FEV is a globally leading engineering and digital mobility company. Its expertise includes intelligent software and sustainable propulsion system development, as well as full vehicle engineering. Additionally, the range of services includes sophisticated systems engineering, cyber physical system development, software- and E/E-integration for software defined vehicles with highly automated and safe driving functionalities as well as vehicle integration.

ABEE is supporting the industries in the development of tailored made solutions from battery materials to recycling for automotive and stationary applications through the development of dedicated multiscale simulation tools and functions integrated in various platforms.

Syenqso is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. As a global leader in Materials, Chemicals and Solutions, Syenqso brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges. You can count on our innovative solutions to contribute to safer, cleaner and more sustainable future.

Nanomakers is a company that develops, produces and sells patented silicon based nanometric powders in industrial quantity for disruptive reinforcement of materials (elastomers, polymers, ceramics, metals) and the improvement of energy density of the anode in Lithium-ion batteries.

The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is a Spanish university located in Valencia, with a focus on science and technology. It was founded in 1968 as the Higher Polytechnic School of Valencia and became a university in 1971, but some of its schools are more than 100 years old. The UPV is organized into nine higher technical schools, two faculties and two higher polytechnic schools, which are responsible for organizing the teaching of 39 degrees and it has also 42 departments and 41 research centers and institutes.

Politecnico di Torino is one of the most important universities in Europe for engineering and architecture studies, strongly committed to collaboration with industry. Politecnico is a research university that participates at the highest levels of international scientific research. Research activities are structured in four macro-areas: Industrial Engineering; Information Technology; Management and Mathematical Engineering; Civil, Environmental, Architecture and Design Engineering.

SINTEF is one of Europe’s largest independent research organisations. As an R&D partner, SINTEF contributes to value creation and increased competitiveness within the public and private sectors by applying a multidisciplinary approach in a wide range of projects, from small test and verification projects and expertise evaluations, until multinational research programmes with several partners.

INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering is a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO), founded in 1986, focused on research and technology-based innovation activities, technology transfer, consulting, and technological services, oriented to the development of industry and economy in general.

CIC energiGUNE is the research center of electrochemical and thermal energy storage, a strategic initiative of the Basque Government. CIC energiGUNE was born in 2011 to generate excellent research in materials and systems for energy storage. The goal of CIC energiGUNE is to maximize the impact on results to the Basque business network through collaboration with universities, research centers, and companies.

Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) is a French governmental research-and technology organization with activities in energy, Information Technology, healthcare, defense and security. CEATech, one of its divisions, focuses on creating value and innovation through technology transfer to its industrial partners. It employs 4500 scientists and engineers including 300 Ph.D. students and 300 assignees from partner companies. CEA-Tech owns more than 2200 patent families

VARTA Innovation GmbH was founded as a joint subsidiary of VARTA Microbattery GmbH and Graz University of Technology. This constellation enables a unique combination of the experience of one of the world’s most experienced and innovative battery manufacturer with the expertise of Graz University of Technology, one of Europe’s leading institutions in basic electrochemical research.

The Centro Ricerche Fiat is an applied research center of the automotive industry, founded in as a reference point for innovation in the companies of the Fiat group. It is mainly located in Orbassano, (Turin), and made up of three divisions: Powertrain Technologies, Innovative Technologies, and Vehicle systems.

Nanocyl is an industrial expert leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of multiwall carbon nanotubes and based formulated products. Nanocyl focuses on the current challenges of the Energy, Transport and Electronic markets, while developing novel durable solutions for the Rubber market. They do so by delivering high quality multiwall carbon nanotubes and formulated products and providing unique technical support worldwide.

University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest higher education and scientific research institution in Slovenia. University with its rich tradition was founded in 1919. It has approximately 40,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and employs approximately 6,000 higher education teachers, researchers, assistants and administrative staff in 23 faculties and three arts academies.

Sustainable Innovations is a Spanish consultancy firm that provides innovative services to a wide range of sectors across Europe: bio-based industry, energy, industry 5.0, circular economy and advanced materials, among others. The core competencies offered by Sustainable Innovations are structured in two main pillars which bridge the gap between the ideas and the market. On one hand, the R&D management area offers expertise in grant writing, project integration, and advisory services. On the other hand, we are involved in EU project execution, leading several tasks revolving around communication, exploitation, and project administration.

With more than 40 research professorships, 250 scientific staff and a research volume of around 25 million Euro p.a., THI occupies an outstanding position nationwide in relation to its size.

Research at THI is organized in five research institutes – CARISSMA (C-IAD, C-ISAFE, and C-ECOS), the Institute for Innovative Mobility (IIMo), Institute for New Energy Systems (InES), AImotion Bavaria and Sustainability Research and Transfer Center Neuburg (ForTraNN), as well as individual fields of competence. The research projects are concentrated in the Centre for Applied Research (FORTEC). In addition, FORTEC is responsible for the strategic network projects and the Graduate Centre.

Umicore is a leading circular materials technology company with an extensive expertise in the fields of material science, chemistry and metallurgy. Its overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on the ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials to reinforce the portfolio of activities to accelerate the global transformation of mobility, respond to the growing need for advanced materials, and contribute to the pursuit of a global circular economy.