Arkema invests in Global Battery R&D Center of Excellence
Arkema continues to invest in the battery business value chain and announces a EUR 10 million expansion project for its Global Battery Center of Excellence located in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, France.
The new development of Arkema’s Global Battery R&D Center of Excellence includes modernized research infrastructure.
The Battery Center of Excellence is entering a new phase of its development. Its footprint will be tripled, and its research infrastructure will be modernized, including notably a significant increase in the digitalization of R&D activities.
The project will enable Arkema’s R&D teams to prepare for the future industrial standards of cell manufacturers and accelerate the integration of Arkema’s advanced materials into their production processes.
By replicating their customers’ manufacturing conditions, researchers will be able to better anticipate implementation constraints and contribute to the development of more efficient batteries delivering greater energy density, faster charging times and enhanced safety.
“This investment marks a major milestone in Arkema’s ambition to support the rapid evolution of the battery market. By strengthening our Battery Center of Excellence in France, we are equipping our global network and teams with state-of-the-art tools that will enable them to develop, in close collaboration with our customers, the materials that will contribute to the performance of tomorrow’s batteries,” said Armand Ajdari, Arkema’s Chief Technology Officer.
Following the inauguration in Normandy in September 2025 of a laboratory dedicated to solvent-free battery electrode manufacturing, as well as several investments in Asia and the Americas, this expansion further strengthens a particularly dense global R&D network, that combines the expertise developed in France with that of the Group’s research centers in China, South Korea, Japan and the United States.
