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• A standardized automation and data architecture will help create a scalable path from research into real-world battery manufacturing;
• Siemens will help shape the IT/OT architecture, and provide an industrial data foundation and roadmap for Digital Twin simulation;
• Battery-NY will build on the Siemens Battery Automation Framework, a modular toolbox designed to support standardization and accelerate engineering in battery cell manufacturing.
Siemens today announced a collaboration with Battery-NY, a federally funded Binghamton University-led initiative, to establish an automation and digital manufacturing architecture to be used in a flexible battery development and pilot manufacturing facility in upstate New York.
A major scale-up challenge battery manufacturers face today is integrating equipment from multiple machine builders. Siemens is helping Battery-NY establish standardized automation, equipment-interface and data principles so that future systems can operate within a cohesive manufacturing environment. This will provide battery manufactures with a future guide to build factories faster and more reliably to ensure economic viability.
Battery-NY has adopted Siemens automation across much of its principal production-equipment landscape and is using the Siemens Battery Automation Framework as a standardization reference. The work extends beyond technology supply by connecting equipment-level control with manufacturing data, research translation, workforce learning and the ability to scale over time.
“We started working with Siemens early because we wanted to consider digitalization from the beginning, not add it after the equipment was installed,” said Paul Malliband, Executive Director of Battery-NY. “Our goal is a flexible, modular facility where new battery technologies and manufacturing approaches can be introduced over time while the controls, automation and software foundation evolve with them.”
Specialized battery manufacturing equipment often comes with disparate control and data systems, leading to fragmented information and costly custom integrations. Battery-NY and Siemens are addressing this through a common operational framework across critical processes, including mixing, coating, calendaring, slitting, cell assembly, formation and cycling.
This shared industrial rulebook is intended to support production and quality visibility, real-time dashboards, track-and-trace capabilities and material genealogy. The foundation also provides a path for future simulation, Digital Twin, software-defined automation and AI as Battery-NY’s capabilities expand. Siemens Foundational Technologies in Princeton, New Jersey, will evaluate these capabilities against real world manufacturing challenges to assess research and production value.
“Battery manufacturing is not only about individual machines. It requires coordination across automation, data, software, operations and workforce readiness,” said Vivek Furtado, Head of Battery Vertical US, Siemens Digital Industries. “Our work with Battery-NY shows how integration complexity can be turned into manufacturing clarity, with a practical path toward traceability, analytics and future-ready production.”
Battery-NY is designed to help bridge the gap between battery research and manufacturing execution. The facility will allow promising materials, cell designs and process concepts to be evaluated using manufacturing-relevant equipment, repeatable workflows and consistent production data, helping teams understand what is required to scale beyond the laboratory.
The initiative will give researchers, students, and industry collaborators experience in an industrially relevant environment. Academic users can work with manufacturing processes and data; suppliers can evaluate how their systems behave in a broader production environment; and manufacturers can assess digital workflows before applying them at scale.
“Battery-NY and Siemens Foundational Technologies are exploring to bridge battery research and pilot-scale manufacturing through simulation, digital twins, automation and AI-enabled operations,” said Dr. Sudhir Rajagopalan, Research & Development Project Manager, Siemens Foundational Technologies. “The collaboration focuses on validating research outcomes in a production-oriented environment, reducing scale-up risk and creating a data-driven foundation for future industrial deployment.”
The collaboration is moving forward as the facility advances toward initial operations in the coming months.
Battery-NY is supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration's Building Back Better Regional Challenge and Empire State Development. It is part of a broader effort to strengthen U.S. battery development, manufacturing capability and supply-chain readiness by bringing university-led research closer to industrial systems, manufacturing knowledge and workforce preparation.
Siemens contributes an industrial system perspective by linking equipment choices to automation standards, manufacturing data, implementation clarity and a digital roadmap that can support future solutions and services.
The long-term value is a reference environment where diverse equipment and stakeholders can work from common principles, introduce new technologies without costly redesign and turn research into practical manufacturing knowledge and industry standardization.
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
Siemens Corporation (siemens.com) is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI including generative AI to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.
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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