Battery Recycling In Limbach-Oberfrohna – Vitesco Technologies Concludes Cooperation Agreement With Kyburz a leading international supplier of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions have concluded a cooperation agreement for the Limbach-Oberfrohna site in order to jointly industrialize a recycling process for lithium-ion batteries developed by KYBURZ KYBURZ and Vitesco Technologies are thus joining forces and their expertise to bring the next generation of recycling systems for LFP batteries to market maturity KYBURZ contributes its expertise and practical experience in battery recycling while Vitesco Technologies has extensive expertise in (process) automation and production technology There is no doubt in our minds that electromobility is coming “The key to this is low-cost batteries which however make recycling these batteries unattractive for many recyclers we are helping to resolve this conflict of interest The increased use of low-cost battery chemistries such as lithium iron phosphate or the up-and-coming sodium ion technology poses new challenges for the established recycling industry Only lower process costs will make it possible to recycle such inexpensive batteries at a cost-covering rate The direct recycling process developed by KYBURZ allows for precisely that KYBURZ is operating a first plant (LIBERTY) in productive use at its headquarters in Freienstein By collaborating with the Vitesco Technologies site in Limbach-Oberfrohna which has decades of experience in the field of process automation and production technology “We have found an ideal partner to make our processes suitable for series production and to be able to serve demanding customers from different industries It is the declared aim of the cooperation agreement to make battery recycling economical it offers attractive future prospects for the Limbach-Oberfrohna site where series production of diesel injectors will be phased out by 2028 we are bringing a promising future technology to the site – naturally also with the aim of securing jobs in the long term.” READ the latest Batteries News shaping the battery market Battery Recycling In Limbach-Oberfrohna – Vitesco Technologies Concludes Cooperation Agreement With Kyburz. source The company has built its first recycling plant in Solothurn critical materials can also be recovered from used electric car batteries The company Librec has developed a complete solution for recycling lithium.. ICBR 2025 – Celebrating 30 years of Battery Recycling innovation ICBR 2025 returns to the vibrant port city of Valencia and invites you to join us to celebrate our 30th anniversary of bringing together RecycLiCo Battery Materials Mutual Termination of Taiwan Joint Venture with Zenith Chemical Corporation SURREY 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc COPYRIGHT POLICY DISCLAIMER TERMS & CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY We love meeting interesting people and making new friends On the basis of the City Council resolution B-132/2018 "Determinations of the City of Chemnitz for the planning of the Chemnitz Model Stage 4" a variant study is to be carried out to determine the route The study area concerns the 3rd and 4th of 5 planned planning approval sections: from Bornaer Straße to the integration into the railway track to Limbach-Oberfrohna.Due to the large number of urban concerns of the city of Chemnitz (including the Röhrsdorf district) the city of Limbach-Oberfrohna (including the Kändler district) and the municipality of Hartmannsdorf it was agreed with the project sponsor Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) that the city of Chemnitz would carry out the planning support for the line determination as part of the preliminary planning The City of Chemnitz is to work closely with all parties involved.The terms of reference for the invitation to tender for the planning contract were drawn up by the civil engineering department The individual planning steps are currently being carried out The VMS provides ongoing information on the current status of expansion stage 4 - northern expansion of Limbach-Oberfrohna: The terms of reference for the tender for the planning contract were drawn up by the civil engineering department and agreed with all parties involved in the process A consultation on this took place on 9 March 2020 in the Technical Town Hall The political representatives of all city council groups representatives of the city administration offices and the local councils of Wittgensdorf and Röhrsdorf as well as representatives of neighbouring municipalities and business representatives were invited with all partners in the project and the constant provision of information to political representatives and the general public are given high priority a participation management programme was developed and commissioned.The contractor VCDB VerkehrsConsult Dresdne-Berlin GmbH and its partner Lots* Gesellschaft für verändernde Kommunikation are responsible for most of the work steps (organisational and content-related preparation implementation and follow-up of the events) The kick-off meeting took place on 14 October 2020 in the event room of the city library as a face-to-face event under conditions imposed by the Corona Protection Ordinance Representatives of the 3 working groups (WG1 - WG3) were invited to attend the contractors introduced themselves and a first concrete exchange on the study area took place.Due to the special situation of the corona pandemic in 2020/2021 all necessary meetings after the kick-off event were planned as video conferences A suitable procedure for informing citizens is currently being coordinated and prepared kick-off consultation took place on 14 October 2020 in the event room of the city library as a face-to-face event under conditions imposed by the Corona Protection Ordinance Representatives of the 3 working groups (WG 1-3) were invited to attend the contractors introduced themselves and a first concrete exchange on the study area took place The presentation of work package 1 took place in the working groups (WG 1-3) on 26 November 10 December and 16 December 2020 via video conferences result in 10 route variants that are transferred to work package 2 Autobahn GmbH and the project participants were continued in work package 2 in order to filter out the most viable route options.The presentation of the planning status achieved took place on 15 April 29 April and 6 May 2021 via video conference comprehensible evaluation of the 10 route variants a structure with 4 perspectives was developed for the evaluation of stage 1 (rough assessment) one perspective was assessed and then combined to form an overall assessment The individual criteria were not prioritised so that the variants could be compared with each other without subjective influences The advantages and disadvantages of each variant were determined in detail and discussed in the working groups.Contrary to the task definition it was decided to transfer 4 instead of 3 variants to work package 3 as these variants were close to each other in the evaluation a further network element is to be included in the further consideration as this is expected to provide better access to Leipziger Strasse in the Donauwörther Strasse area Work package 3 involved the detailed planning of the 4 best-placed variants from work package 2 as well as their evaluation and detailed comparison with each other the possible routes between Bornaer Straße and the motorway the tram route over the Bornaer Hang or along Leipziger Straße and Donauwörther Straße were subjected to a direct comparison.The presentation of the planning status achieved took place on 2 September 14 September and 14 October 2021 via video conference in the 3 working groups (WG) the representatives of the political groups in the city council were also given the opportunity to be informed in detail.As already started in WP 2 with the rough evaluation the evaluation structure was also stringently continued in WP 3 the individual criteria were analysed in much greater detail and more precisely The criteria were also deliberately not weighted in WP 3 so that the variants could be compared with each other without subjective influences The advantages and disadvantages of each variant were determined in detail and discussed in the working groups comprehensible assessment of the route variants all work results were compiled and checked for plausibility All information submitted for the project was checked and the results adjusted where necessary One focus of WP4 is the comparison of the two routing options between Bornaer Straße and the BAB 4 motorway routing the tram via the Bornaer Hang or along Leipziger Straße and Donauwörther Straße which were adapted again on the basis of comments received and new findings and supplemented by a consideration of the impact of the tram on demand in this area.Analysing the impact on demand is a decisive step in the comparison of the existing variants The impact of the variants on the transport system is analysed here If a high demand can be achieved and the modes of public transport this will in turn promote eco-mobility.The presentation and discussion of the planning status achieved took place on 13 January 2022 with the participation of the project partners VMS The next steps were agreed here.In working groups 2 and 3 the results of the work were presented via video conference on 3 March 2022 the representatives of the parliamentary groups in the city council were also able to obtain detailed information The City Council of Chemnitz approved the preferred options on 12 October 2022 The brochure summarises the entire planning process in compact form planning partners and interim results as well as the approved preferred options The ZVMS in its function as the public transport authority for regional rail transport is the project sponsor for the Chemnitz model the necessary decisions were made for the next stage of the Chemnitz model from Chemnitz to Limbach-Oberfrohna (Chemnitz model plan-approved and implemented in 5 sections.The section analysed in the line determination process is the section of the overall route on which the largest number of line variants is possible This is also where a large number of interests of neighbouring districts of both the city of Chemnitz and the city of Limbach-Oberfrohna meet.The study of variants was carried out in advance of the actual VMS planning in order to be able to involve the extensive interest groups without the time pressure of ongoing planning The aim of the study was to obtain a preferred variant for the Chemnitz model route that was politically acceptable to the majority accepted by society as a whole and reliable in the subsequent planning approval procedure.In order to provide comprehensive public information information on the planning status achieved and the result of the planning has been and will continue to be provided here on an ongoing basis the City Council of the City of Chemnitz approved the preferred variants with the submission B-154/2022: The complete text of the resolution and the submission B-154/2022 can be viewed here in the City of Chemnitz's council information system The administration will hand over all necessary documents from the line identification to the VMS for use in the further planning process The specific project planning will be carried out by the VMS in accordance with City Council resolution B-210/2019.The VMS is currently preparing the planning approval procedure for the 1st construction section of Theater- Hartmannstraße and the award of the planning contract for the 2nd construction section of Leipziger Straße from Hartmannstraße to Wittgensdorfer Straße Only then will the VMS invite tenders for the planning which will take up and continue the results of the line identification.In addition an exhibition is being prepared that will provide an overview of the planning process and the results of the line identification it will be possible to view the exhibition boards at selected points along the planned route and supplemented by a consideration of the impact of the tram on demand in this area.Analysing the impact on demand is a decisive step in the comparison of existing variants If a high level of demand can be achieved and the modes of public transport the City of Chemnitz presented the current status of the variant study to find a route for stage 4 of the Chemnitz model (northern extension to Limbach-Oberfrohna) at a public dialogue The investigation area concerns the third and fourth of five planned planning approval sections: from Bornaer Straße to the connection to the railway track to Limbach-Oberfrohna.Representatives of the City of Chemnitz the Central Saxony Transport Association (VMS) and CVAG provided information about the project and answered questions All citizens were invited to ask their questions about the project and share their suggestions and ideas.Due to the coronavirus pandemic the event was split into an in-person and an online part Up to 40 people were able to attend live on site at the Carlowitz Congress Centre in Chemnitz in compliance with the current coronavirus measures.At the same time the event was broadcast live on Sachsen Fernsehen and here on chemnitz.de as a livestream Register now The Swiss electric vehicle manufacturer Kyburz and the German powertrain supplier Vitesco Technologies have concluded a cooperation agreement for the Limbach-Oberfrohna site in Saxony in order to jointly industrialise a recycling process for lithium-ion batteries developed by Kyburz Kyburz and Vitesco are joining forces and expertise to bring the next generation of recycling systems for LFP batteries to market maturity Kyburz will contribute its “expertise and practical experience in battery recycling” while Vitesco has “extensive expertise in (process) automation and production technology.” Kyburz has already been operating a first recycling plant at its headquarters in Freienstein and a further developed version of the plant called ‘Liberty’ is to be built in Limbach-Oberfrohna The process developed by Kyburz is a direct battery recycling process The active materials of the battery are extracted in such a way that they can be reused directly for the production of new cathodes and anodes the active materials are broken down into the individual raw materials from which new primary products can then be manufactured The advantage of this is that the exact composition can be adapted each time – for example a more modern NMC811 cell chemistry can be produced from an older is that splitting and re-forming the materials requires a lot of energy – and therefore drives up costs This is precisely one of the points that Kyburz wants to address with its recycling process – in order to tackle one of the major challenges for battery recyclers The trend towards more cost-effective battery chemistries such as lithium iron phosphate or sodium ion technology is driving down the cost of new batteries the process costs for recycling must also fall in order to recycle such low-cost batteries in a way that covers costs “There is no doubt in our minds that electromobility is coming we are helping to resolve this conflict of interest,” commented Martin Kyburz this process is now to be made suitable for series production this not only means a potential business area in battery recycling but also “another attractive future prospect for the Limbach-Oberfrohna site” as plant and site manager Carsten Czenkusch puts it This is because series production of diesel injectors will be phased out there by 2028 we are bringing a promising future technology to the site – naturally also with the aim of securing jobs in the long term,” said Czenkusch vitesco-technologies.com I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology US Social Studies teachers from different states learned about Germany’s politics In meetings with politicians and journalists and civil society leaders they discussed current issues in transatlantic relations different approaches in education and the German view on the US the teachers connected with their German counterparts and got to talk to students Twelve teachers from seven states arrived safely to Berlin and were shuttled to the hotel to freshen up before dinner We walked over to Potsdamer Platz and were overwhelmed by the welcoming nature of our hosts who guided us in what we should order We got to know each other over Berliner Kindl Pilsner and Berliner Weiße Our day began with a Berlin city walking tour we were led around the city and amazed by the detailed answers our tour guide Hannah was able to provide for us enough so that the tour took longer than it was supposed to Fabrizio Micallizzi and discussed Germany’s political system and foreign policy appraoch Germans’ responsibilities towards refugees and what we can do as American teachers to help foster transatlantic relations Matthias Rossbach who helped us understand German cooperative Federalism and German politics we met with Sabine Luthe to discuss the structure of Germany’s education system Our day ended in a dinner discussion with two activists from the Fridays for Future climate protection movement during which we learned about how to encourage students’ passions The amazement of actually being in Germany finally set in and we were off to Dresden we visited Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymansium where the students greeted us and participated in small group discussions about the differences between German and American schools We learned about the school’s science specialty and the school choice that parents and students have to make in Germany Joachim Amm with the Saxon Agency for Civic Education the nature of division between conservative and liberal belief systems the conservative tilt of rural areas on the basis of workers’ rights and the necessity of civic education for a successful democracy These discussions were eerily similar to those in the United States We exchanged stories from our classroom experiences and our personal histories which left us laughing and commiserating into the night We proceeded to tour the former Stasi Prison and Memorial Site Bautzner Strasse which touched us deeply (the prison held political prisoners in East Germany) we went to our first German Biergarten where we met with the 2022 alumni of the transatlantic teachers’ trip Our German counterparts welcomed us with open arms and suggested foods and drinks to try looking forward to visiting their schools in the coming days Our wonderful bus drivers shuttled us to Limbach-Oberfrohna where we visited Grit Muller’s school we made an impromptu stop at a supermarket to pick up snacks to bring home to our families Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium’s 5th grade class welcomed us with a tour of their favorite parts of their lively school Their upperclassmen had just finished their exams so we were able to experience the buzz of excitement in the hallways Her students guided us through the hallways we visited the Amerika Tierpark with a group of Ms Bachmann’s students and talked about their favorite animals We proceeded on to Leipzig and learned about German views of America with journalist Martin Klingst including German views on the Trump presidency and the skepticism that surrounds German-American collaboration We also discussed the teaching of critical race theory and the controversy around it in the United States Our day concluded with a beautiful walk through Leipzig to enjoy our first Döner Kebap The final school we toured was Oberschule Wiederitzsch opened his school to us and demonstrated an unmatched passion for his students and his subject We were inundated with the love that this school pours out for its students From supporting the academic success of their students to special art programs initiated by the teacher these students were valued as people in their community we proceeded to the Museum of Contemporary History Leipzig and found yet another deeply enriching historical experience yet made personally relatable by our tour guide and our host we ate lunch at Auerbachs Keller and we learned about the restaurant’s history: It was already well-established in the 16th century and featured prominently in Goethe’s play “Faust.” The food was delicious and the Apfelkuchen was particularly wonderful led our tour of the Völkerschlacht Memorial where we learned another layer of German history and created memories with our fellow teachers we attended a stand-up comedy show by Shakak Shapira during which many jokes were made about Texas because one of our colleagues was a Texan we enjoyed lively discussion with Daniel Selle and Daniel Riedel exploring more ways that our schools could collaborate at different grade levels Our final day in Germany started out with a bang as we got to ride the bullet train from Leipzig to Berlin We arrived in Berlin and made our way to tour the Bundestag We were able to spend a significant amount of time here during which we studied the skyline discussed the symbolism of transparency in the dome’s design and highlighted our favorite parts of the trip thus far we met at the Atlantik-Brücke headquarters to debrief about our trip inspiring nature of the opportunity we were given The intercultural exchange that we witnessed in each city was astounding We also noted the inclusion of climate protection that blended throughout each community from public transport to not seeing a single paper cup in a restaurant We discussed the connections that were made between us as well as between our group and the German teachers We each look forward to incorporating these relationships into our classrooms Our free time that afternoon was filled with museum tours we had a farewell dinner at a Turkish restaurant which was a perfect way to inspire more cultural exchange in our group excited to form a relationship and share their expertise The highlight of this trip truly is the people you meet We witnessed their passions and their talents alongside their best work From seeing teachers care for their students to hearing foreign officers praise transatlantic relations we became more inspired the longer into our journey we went we meditated on personal connections we have made with our own students and developed new connections with teachers across the US and in Germany These connections will serve us well in the future for exchange programs these relationships will help us become better people for ourselves and our students by emphasizing the necessity for relationships between nations This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Written by: Lotta Schwedler A new report from Germany highlights the institutional racism that lies behind official responses to the far Right Empirical research is backed up 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