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Jul 27, 2020
3DOM will Start Supplying Samples of 400Wh/kg Class Lithium Metal Secondary Battery for Evaluation by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from July 2020

3DOM Inc. (Yokohama City, CEO: Masataka Matsumura), an entrepreneurial venture company originated from Tokyo Metropolitan University, has successfully developed a lithium metal secondary battery that has 400Wh/kg weight energy density.

Application of lithium ion battery is expanding all around the world, particularly to electric vehicles (EVs), small consumer applications such as smart phones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) including drones, stationary energy storage systems that are installed in houses with solar panels, etc. For UAV application, in particular, it is required to reduce the weight of the battery, the power source, as such technology greatly affects the flight time.

Although carbon materials are used for the anode of lithium ion batteries, research and development of silicon alloy anode and lithium metal anode are now underway in various fields in order to further improve the energy density. However, until now, no sufficient performance of long life has been obtained.

In line with the research and development of the proprietary 3DOM separator that have been continuing since the Company establishment in 2014, the Company has continued to undergo vigorous research and development of lithium metal anode battery. This time, 3DOM has paved a way to maintain and improve the energy density of the battery that just meets the requirements of the customers, achieving both the weight energy density and life span performance.

The new lithium metal secondary battery successfully developed this time has twice the weight energy density of the conventional lithium ion secondary battery. The performance evaluation test has started as a secondary battery for UAV, and it is being planned to install the battery on the actual UAV two years later at the earliest.

In the future, by applying 3DOM’s proprietary separator technology and using materials with higher energy density, the Company aspires to further improve energy density while improving reliability. 3DOM plans to enter into various markets including the UAV application market which is expected to grow and weight reduction is particularly required.

UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Jul 17, 2020
3DOM is covered by Japan Maritime Daily and Kaiji Press.

Japan Maritime Daily

3DOM
Developed Energy Storage System
Effective for Electrification of Vessels

Kaiji Press

Market Introduction of Energy Storage Sysgtem
3DOM, the Developer of Next Generation Batteries, Goes for Electrification of Cabotage Vessels in Japan

Translated by 3DOM, Inc.

Jul 3, 2020
LAVLE Has Developed a New Energy Storage System “Proteus”
– Significantly Improved Reliability toward the Spread of Electric Propulsion of Vessels and Other Mobility –


LAVLE USA, Inc. (LAVLE), a U.S. corporation under the umbrella of 3DOM Inc. (Yokohama City, CEO: Masataka Matsumura) that is an entrepreneurial venture company originated from Tokyo Metropolitan University, has announced the flagship model of lithium-ion battery energy storage system (ESS) “Proteus”. Proteus has realized significant improvements in reliability, quality, and cost efficiency with the electrification of marine, defense, energy, railway and other fields in mind.

This ESS is designed to maximize the reliability, lifespan, and uptime of the separators with a homogeneous multi-porous structure, which is the patented technology of 3DOM and the next-generation battery cells utilizing the separators. The performance and high reliability of the ESS are truly epoch-making.

Nearly 95% of the world’s transportation energy comes from petroleum-based fuels, accounting for more than 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Early electrification is required to reduce environmental load, and Proteus meets this expectation by improving reliability as shown hereunder.

“LAVLE’s Proteus is the superior solution for delivering the performance and assurance required to further advance electrification in marine transportation and other means of mobility,” said Dr. Jason Nye, CEO, LAVLE. “This is just our first step in bringing innovative, next generation technologies to market that will have a meaningful impact for carbon reduction.”

Proteus is currently undergoing product certification by DNV-GL, the world’s leading classification society.
Relating to the status of technology development of LAVLE including Proteus, please visit:
https://lavle.com/solutions/

Contact information
Hiromichi Aoki, 3DOM Inc.
h-aoki@3dom.co.jp

Apr 10, 2020
Notice of Teleworking as a Measure against COVID-19

We are currently operating by telework with the objectives of reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection and ensuring the safety of our employees and all the stakeholders.

Outline of Telework:
Period: From Friday, February 28, 2020 to Wednesday, May 6, 2020
※ Teleworking was implemented by steps since February 28th, and it has been fully implemented as a principle since Wednesday, April 8th.
※ We may extend the period of telework depending on the situation.
Content: Employees work from home whenever possible, depending on the content of the work.

Notice and Request to Those Who May be Affected:
・ In line with the telework, please use e-mails to contact our employees.
・ Meetings with clients and suppliers and job interviews will be conducted online, in principle.
・ We may not be able to answer calls made to the office. In that case, please record your message. Please note that it may take longer than usual to respond to you.
・ We will handle contacts through our website (inquiry form) as usual.

Depending on the situation of the epidemic, we may review the content of the countermeasures.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused to all of you who are affected with this teleworking action..
Thank you for your understanding.

Dec 25, 2019
Announcement of the Year-End and New Year Holiday

Office will be closed from Saturday, December 28, 2019 through Sunday, January 5, 2020 for the year-end and new year holiday.
We wish to thank you wholeheartedly for the excellent relations that we enjoyed with you during the past year. Your continued rapport with us will be greatly appreciated.
Please accept our sincere wish that you will have a very happy new year of 2020.

Dec 25, 2019
Notice of Restoration of Mail Receiving Failure

We would like to express our gratitude for your continued support.

This time, our email system failed to receive email.

■ Disruption period
From around 15:00 on December 23, 2019 to around 17:15 on December 24, 2019

■ Target domain
@3dom.co.jp

Currently, the system has been restored and the system is in a condition where it can receive data successfully.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to all of you who have inquired about our e-mail address.

Nov 1, 2019
Appointment of Mr Lim How Teck as the Company’s Senior Advisor

It is a pleasure to announce that Mr Lim How Teck was appointed Senior Advisor to 3DOM Inc. as of November 1, 2019.
Mr Lim has held many CFO, COO, CEO and Chairman positions of various companies involved in shipping, commodity exchange, investment consulting, power generation, physical and cyber security, the mining, education business, etc., and is a specialist of finance, accounting and funding with extensive international qualifications, experience and knowledge. He has established very close and friendly relations with government officials and management individuals of large corporations. 3DOM Inc. expects that Mr Lim will contribute largely to the future business deployment of the Company.
Mr Lim is a graduate of University of Singapore (Accountancy) and Graduate School of Harvard Business School (Corporate Financial Management and Advanced Management).