FREYR Battery has awarded a strategic alliance frame agreement to South Korea-based Hana Technology Co. Ltd. Together, the two companies will jointly develop equipment and automation solutions for FREYR's Customer Qualification Plant in Mo i Rana, Norway, as well as for FREYR's planned Gigafactories. Hana Technology develops precision automation solutions for battery facilities and other industrial operations.

This strategic alliance frame agreement will enable FREYR and Hana Technology to customize and co-develop solutions for the CQP, including joint development projects such as quality control equipment, aging time reductions, and artificial intelligence updates to systems to reduce waste. Hana Technology is a pre-qualified vendor of 24M Technologies Inc., the maker of the 24M SemiSolid™ production platform which enables lower-cost and more sustainable lithium-ion battery production. FREYR has licensed the 24M platform with the ambition to reduce the steps in the battery cell manufacturing process and subsequently reduce carbon emissions.

As part of the strategic alliance frame agreement, Hana Technology will specifically support on areas including pouch assembly, formation and aging, inspection, grading, packaging, as well as scrap-discharge equipment for FREYR's Gigafactories. Hana Technology will also collaborate with FREYR to review, develop, and improve its technical documentation.