Talga Group Ltd. announced it has opened its new Battery Centre of Excellence in Cambridge, UK. The centre is a significant expansion of Talga's UK R&D facilities, first launched in 2016. Focusing on battery material innovations, development and characterisation, the centre is designed to complement Talga's existing facilities in Sweden (Talnode®-C EV qualification production and battery quality control labs) and Germany (processing technology scale-up and graphene production).

The centre increases Talga's capacity to develop its Talnode® battery materials, including next generation silicon and solid state anodes, and performance-boosting conductive additives for cathodes. This development work aims to diversify Talga's product portfolio into emerging energy storage materials and future scope technologies. In addition, the centre is home to Talga's material recycling and repurposing R&D operations.

The Centre of Excellence forms a key part of Talga's strategy to become a global player in the battery supply chain, and its mission to enable the world's most sustainable batteries and consumer products. The centre presently employs ten staff, including electrochemists, chemical engineers and materials scientists, with room to expand. Talga's presence in Cambridge also provides access to the varied innovation grant programs sponsored by the UK Government.

As Europe's largest technology cluster, Cambridge hosts a diverse and cutting-edge innovation culture which has attracted elite researchers and companies such as Amazon, Apple and AstraZeneca.