Noroo Paint Materials Used in Electric Vehicle Parts... Secondary Battery Business Accelerates

Participation in 'InterBattery 2024'
13 Battery Materials and 3 Hydrogen Energy Materials Unveiled

Noru Paint is accelerating its new businesses such as secondary batteries and hydrogen. In particular, since materials it has already developed in-house are being used in electric vehicle batteries, it is expecting achievements in the related market.

On the 8th, Noru Paint participated in ‘InterBattery 2024’ and unveiled 13 types of secondary battery materials and 3 types of hydrogen energy materials under the theme of ‘Energy Tech Solution.’ InterBattery is the largest battery industry specialized exhibition in Korea, which started in 2013. A total of 550 companies participated, and among major paint companies, only Noru Paint took part.

Last month, Noru Paint launched 13 products including adhesives, molding agents, and flame-retardant urethane foam that can be used for battery cells, modules, and packs. This is the first time Noru Paint has introduced materials for batteries. These materials were exhibited at InterBattery.

Key products include ‘Flame-retardant coating for electric vehicle batteries’ and ‘Lightweight silicone flame-retardant molding agent.’ These products play an important role in suppressing fire spread in case of fire and preventing thermal runaway when a fire occurs inside the battery. They are crucial materials in the battery industry. They have already been commercialized in the market and are showing results. A Noru Paint official explained, “Due to contractual issues, we cannot mention specifics, but our materials are already being used in some electric vehicles,” adding, “They are also utilized as heat dissipation products for electronic devices using semiconductors.”

Noru Paint participated in 'InterBattery 2024' held at COEX in Seoul, unveiling 13 types of secondary battery materials and 3 types of hydrogen energy materials. The photo shows the Noru Paint booth. Photo by Noru Paint.

Domestic paint companies such as KCC and Samhwa Paint are targeting secondary batteries as future growth engines and are expanding investments in related businesses. When developing new products, they are extensively researching other chemicals that can be combined with coatings, making the threshold relatively low for developing materials used in secondary batteries. Among them, Noru Paint is regarded as the most advanced.

Noru Paint has been researching and developing precision chemical technology centered on its technology research institute established in 1986. Secondary batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are also businesses that the institute has been preparing for several years. The company first filed a patent for an anode binder (adhesive) for secondary batteries in February 2019 and has been steadily filing related patents since then.

A Noru Paint official said, “The secondary battery materials were developed recently reflecting market needs,” and explained, “As functional products providing solutions to reduce fire risks, we have built a full lineup of secondary battery materials including binders, adhesives, molding agents, and foam-related materials for batteries.”

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