Gelon LIB, China’s First Turnkey Lithium-Battery Exporter

Dongguan Gelon LIB (Gelon (Int’l) LIB Group / Dongguan Gelon LIB Co., Ltd.) is a comprehensive supplier of lithium-ion battery materials, equipment, and turnkey lines, originating in 2003 in Linyi, Shandong Province, with its production base in Dongguan.

1. Company Overview

• Company name: Gelon LIB Group — includes Shandong Gelon LIB (Linyi HQ) and Dongguan Gelon LIB (production site)
• Founded: 2003 (some sources cite 2007 as the export-entity incorporation date)
• HQ: Linyi, Shandong, China / Production site: Songshan Lake High-Tech Industrial Zone, Dongguan, Guangdong
• Dongguan site detailed address: Room 1207, Building 1, No.16, Fourth Keji Road, Songshan Lake Park, Dongguan, Guangdong, China (source: Made-in-China company listing)
• Business scope: lithium-ion battery materials (cathode, anode, separator, additives), manufacturing equipment, turnkey production lines
• Scale: approx. 100,000 m² of manufacturing facilities, 500+ employees (per Made-in-China listing) — however the official website (gelon-lib.com) self-reports a workforce of 50-200, a discrepancy between the two sources (confirmation needed)

2. History and Workforce

The company entered the battery business in 2003 and is presented as the first Chinese company to export a lithium-ion battery turnkey project. It states that much of its management team comes from Central South University (a prestigious Chinese institution for electrochemistry), and it presents a track record of supplying turnkey projects overseas, including to Bolivia and Argentina.

The company states that it employs more than 500 people including engineers. Detailed departmental breakdown is (undisclosed).

Per the group’s affiliate site (libgroup.net), Gelon LIB Group states it has more than 20 years of experience in battery materials, cells, and equipment manufacturing, has exported to more than 50 countries, and has supplied more than 1,000 projects to over 1,000 global customers cumulatively (self-reported by the company; no third-party verification source identified).

3. Core Technology and Key Equipment

The company provides a comprehensive supply of lithium battery materials (LFP, LMO, LCO, NMC, NCA, LTO cathode materials, graphite anode materials, separators, etc.) along with full-process equipment at laboratory, pilot, and mass-production scale (mixing, coating, assembly, formation, etc.).

• Laboratory/pilot-scale lithium battery production lines (including mixing)
• Coin cell, pouch cell, and cylindrical cell assembly equipment
• Lithium battery cathode/anode materials (LFP, NMC, NCA, LTO, etc.)
• 4680 cylindrical cell pilot-to-mass-production line

Gelon LIB Group states it has a track record of supplying GWh-scale mass-production lines, and that its business scope also covers sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery materials in addition to existing lithium-ion materials such as LFP and NMC (per libgroup.net; detailed specifications undisclosed).

4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance

The company states that it operates approximately 100,000 m² of manufacturing facilities combining its Linyi, Shandong headquarters and Dongguan, Guangdong production base. Detailed cleanroom and individual factory capacity are (undisclosed).

5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships

The company states that it has a track record of supplying automation equipment to Tesla, LG, Sony, ATL, and others (per the company’s own materials); this profile cites this only as the company’s own claim, and no third-party verification source has been confirmed.

Per the Made-in-China company listing, the countries cited for completed turnkey projects are Bolivia, Indonesia, India, Russia, Turkey, and South Africa. This does not fully match this profile’s earlier reference to ‘Bolivia and Argentina,’ so the discrepancy in cited countries between the two sources requires confirmation (confirmation needed). The export share is self-reported at 90-100% of revenue.

6. Financial Status and Roadmap

As a privately held company, financial figures such as revenue are (undisclosed).

The company states that it is expanding its supply of pilot and mass-production lines supporting next-generation form factors such as the 4680 cylindrical cell.

This profile was compiled from publicly available sources including the company’s official website (gelon-lib.com), its official LinkedIn page, Battery-Tech Network, and Made-in-China company information; unconfirmed figures and undisclosed information were not arbitrarily included.