Kodak And Ateios Announces It Has Demonstrated The Fastest Solvent-free Production Process For High-energy Electrodes Ever Reported; Ateios Backed By $350K Grant From The NSF Energy Storage Engine In New York For PFAS-Free, 96% Reduction In Energy Consumption

80 m/min RaiCure™ platform delivers higher energy, lower cost, near-zero toxic emission, no forever chemicals

Ateios Systems and Kodak are announcing they have demonstrated the fastest solvent-free production process for high-energy electrodes ever reported. Powered by the RaiCure™ platform, the system reaches an unprecedented coating speed of 80 meters per minute, nearly three times faster than the industry-standard 30 m/min with fluorine-polymer-based electrodes. The system achieves those speeds while enabling high-voltage stability and thick coatings (>5 mAh/cm²), producing entirely domestic and forever chemical-free electrodes for synthetic graphite, LCO, NMC, and LFP materials that make up 80% of the $196B global lithium-ion battery market.

Ateios was awarded a $350,000 R&D and Superboost grant from the NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York, with a selection committee led by Nobel Laureate Dr. Stanley Whittingham. The committee highlighted the platform's ability to address five of the most urgent challenges in next-generation battery manufacturing:

• Up to 96% reduction in energy consumption
• Elimination of PFAS-based chemicals
• Thick, high-energy cathodes scalable to GWh production
• Recycling-ready electrode designs
• Made from raw materials from domestic, scalable suppliers