electro-mobility (electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles), energy storage (utility scale storage systems) and alternative fuels (hydrogen). CEZ is one of the leading Central European power companies, market leader in Central Europe and an important player on the energy market. The partnership between CEZ and InoBat envisages cooperation in developing a variety of energy storage projects in the CEE region.

Hodnota trhu s batériami podľa odhadov odborníkov bude od roku 2025 predstavovať 250 miliárd eur a bude rýchlo rásť.

Bratislava 20. júna (TASR) - Zakladateľskú zmluvu záujmového združenia právnických osôb - Slovenskú batériovú alianciu (SBaA), podpísali vo štvrtok v Bratislave zakladajúci členovia, IPM, s. r. o., InoBat, j. s. a., A.EN Slovensko, s. r. o., MSM Holding, s. r. o., GreenWay Infrastructure, s. r. o., Sovnaft, a. s., Matador Holding, a. s., Centrum pre využitie pokročilých materiálov SAV a Technická univerzita v Košiciach. Slovensko tým zároveň deklarovalo ambície na rozvoj konkurencieschopného batériového ekosystému od výskumu cez výrobu až po recykláciu.

Európska investičná banka zvažuje podporu slovenských startupov.

Slovenskí startupisti by sa mohli ľahšie dostať k úverom. Európska investičná banka (EIB) má totiž v hľadáčiku niekoľko inovatívnych firiem na Slovensku, ktoré by rada podporila. Banka sa pritom sústredí predovšetkým na firmy, ktoré prešli z fázy skorého startupu do rozvojovej fázy, kde už potrebujú viac financií z rizikového kapitálu.

Marian Bocek, InoBat’s Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, participated at this year’s GLOBSEC Forum as a speaker at the discussion entitled “Bridging Europe’s West-East Clean Mobility Gap”.

Together with the key regional officials, stakeholders and experts, Mr. Bocek exchanged ideas and perspectives on this timely and complex topic. Moreover, Mr. Bocek offered his insights on new clean mobility industrial developments and business models in the CEE region and on how the regional companies such as InoBat can drive the European energy transition by creating complex value chains. The takeaways from this discussion will be folded into the GISM 2019 programme, aiming to provide input for discussion at the 20 June, 2019 European Council meeting, engage the reconfigured EU institutional landscape in Brussels, and encourage more ambitious national and municipal strategies with speedier project implementation.

Stredourópske konzorcium InoBat chce spolu s americkou spoločnosťou ESS vybudovať výrobné centrum schopné ročne vyprodukovať systémy pre skladovanie energie s kapacitou 300 megawatthodín. Výška investície má dosiahnuť 20 miliónov eur, centrum sa chystajú postaviť na Slovensku.

Objem produkcie 300 megawatthodín by mal po plne nabehnutej produkcii zodpovedať ročným tržbám v rádoch desiatok miliónov eur, samozrejme v závislosti od cien na trhu. Produkt ESS si pritom nemôžeme predstavovať ako obyčajnú “baterku”. Aktuálny výrobok je totiž s pôdorysom 30 metrov štvorcových a hmotnosťou okolo 36 ton de facto kontajnerom a výrobca ho ani neoznačuje ako batériu, ale ako „energy warehouse“, čiže „sklad energie“.

Bratislava, Slovakia/ Budapest, Hungary (16/5/2019) - InoBat (backed by IPM Group, A.EN. Group and MSM Group) and MOL Group today announce the signing of Memorandum of Understanding to develop hydrogen technology projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

A Slovak accelerator InoBat, linking leading industrial groups in the Central European region with the world’s premier technologies, is developing a Pan-European battery excellence centre, headquartered in Slovakia, with the aim to establish battery demonstration and production lines with applications in electro-mobility (electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles), energy storage (consumer and utility scale storage systems) and alternative fuels (hydrogen). MOL Group is leading integrated Central & East European oil and gas corporation and an important player on the world energy market, with operations in over 30 countries.

Podpredseda EK pre energetickú úniu Šefčovič zároveň zdôraznil, že EÚ chce pokryť celý produktový cyklus pri výrobe batérií - od prípravy surovín až po recyklovanie použitých batérií.

Brusel 1. mája (TASR) - Európska komisia (EK) hrá o čas a v spolupráci s členskými krajinami EÚ a predstaviteľmi priemyslu sa snaží dosiahnuť čo najväčší pokrok pri realizácii cieľov Európskej aliancie pre batérie ešte do októbra tohto roku.

Novú spoluprácu v oblasti energetiky podporuje aj eurokomisár Maroš Šefčovič.

Bratislava/Portland - 9. mája (OTS) – Americká spoločnosť ESS, popredný výrobca bezpečných, lacných a vysokokapacitných systémov na skladovanie energie, dnes oznámil spoluprácu so slovenským a regionálnym inovatívnym akcelerátorom InoBat. Spoločnosť InoBat je platformou investičnej skupiny IPM Group a regionálnych industriálnych hráčov v energetike A.EN. Group a MSM Group. Toto partnerstvo predpokladá spoluprácu pri zavádzaní nových technológií skladovania energie aj na európskom trhu a najmä v stredoeurópskom regióne.

Bratislava, Slovakia/ Portland, Oregon (6/5/2019) – InoBat and ESS Inc. today announce the signing of a strategic partnership agreement to develop energy storage applications and opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.

InoBat, a regional accelerator with the long-term objective of serving the European market with new energy solutions, aims to build strategic partnerships and joint ventures linking the world’s leading technologies via partnerships with the leading industrial groups in the Central and Eastern European region. ESS Inc., a leading manufacturer of safe, low-cost and long-duration energy storage systems, aims to expand its global reach to Europe, leveraging the region’s strong manufacturing and energy heritage.

MATADOR HOLDING, a.s. signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the 11th of March 2019, aiming to develop strategic partnership with the InoBat initiative. MATADOR HOLDING, a.s. is a tier one supplier for automotive industry, focusing on research and development of new technologies within the mobility.

Manz AG signed the Memorandum of Understanding with InoBat j.s.a. on the 20th of February 2019, aiming to cooperate on accelerating the European ecosystem in e-mobility, energy storage and alternative fuels. Manz AG is a global high-tech equipment manufacturing company. With many years of expertise in automation, laser processing, vision and metrology, wet chemistry, and roll-to-roll processes, the company offers manufacturers and their suppliers innovative production solutions in the areas of photovoltaics, electronics and lithium-ion battery technology.

Slovenské spoločnosti nevyužívajú výhody rizikového kapitálu, hoci dopyt po inovatívnych produktoch tohto druhu financovania v našom regióne rastie, hovorí v rozhovore pre HN podpredseda Európskej investičnej banky Vazil Hudák.

EIB stojí pri zrode aliancie od jej začiatku. Boli sme pri jej založení v októbri 2018, EIB sa aktívne zúčastnila aj na jej prvom pracovnom stretnutí v novembri 2018 a je pripravená sa zaoberať akoukoľvek predloženou požiadavkou.