At a time when the new energy industry is booming, battery coating suppliers play a pivotal role. With the continuous improvement of battery performance and safety requirements in the fields of new energy vehicles and energy storage systems, high-quality battery coatings have become a key part of ensuring the stable operation of batteries, which has also prompted many suppliers to make efforts and compete fiercely in technological innovation and market expansion.
Among the world's well-known battery coating suppliers, PPG, AkzoNobel, Lankwitzer, Axalta, Sherwin-Williams, Nippon and other companies have successfully commercialized power battery fire retardant coatings. AkzoNobel and Sherwin-Williams adopt the powder coating product route and occupy a certain share in the market. With a rich product line, Nippon covers body pretreatment, electrophoresis, medium coating, color paint, varnish, sealant, structural glue, insulating paint, flame retardant paint and other categories. The customer base covers Chinese, European, American, and Japanese and Korean. It ranks at the top of the \"Top 5 Power Battery Coatings Brands in China in 2023\", demonstrating strong market competitiveness and brand influence.
As an industry leader, Lankwitzer has achieved remarkable results in the field of battery coating supply. Its development of the world's first commercial battery cell coating product line has made Lankwitzer the \"preferred\" supplier of battery cell insulation coatings for many automotive brands. Its EvoProtect 455 UV and derivative series can meet the insulation application of different parts such as square cells, cylindrical cells, water-cooled plates, water-cooled tubes, etc. The coating can be irradiated by ultraviolet rays to achieve ultra-fast curing in less than 5 seconds, greatly improving production efficiency, supporting automated production, and ensuring consistent and stable product quality.
Lankwitzer continues to break through in technological innovation. The paint collection rate of its products is close to 100%, which is an industry-leading level. It has provided coatings for more than 450 million commercial battery cells installed in ultra-2 million electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which are supplied to the global market. In terms of research and development, Lankwitzer invests a lot of resources to continuously optimize product performance. For example, EvoProtect 455 UV (UE55 - 5700/020) model coatings, which have been developed for two years from 2021 to 2023, will be put into mass production in 2023, with excellent performance. The R & D center established in Shanghai relies on the strong growth momentum of China's electric vehicle battery market to conduct in-depth technical research and product development, closely meet market demand, and provide customers with better products and services.
Domestic coating companies such as Jinlitai, Matsui Co., Ltd., Guangxin Materials, and Xinhe, although the technology research and development and sample work are still advancing steadily, are also actively exploring innovation. After three years of in-depth research, Matsui Co., Ltd. has successfully developed a systematic solution of \"Insulation Coating Materials + Digital Coating Technology\", which has been favored by leading enterprises in the automotive power battery industry and obtained mass production purchase orders. This solution has significant advantages in efficiency, quality and cost control, and has a wide range of applications. As one of the largest national paint companies in China, Sankeshu is also actively deploying the energy storage industry. It has launched a series of high-performance coatings and adhesives for energy storage equipment and facilities, and built a three-product matrix of new energy industrial coatings, new energy adhesives, and new energy automotive coatings.
The competition in the field of battery coating suppliers is intense, and companies are constantly moving forward in this market full of opportunities and challenges with technological innovation, product performance advantages and market expansion capabilities. Leading suppliers such as Lankwitzer lead the industry's development trend through continuous innovation, providing a solid guarantee for the stable development of the new energy industry.