BASF TODA Battery Materials LLC (BTBM) has been formed by BASF Japan (66% equity) and Toda Kogyo (34% equity) in Japan in 2015. It specializes in cathode active materials (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries, including Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide (NCA) and Nickel Cobalt Manganese Oxide (NCM).
The company is further expanding the production capacity to increase the supply of high nickel CAM for up to 45 GWh cell capacity per year .
In July 2022, BASF and TODA announced a further expansion of the production capacity for high-nickel CAM at the Onoda site. By 2025, BTBM’s annual capacity for high nickel cathode active materials will reach up to 60,000 tons.
The project has been selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a "Program for Promoting Investment in Japan to Strengthen Supply Chains".
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"BTBM today is a leader for high nickel CAM materials of superior quality and plays an important role in BASF’s global production network for battery materials. This investment at the Onoda site, already one of the world’s largest calcination facilities for CAM, will support our customers’ ambitious growth plans in Japan and worldwide."
Dr. Peter Schuhmacher
President, Catalysts division at BASF
"With the further expansion of the Onoda site, we are supporting the Japanese government’s goal of strengthening the local supply chain. Together with BASF, we are combining and mobilizing resources to take full advantage of our synergies to respond to the fast-growing demand for lithium-ion batteries."
Shigeru Takaragi
President of TODA KOGYO CORP
The company provides state-of-the-art CAM, including NCA and NCM, for lithium-ion batteries.
Leveraging its extensive experience providing advanced lithium-ion batteries for consumer electronics, such as laptops, smartphones, and energy storage, BTBM utilizes its production expertise and innovative solutions to expand its technological know-how to the field of electric vehicle batteries. The products and solutions have been successfully adopted by leading electric automotive OEM platforms.
The company combines manufacturing and technology expertise of BASF and TODA. With a highly integrated process that covers precursor production, calcination and surface treatment, BTBM can control the key properties and performance of the materials that affect the quality of our products. This advantage enables us to provide high performance products to our customers in high quality.
Headquartered in Sanyo-Onoda city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, BASF TODA Battery Materials employs approximately 150 people and has offices and production facilities in Tokyo, Onoda and Kita-Kyushu. The company is further expanding the production capacity to increase the supply of high nickel CAM for up to 45 GWh cell capacity per year.
Located in Sanyo-Onoda city, Yamaguchi prefecture, the Onoda site was built for cathode material production in 2003. The production facilities were expanded in 2011, 2012 and 2017. The R&D center is also located here, where it develops cathode materials such as High-energy (HE) NCM.
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Kita-Kyushu site is located in Kitakyushu eco-town. The site started as an NCA production plant. In recent years, its capacity has been continuously increased.
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