Multi-year contracts valued at more than €150 million underscore Syensqo’s dedication to innovation and customer collaboration
Syensqo, a global leader in advanced materials, proudly announces the signing of new multi-year contracts for the supply of its battery-grade Solef® Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) with automotive original equipment manufacturers and battery makers. Signed in the first quarter of 2025 and totaling more than €150 million in cumulative net sales, the long-term contracts highlight Syensqo's commitment to innovation, customer collaboration and profitable growth in the fast evolving battery market.
Solef® PVDF, a thermoplastic fluoropolymer, plays a crucial role in lithium-ion batteries by providing superior separator-electrode adhesion and binder performance, delivering durable, high performance, and safe batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.
In addition to Solef® PVDF, Syensqo’s value proposition in the automotive industry extends to its portfolio of material solutions which address customers’ needs for lightweighting, higher performance and more energy efficient EVs, hybrids and internal combustion engine vehicles.
We are passionate about innovating with our advanced materials bringing higher performance to batteries, longer driving range to electrical vehicles, enabling a sustainable future for transportation. Our commercial teams have demonstrated exceptional dedication to achieve these significant milestones and support profitable growth.
The volumes will be delivered from Syensqo’s flagship plant in Tavaux, France, using its state-of-the-art suspension PVDF technology. The site’s PVDF capacity expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, with operations commencing in 2026, serving customers across multiple end markets, including the healthcare, electronics, energy, and construction sectors.
Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.
Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and healthcare applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
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Solef® PVDF
Solef® PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) is a highly non-reactive thermoplastic fluoropolymer that is inherently flame retardant. It has a high degree of purity, robust mechanical properties, electrochemical stability, and broad chemical resistance at high temperatures.