Dürr, Wet and Dry Electrode Lines Completed by Acquiring LiCAP

Dürr Group is a global industrial equipment group headquartered in Germany that, through its acquisition of France’s Ingecal and its partnership with U.S.-based LiCAP, has built out its X.Cellify product line spanning secondary-battery coating, calendering, and slitting.

1. Company Overview

• Company Name: Dürr Group
• Business: Battery electrode manufacturing (coating, drying, solvent recovery, calendering, slitting), electrolyte filling (X.Cellify PF)
• Overseas sites: Lisses, France; India; and others
• Acquisition history: Acquired France’s Ingecal (calendering) in November 2023; partnership with U.S.-based LiCAP Technologies (dry coating)

2. History and Workforce

On November 20, 2023, the company acquired French mechanical engineering firm Ingecal, gaining supply capability for battery-electrode calendering systems. At the same time, it entered a partnership with U.S. dry-coating specialist LiCAP Technologies, rounding out an electrode production portfolio spanning not only wet coating but also cutting-edge dry coating technology. It has also collaborated with equipment makers Grob and Manz for over a year, aiming to supply turnkey equipment for gigafactories.

Through its X.Cellify product line, the company provides a full range of products for battery electrode coating-material production. Detailed workforce composition is (undisclosed).

3. Core Technology and Key Equipment

The company has developed in-house coating and drying, solvent recovery and treatment, calendering, and slitting systems for lithium-ion electrodes, and has introduced its own precision electrolyte filling equipment, X.Cellify PF, to the market. It also holds simultaneous double-sided (tensioned-web) coating technology.

• X.Cellify coating and drying system — supports simultaneous double-sided coating
• X.Cellify calendering and slitting system (built on the Ingecal acquisition)
• Solvent recovery and purification system
• Dry coating technology (via the LiCAP partnership)
• X.Cellify PF — precision electrolyte filling equipment

On October 7, 2025, Dürr unveiled X.Cellify DC, its dry coating equipment. A horizontal calender forms the dry powder into a film, which is then compressed and laminated onto the current collector foil. With no solvent and no drying oven, material can be fully recovered up to lamination, and the carrier foil can be reused in the process, the company said. Company figures cite up to 65% less floor space and 70% less energy use (electrive, 2025-10-07).

4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance

The company operates battery-electrode manufacturing-related sites across Europe, the U.S., and India, including Lisses, France. Detailed factory floor area and capacity figures are (undisclosed).

The proof-of-concept equipment operates at Ingecal’s site in Chassieu, France, and Dürr said it is looking for pilot partners for gigawatt-scale projects (electrive, 2025-10-07). A next-generation cell factory concept unveiled with GROB the same day targets 50% less production space and 70% less energy use. It combines dry coating (X.Cellify DC), GROB’s Z-folder with integrated notching (95% system availability), electrolyte filling at up to 30 bar, laser drying with 50% higher web speed and calendering sensors with 0.5 μm accuracy (Charged EVs, 2025-10-07). No production capacity figures were given.

5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships

The company states it collaborates with lithium-ion electrode producers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, though individual customer names are (undisclosed).

6. Financial Status and Roadmap

Although a publicly listed group, this profile does not arbitrarily present individual revenue or profit figures for the battery electrode business unit alone.

The company is expanding turnkey equipment supply for gigafactories through its collaboration with Grob and Manz, and is pursuing a direction of providing calendering systems as a single source for customers based on dry-process (stage 1) technology.

From a mechanical standpoint, the dry process removes the drying oven but makes the horizontal calender for film forming the main load-bearing unit of the line. Roll line load and roll deflection at the stage that turns powder into a free-standing film determine film thickness variation, so when evaluating adoption, the supplier should first be asked for the design basis of calender roll stiffness and crown. The company’s savings figures should be read as direction rather than absolute values, because the baseline line configuration is not disclosed.

This profile was compiled based on publicly available sources including the Dürr Group newsroom (durr.com, durr-group.com). Unverified figures and undisclosed information have not been arbitrarily included.