In his ‘Battery Atlas’, Prof. Dr Heiner Heimes, Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components, RWTH Aachen, describes the current state of battery production in Europe, including the associated value chains. He explains that the current global political situation requires comprehensive independence from critical components for lithium-ion batteries.
Various industries must develop around the lithium-ion battery to achieve the most significant possible autonomy. If companies succeed in establishing cooperation and networks along the entire value chain, then Europe is also on a promising path towards expanding electric mobility.
We discuss why this is the case, what such a value chain would look like and what conditions would need to be created for companies to work together and network.
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Heiner Hans Heimes studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production engineering at RWTH Aachen University from 2004 to 2009, where he also completed a degree in economics from 2007 to 2010. Afterwards, from 2010 to 2014, he was a research associate at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University, and in 2014 he received his PhD.
From 2015 to 2019, he was head of RWTH's Electromobility Laboratory (eLab) and Chief Engineer of the newly established Chair of "Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components". From 2019 to 2023, Heimes held the role of PEM's Executive Chief Engineer. In March 2023, he was appointed professor focusing on "Production Engineering for Lithum-Ion Batteries". Together with Professor Achim Kampker, he is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the PEM Chair.
