Siemens and Battery-NY Partner to Build Digitalized Battery Pilot Factory in New York and Create Scalable Manufacturing Framework for U.S. Battery Production

Siemens and Battery-NY Partner to Build Digitalized Battery Pilot Factory in New York and Create Scalable Manufacturing Framework for U.S. Battery Production

(IN BRIEF) Siemens and Battery-NY, a federally funded initiative led by Binghamton University, are collaborating to establish a standardized automation and digital manufacturing architecture for a flexible battery development and pilot production facility in upstate New York. Siemens will help define the facility’s IT/OT architecture, provide an industrial data foundation and develop a roadmap for future Digital Twin simulation, while Battery-NY is using the modular Siemens Battery Automation Framework as a reference across manufacturing processes including mixing, coating, calendaring, slitting, cell assembly, formation and cycling. The common architecture is designed to reduce the integration complexity created by equipment from multiple machine builders and enable production visibility, real-time dashboards, track-and-trace capabilities and material genealogy. It will also provide a foundation for future software-defined automation and AI-enabled operations. The facility is intended to bridge laboratory battery research and pilot-scale manufacturing, giving researchers, students, suppliers and manufacturers access to industrially relevant equipment and consistent data. Supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration and Empire State Development, Battery-NY is expected to begin initial operations in the coming months and contribute to stronger U.S. battery manufacturing and supply-chain capabilities.

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 10-Sep-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens has announced a collaboration with Battery-NY, a federally funded initiative led by Binghamton University, to establish a standardized automation and digital manufacturing architecture for a flexible battery development and pilot manufacturing facility in upstate New York.

The partnership is designed to help bridge the gap between battery research and industrial-scale production by creating a common framework for automation, equipment interfaces, manufacturing data and future digital technologies.

Siemens will help shape the facility’s IT/OT architecture, provide an industrial data foundation and develop a roadmap for future Digital Twin simulation, while Battery-NY will use the Siemens Battery Automation Framework as a reference for standardizing battery manufacturing processes.

Standardized architecture targets battery manufacturing scale-up challenges

One of the major challenges facing battery manufacturers is integrating production equipment supplied by different machine builders, which can result in fragmented control systems, inconsistent data structures and expensive custom engineering.

Siemens and Battery-NY aim to address this issue by establishing common principles for automation, equipment interfaces and industrial data from the outset.

The objective is to create a cohesive manufacturing environment that can accommodate equipment from multiple suppliers while reducing the complexity of future integration.

The partners expect this standardized approach to provide a practical reference for battery manufacturers seeking to design and commission factories more quickly, reliably and economically.

Battery-NY adopts Siemens automation across key production equipment

Battery-NY has already adopted Siemens automation across much of its principal manufacturing-equipment landscape.

The facility is using the Siemens Battery Automation Framework as a standardization reference, providing a modular toolbox intended to accelerate engineering and establish greater consistency across battery cell manufacturing.

The collaboration extends beyond individual automation products by connecting equipment-level controls with manufacturing data, research translation, workforce development and future production scale-up.

This approach is intended to create a platform capable of evolving as new battery chemistries, manufacturing technologies and production methods emerge.

Flexible facility designed to evolve alongside battery technology

Paul Malliband, Executive Director of Battery-NY, said digitalization was incorporated into the project at an early stage rather than being added after manufacturing equipment had already been installed.

He said Battery-NY’s objective is to create a flexible and modular facility capable of accommodating new battery technologies and production approaches over time.

The automation, control and software foundation is therefore being designed to develop alongside the equipment and research programmes operating within the facility.

This flexibility is intended to reduce the need for extensive redesign as technologies change.

Common framework spans critical battery production processes

Siemens and Battery-NY are developing a shared operational framework across key stages of battery cell manufacturing.

These processes include mixing, coating, calendaring, slitting, cell assembly, formation and cycling.

Specialized equipment used at each stage often arrives with different control technologies and data structures, potentially creating disconnected information flows across the production line.

The common architecture is intended to establish a consistent industrial foundation across these processes so that data can be collected, interpreted and used more effectively.

Digital infrastructure to support traceability and manufacturing visibility

The shared industrial framework is expected to enable capabilities including production visibility, quality monitoring, real-time dashboards, track-and-trace functions and material genealogy.

Material genealogy is particularly important in battery manufacturing because it allows manufacturers and researchers to connect final cell performance with the materials, process parameters and equipment conditions used during production.

A standardized data foundation can therefore help teams identify relationships between manufacturing conditions and battery quality.

The partners expect these capabilities to support both research activity and future industrial production.

Digital Twin, software-defined automation and AI form future roadmap

The architecture is also being designed as a foundation for more advanced technologies.

Future capabilities could include Digital Twin simulation, software-defined automation and artificial intelligence, allowing production processes to be modelled, analyzed and optimized digitally.

Siemens Foundational Technologies, based in Princeton, New Jersey, will evaluate these technologies against real-world manufacturing challenges to determine their potential research and production value.

The collaboration is intended to establish the digital infrastructure needed to introduce such capabilities progressively as Battery-NY’s operations expand.

Siemens sees integration as key to future-ready battery manufacturing

Vivek Furtado, Head of Battery Vertical US at Siemens Digital Industries, said successful battery manufacturing depends on more than the performance of individual machines.

It requires coordination across automation, manufacturing data, software, operating processes and workforce readiness.

He said the Battery-NY collaboration demonstrates how equipment-integration complexity can be converted into a clearer manufacturing architecture with a practical path toward traceability, analytics and future-ready production.

Facility bridges laboratory research and industrial manufacturing

Battery-NY is intended to reduce one of the central challenges facing battery innovation: moving promising technologies from laboratory environments into manufacturing processes that can operate consistently at larger scale.

The pilot facility will allow new battery materials, cell designs and manufacturing concepts to be evaluated using production-relevant equipment, repeatable workflows and consistent industrial data.

This environment is designed to help researchers and industry partners understand the engineering, data and process requirements needed before technologies can progress toward full-scale manufacturing.

Researchers, students and industrial partners gain access to production environment

The initiative will also serve as a collaborative environment for academic researchers, students, technology suppliers and battery manufacturers.

Academic teams will be able to work with real manufacturing processes and production data rather than relying only on laboratory-scale systems.

Equipment and technology suppliers can evaluate how their products operate as part of a broader manufacturing environment.

Manufacturers, meanwhile, can test digital workflows and production concepts at pilot scale before introducing them into larger commercial facilities.

Siemens research team to assess AI-enabled manufacturing concepts

Dr. Sudhir Rajagopalan, Research & Development Project Manager at Siemens Foundational Technologies, said Battery-NY and Siemens are exploring how simulation, Digital Twins, automation and AI-enabled operations can connect battery research with pilot-scale production.

He said the collaboration will focus on validating research outcomes in a production-oriented environment.

The aim is to lower scale-up risk while creating a data-driven foundation that can support future industrial deployment.

Project advances toward initial operations

The collaboration is progressing as the Battery-NY facility prepares for initial operations in the coming months.

The partners envision the site as a reference environment where equipment from different suppliers and organizations can operate according to common industrial principles.

Over the longer term, this could enable new technologies to be introduced without requiring costly redesign of the overall production architecture.

The resulting knowledge could also contribute to broader battery manufacturing standardization.

Federal and New York State support strengthens U.S. battery ecosystem

Battery-NY is supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Building Back Better Regional Challenge and Empire State Development.

The initiative forms part of a wider effort to strengthen domestic U.S. capabilities in battery development, manufacturing and supply-chain readiness.

By connecting university-led research with industrial systems, manufacturing expertise and workforce preparation, Battery-NY aims to improve the pathway from scientific innovation to commercial production.

Siemens contributes integrated industrial system perspective

Siemens’ role is intended to connect manufacturing-equipment choices with automation standards, industrial data architecture and a longer-term digital roadmap.

The company is bringing its experience in industrial automation and digital manufacturing to help ensure that research, equipment and production systems can function within a common environment.

The long-term objective is to create a scalable manufacturing reference model that can support continuous technology introduction while reducing integration complexity.

Siemens Digital Industries supports industrial digital transformation

Siemens Digital Industries provides automation and software technologies for process and discrete manufacturing industries, supporting companies in digitalizing product development and production.

Its portfolio includes automation, industrial software and technologies available through Siemens Xcelerator, the company’s open digital business platform.

Siemens Digital Industries employs approximately 70,000 people worldwide.

In the United States, Siemens Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Siemens AG. The Siemens Group USA generated approximately $24.427 billion in revenue during fiscal year 2025, operates 30 manufacturing sites and employs more than 50,000 people serving customers across all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens’ cutting-edge automation and software portfolio revolutionizes the design, realization and optimization of products and production. And with Siemens Xcelerator – the open digital business platform – this process is made even easier, faster, and scalable. Together with our partners and ecosystem, Siemens Digital Industries enables customers to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise. Siemens Digital Industries has a workforce of around 70,000 people worldwide.

About Siemens
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In fiscal year 2025, which ended on September 30, 2025, the Siemens Group USA generated revenue of $24.427 billion with 30 manufacturing sites across the U.S. and more than 50,000 employees serving customers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

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