UK lithium-ion battery materials company Nexeon has opened an office and development laboratory in Hakusan High-Tech Park, Japan.
Nexeon Japan K.K. has opened the office on the Hakusan High-Tech Park in Yokohama to have greater access to Nexeon’s ‘key target markets’ in the electronics and automotive sectors.
An indication of the company’s aim is that it’s advertising for battery scientists and engineers for the laboratory.
Nexeon Japan K.K. will focus on customer support, applications engineering and materials and battery R&D.
Nexeon have shown that producing silicon with particular morphologies makes it possible to use it as the battery anode material, and to develop batteries with significant performance advantages over their traditional equivalents.
An opening ceremony for the new office took place with invited guests on 15th October.