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Press Release17 April 2023Digital IndustriesHanover
FREYR to scale battery cell gigafactory production with Siemens Xcelerator
A FREYR battery module
Scaling battery production with Siemens technology
FREYR plans to equip its planned gigafactories in
Norway and the U.S. with Siemens’ best-in-class Industrial Operations X
portfolio. Industrial Operations X is setting a new benchmark
with a broad range of products and services for industrial operations that
empower operational technology (OT) with integrated information technology
(IT).
Siemens and FREYR will join forces along the entire
battery design and manufacturing process, from production design, planning and
simulation; product design and simulation to the automation of the entire
production process. Siemens will provide a broad range of solutions from the
Siemens Xcelerator portfolio including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM),
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), industrial Edge computing, and tools for
IT/OT connectivity.
By leveraging Industrial Operations X, FREYR will be
able to better connect design and manufacturing to scale-up production. It will
speed up FREYR’s progress towards its planned gigafactories, increasing the
availability of high-performing and affordable EV battery solutions as well as
energy storage systems, and thus accelerating the transformation of the
automotive industry and electricity grids.
“We are honored to partner with a global company such
as Siemens that shares our level of ambition to develop sustainable and
efficient battery solutions at scale and with pace. We are looking forward to
leveraging Siemens’ world leading automation and digitalization expertise
coupled with the unique capabilities of AWS and NVIDIA in our battery design
and manufacturing processes to meet the growing global battery demand. AI or
digitally enhanced electrochemical cell design and manufacturing processes are
the next frontiers in battery production, and this is a fundamental step in
this direction,” said Tom Einar Jensen, Co-founder and CEO of
FREYR.
Siemens strengthens its technological leadership in fast-growing battery market
With this strategic agreement, Siemens is expanding
its footprint in the battery manufacturing industry. The company has recently
signed several partnerships with leading companies, demonstrating its deep
domain know-how in this dynamic and fast-growing market.
“Speed, scale, sustainability: That’s what battery
manufacturers need. And this is what our customers get at Siemens better than
anywhere else,” said Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG,
and CEO Digital Industries. “With this partnership, we underscore our position
as prime partner to battery manufacturers worldwide.”
As part of their strategic partnership, Siemens and NVIDIA have developed a showcase for
Hannover Messe highlighting the transformative potential of the industrial
metaverse. A cloud based digital twin of the next-generation FREYR factories,
created using AWS IoT TwinMaker and demonstrated in a custom Siemens application
built on the NVIDIA Omniverse
platform, the exhibit illustrates how companies like FREYR can make better and
faster engineering decisions by visually interacting with, experiencing and
utilizing the comprehensive digital twin across the product, production and
service lifecycles in a high-fidelity, immersive environment. The model
integrates operational data from the factory, 3D definitions of the building,
plant, machinery, and equipment, human ergonomics and safety information,
detailed production processes, robots and automatic guided vehicles, and
simulations of products and production. The exhibit highlights the possible
integrations between the Siemens Xcelerator and NVIDIA Omniverse
platforms.
“Combining the power of Siemens’
expertise in industrial automation and digital twin technologies with NVIDIA AI
computing and Omniverse will let companies like FREYR take full advantage of
the industrial metaverse,” said Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Omniverse and
simulation technology at NVIDIA. “With the new connections between the Siemens Xcelerator
and NVIDIA Omniverse platforms, the world’s manufacturers will reach new
heights of digitalization and AI-enabled automation, supercharging their
efficiency, agility and innovation.”
“Working together, Siemens and AWS are making it
easier for industrial customers to use Siemens Xcelerator and AWS’s industry‐leading cloud services like AWS IoT TwinMaker to
deliver new manufacturing insights, automation, and connected services,” said
Bill Vass, Vice President of Engineering at AWS. “As we identify new ways to
leverage the cloud and virtualization technology to solve real-world problems
like EV battery production, working with leaders like Siemens will help
companies of any size turn industrial complexity into a competitive advantage.”
Siemens and FREYR to explore financing options and commercial value streams
FREYR is currently in progress raising project finance
for Giga Arctic and raising equity for Giga America. Beyond the traditional
customer-supplier relationship, the agreement between FREYR and Siemens will
also include discussions about possible financing options via Siemens Financial
Services, as well as a potential battery cell offtake agreement.
Earlier this year, Siemens and FREYR announced their
intention to join forces with Caterpillar, Glencore and Nidec to form a
strategic coalition to promote the scale up of sustainable battery solutions
across Europe, North America and beyond. With the strategic partnership
announced today, Siemens and FREYR will make more strides in optimizing the
entire value chain of battery manufacturing.
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Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is a leading innovator in automation and digitalization. In close cooperation with its partners and customers, DI is the driving force for the digital transformation in the process and manufacturing industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, Siemens provides companies of all sizes with all the necessary products, along with consistent solutions and services for the integration and digitalization of the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific requirements of individual industries, this unique portfolio enables customers to enhance their productivity and flexibility. DI continuously extends its portfolio to include innovations and the integration of future-oriented technologies. Siemens Digital Industries, with its headquarters in Nuremberg, has a workforce of around 76,000 employees worldwide.
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In fiscal 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €72.0 billion and net income of €4.4 billion. As of September 30, 2022, the company had around 311,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
In fiscal 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €72.0 billion and net income of €4.4 billion. As of September 30, 2022, the company had around 311,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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