Xiamen TOB, Targeting R&D Labs with Lab-Scale Battery Equipment

Xiamen TOB New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is a China-based export specialist in lab-scale and pilot-scale equipment for lithium-ion battery and supercapacitor production, headquartered in Xiamen, China.

1. Company Overview

• Company name: Xiamen TOB New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
• Headquarters: Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
• Business area: Battery lab equipment, battery materials, coating equipment, testers, etc.
• Scale: Annual revenue approx. USD 8 million, approx. 16 employees (estimated, per third-party corporate information service)

2. R&D and Workforce Status

The company introduces itself as a high-tech enterprise specializing in advanced equipment for the lithium-ion battery and supercapacitor sectors, with a core technical team holding over 20 years of experience. It specializes in exporting lab- and pilot-scale equipment to universities, research institutes, and small-to-medium battery manufacturers. Per the company website (tobmachine.com), the corporate entity was established in 2012, but the core technical team has been in the battery-equipment industry since 2002, accumulating 24 years of experience as of now, and the R&D center spans more than 3,000 square meters with multiple laboratory systems.

As a small specialized company, detailed organizational and workforce composition is (undisclosed). However, the company’s own official website describes its engineering/staff headcount as over 300, which differs substantially from the third-party business-information estimate cited above (about 16). As neither figure is from official financial disclosure — one being a company self-description and the other a third-party estimate — the precise workforce size is left as (confirmation needed).

3. Core Technology and Major Equipment

The company holds a full-process equipment lineup for battery manufacturing from lab to pilot scale, including lab mixers (planetary vacuum mixers), slot-die coaters, lab press/roller equipment, coin cell related equipment, and battery slurry mixers/filters/testers. The company holds quality/environmental/safety management-system certifications including ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001, along with product certifications such as CE and UL, and states it holds more than 60 patents. Beyond lab equipment, its product lineup broadly includes cylindrical/pouch/prismatic cell assembly machines, supercapacitor equipment, battery testers, mass-production lines, glove boxes, furnaces, and ball mills, per the company’s own description.

• Small mixers such as 5L-class lithium-ion battery slurry planetary vacuum mixing machines
• Slot-die coaters, electrode roll-pressing presses
• Coin cell assembly/electrolyte filling/pressing equipment
• Cylindrical cell winding/welding equipment

4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance

The company specializes in manufacturing lab- and pilot-scale equipment, centered on small, low-volume production lines compared to large-scale mass-production facilities. Factory floor area and other details are (undisclosed). Per company materials, it operates dedicated production shops for coating machines, electrode slitting equipment, winding equipment, and glove boxes respectively, and states it has supplied equipment to more than 8,000 factories, universities, and research institutions worldwide, completing over 200 projects.

5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships

The company states that it exports lab equipment to universities, research institutes, and small-to-medium battery manufacturers worldwide; individual customer names are (undisclosed). Company materials state that it distributes lab equipment across North America, Europe, Russia, India, Korea, Southeast Asia, and South America.

6. Financial Status and Roadmap

As an unlisted company, third-party corporate information services estimate annual revenue at approximately USD 8 million (estimated, not an official company disclosure). Company materials state that cumulative R&D investment since founding exceeds USD 20 million (per the company’s own description, not from audited financial statements).

The company states it is continuing to develop small and modular equipment to respond to overseas R&D demand, alongside expanding its lithium-ion battery lab equipment lineup.

This profile was written based on publicly available sources including the company website (tobmachine.com), Alibaba corporate information, and RocketReach. Unverified figures and undisclosed information were not arbitrarily filled in.