Ace said metallics treatment for lead battery recycling is being added to an existing licensing agreement to increase production capacity in Taiwan to more than 17 million pounds of refined lead and lead alloys annually.

This is enough to support the production of more than one million car batteries, Ace said.

ACME has been using Ace’s proprietary ‘GreenLead’ technology since 2024, when Ace installed its first modular lead battery recycling equipment.

Ace said it now plans to install its proprietary Grid Metallics Processing System (GMPS) to enable ACME to process grid metallics from more than 65 million pounds of lead batteries per year.

The GMPS, expected to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of this year, receives dirty metallics from the lead battery breaker and separation system to produce clean metallics, which can be melted to produce valuable lead alloys.

Nishchay Chadha, CEO and co-founder of Ace, said: “This agreement enables Ace to generate additional revenues and further expand our margins. Advancing our asset-light expansion plans in this important market strategically positions us for success as we progress in our global expansion plans.”

Batteries International reported last year that lead recycled by ACME will be sold into markets in Taiwan and Japan including battery OEMs across Asia.

ACE claims its technology replaces the smelting furnace, operates at room temperature, runs on electricity and has zero Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions (direct GHG emissions such as those made while running boilers and vehicles) and reduces solid waste by more than 85%.