- CEO
- Jörg Leinenbach
- Full Time Employees
- 206
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Industrial specialties
- Address
- Hainweg 9-11 Weimar TH Germany 99425
- IPO Date
- Mar 21, 2017
- Business
- IBU-tec advanced materials AG is a Germany-based provider of thermal process engineering solutions and services for inorganic materials, specializing in rotary kilns and pulsation reactors for applications up to 1,500 degrees Celsius. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Weimar, with additional sites in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, the company operates 16 different rotary kilns and 8 pulsation reactors, supporting approximately 300 projects annually with a total capacity of 20,000 tons. Its core offerings encompass material development and analytics including feasibility studies and laboratory-scale trials; process trials and scale-up using various kiln atmospheres; tolling services for industrial-scale contract manufacturing of catalysts and carriers, minerals, battery materials such as lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode active material, activated carbon, ceramics, rare earths, and building materials; and engineering services for process and plant optimization. The company serves industries including battery production for electromobility and stationary energy storage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, environmental technologies for air purification and resource conservation, and advanced materials, with an international customer base spanning innovative mid-sized firms and global corporations primarily in Germany, Europe, and beyond. Recently, IBU-tec expanded its strategic partnership with PowerCo SE through a joint development agreement and long-term supply contracts for LFP cathode material production, targeting mid- to high double-digit million-euro annual volumes from 2028; this includes commencing output at the Weimar site from 2026 with over 3,000 tons per year capacity by 2028 and constructing a new Bitterfeld facility starting in 2025 for a fivefold capacity increase by 2028, fully financed and with PowerCo securing all output for 10 years.