Marubeni invests in Skeleton
The ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies from Estonia has entered into a strategic partnership with the Japanese trading company Marubeni, which is also investing an undisclosed amount in Skeleton.
Skeleton Technologies has already closed a financing round of 41.3 million euros in autumn 2020. The company says that the aim of the new cooperation with Marubeni is to bring Skeleton’s new generation of ultracapacitors, also known as the ‘SuperBattery’, to the Asian automotive market, with a focus on electric vehicles and hydrogen transport.
Skeleton is collaborating with KIT for the SuperBattery’s technology. The research collaboration, announced in September 2020, will combine Skeleton’s patented ‘Curved Graphene’ carbon material with materials developed at KIT to create the SuperBattery. The battery is designed to enable the high performance and long life of ultracapacitors with a graphene battery. With its plant in Großröhr