[SMM New Energy] TÜV Rheinland Officially Approved as a Notified Body Under the EU Battery Regulation

Easpring Technology (300073.SZ) announced that the company and ProLogium Technology signed the "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement" on February 6. The two parties intend to strengthen cooperation in the fields of solid-state batteries and the new energy industry, fully leverage their respective technical advantages, and establish a comprehensive strategic partnership in areas such as equity investment, cooperation on battery materials, mass production, and supply.

Gotion High-tech disclosed a plan for a private placement of A-shares, intending to raise no more than 5 billion yuan through the issuance. After deducting issuance expenses, the funds will be fully allocated to the annual 20GWh power battery project, the Gotion High-tech 20GWh new energy battery base project, the new-type lithium-ion battery intelligent manufacturing base project, and to supplement working capital. The announcement stated that with the explosive growth of the new energy industry, the demand in the new energy lithium battery market is increasingly expanding, and shipments of power batteries and ESS batteries continue to grow.

Honggong Technology held an investor conference call, attended by Yu Ziyi, Director and Deputy General Manager, He Xiaoming, CFO and Board Secretary. The call disclosed that the company secured approximately 3.554 billion yuan in new orders for 2025, with lithium battery segment orders accounting for about 90%, and non-lithium battery orders making up around 10%. Within the lithium battery segment, slurry business orders constituted approximately 2/3, while materials business orders accounted for about 1/3. The company stated that its mixed homogenization integrated machine has undergone small-scale and pilot testing at several leading domestic battery clients, with some applications exceeding one year.