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SGL Group to sell graphite electrode business to Showa Denko for €350M; focusing on carbon fiber and graphite

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Closing is expected in the first half of 2017. We will now be focusing our resources fully on our growth areas Composites - Fibers & Materials (CFM) and Graphite Materials & Systems (GMS) taking advantage of three megatrends mobility, energy supply, and digitization.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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prismatic cells—each of them about half the size of a paperback book—or long, flat pouch cells. Market launch is scheduled to begin in 2017. The company hopes to launch AWC in 2017. An outer skin made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) encases the inner aluminum shell.

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