Holyvolt acquires Wildcat Discovery Technologies

The acquisition combines Wildcat’s high-throughput battery materials R&D platform with Holyvolt’s screen-printing, water-based manufacturing process. Quote: "bringing together Wildcat’s high-throughput battery materials R&D platform and Holyvolt’s screen-printing, water-based manufacturing process." The combination aims to bridge the gap between promising lab results and scalable production. Quote: "The companies say the combination is meant to bridge a familiar gap in the battery business: promising lab results that never make it efficiently into scalable production." Wildcat's platform uses combinatorial chemistry for faster material evaluation and AI-driven analysis. Quote: "Wildcat has long been one of the more technically credible battery R&D outfits in the field. As Charged has covered over the years , the San Diego company built its reputation on a high-throughput combinatorial chemistry platform that can synthesize and evaluate battery materials far faster than conventional lab workflows, generating large structured datasets that are well-suited to AI-driven analysis." Holyvolt's manufacturing is an alternative/complement to conventional coating methods and solvent-based slurries. Quote: "Holyvolt’s manufacturing platform is based on screen-printing and water-based processing, positioned as an alternative or complement to conventional coating methods and solvent-based slurries." The pairing is expected to deliver cleaner, cheaper battery production with lower capital requirements, greater flexibility, and more regionally anchored supply chains in Europe and North America. Quote: "The company says that pairing with Wildcat will deliver cleaner, cheaper battery production with lower capital requirements, greater flexibility and more regionally anchored supply chains in Europe and North America."