ADDIONICS IL LTD

Their core work

Addionics is an Israeli deep-tech SME specialising in 3D electrode architecture for lithium-ion batteries. Their core technology replaces conventional flat current collectors with 3D-printed electrodes, which increases the surface area available for electrochemical reactions and reduces internal resistance — translating into batteries that charge faster, store more energy, and run cooler. The company pursued this through the EU's SME Instrument, progressing from a Phase 1 feasibility study (€50k) to a full Phase 2 development project (€2.25M), both targeting the electric vehicle and advanced manufacturing markets. Their value lies in a proprietary electro-printing process that can be integrated into existing battery manufacturing lines without requiring a complete redesign.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Addionics entered H2020 in 2019 with a Phase 1 feasibility grant that carried no technical keywords — typical of an early-stage concept validation. By their Phase 2 project (2020–2022), the keyword profile filled out rapidly: 3D structure, current collector, battery, electric vehicle, manufacturing, 3D battery architecture, and process — revealing a company that had moved from concept to engineering execution. The trajectory is tight and consistent: there is no pivot, no scope creep, only a deepening of a single core technology from laboratory concept toward manufacturable product.

Addionics is moving along a classic deep-tech commercialisation path — from proof-of-concept toward manufacturable product — making them most interesting to partners working on EV battery supply chains, cell manufacturers, or materials integration at the production stage.

How they like to work

Addionics operated exclusively as a solo coordinator under the SME Instrument, which by design requires no consortium partners — both projects were self-led, single-beneficiary grants. This means there is no evidence of collaborative research behaviour within H2020: no co-investigators, no academic partners, no industry sub-contractors visible in the public data. For future partners, this suggests a company that is product-focused and commercially driven rather than a traditional research collaborator; they are more likely to engage as a technology provider or co-developer than as a passive consortium member.

Addionics has zero recorded consortium partners across their two H2020 projects, reflecting the solo nature of the SME Instrument grants they used. Their network within European publicly-funded research is effectively non-existent at this stage, though their Israeli base and EV-sector focus suggest potential links to Israeli deep-tech investors and automotive supply chain actors outside the CORDIS record.

What sets them apart

Addionics occupies a narrow but defensible niche: they are not a battery cell maker and not a materials supplier, but a structural electrode technology company — a layer of the battery stack that most players treat as a commodity. Their 3D current collector approach is a platform technology, meaning it could in principle be licensed to or co-developed with multiple cell manufacturers rather than requiring Addionics to build factories. For a consortium builder, they represent access to a specific IP and process capability that no large research institute or Tier 1 supplier typically holds.

Highlights from their portfolio

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  The Phase 2 SME Instrument grant (€2,253,689, 2020–2022) is notable for its size relative to the company's stage and for confirming EU evaluators' confidence in the 3D electrode concept after the Phase 1 feasibility result.
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  The Phase 1 grant (€50,000, 2019) represents the initial EU validation of the electro-printing concept, making it the origin point of Addionics' European funding track record.