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RNS Number : 0915E  Ilika plc  21 October 2025

21 October 2025

 

Ilika plc

('Ilika,' the 'Company,' or the 'Group')

 

Ilika Announces Completion of the Commissioning of its Goliath Automated Pilot
Line

 

Operational 1.5MWh pilot line enables customer delivery of solid-state battery
prototypes starting in 2025

 

Ilika (AIM: IKA), the UK pioneer in solid-state battery technology, announces
it has completed a successful final commissioning test of its automated
assembly line marking full operational status for its Goliath solid-state
battery (SSB) pilot production facility. The automated line significantly
improves manufacturing yield and product consistency, enabling Ilika to
deliver the larger volumes of Goliath SSBs required for both internal
validation and customer testing programmes.

 

Further to the outlook statement in our FY 2025 full year results
(https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/IKA/final-results/17138384)
published in July 2025, Ilika's SSB pilot line is now fully operational and
provides the capability and increased capacity to deliver 10Ah P1.5 prototypes
(first generation 10 amp-hour batteries) and initial sampling quantities of
its 50Ah P2 prototypes (second generation 50 amp-hour batteries) to customers
to support their internal test programmes. Commercial test programmes require
large numbers of identical cells to ensure robustness of data and these needs
can now be met by Ilika utilising its own facility.

 

To further scale up 50Ah battery production to A-Sample volumes
(pre-production quantities for automotive testing), as described in its
announcement
(https://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/ilika_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=870&newsid=1988911)
in September 2025, the Company will continue its collaboration with UK Battery
Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), in the PRIMED programme, supported by the
Advanced Propulsion Centre with Jaguar Land Rover and HSSMI. B-Samples
(pre-production samples manufactured on industrial-scale production equipment)
will be produced in collaboration with licensees.

 

Following this important milestone, Ilika remains on track to begin releasing
its 10Ah P1.5 prototypes to customers in December 2025, with 50Ah cells
following based on P1.5 feedback and customer demand.

 

Graeme Purdy, CEO of Ilika, said: "The completion of the Goliath pilot line is
a major milestone in our journey to commercialisation. This automation
delivers the consistent performance and quality our customers require for
their validation programmes, while de-risking their future scale-up to
giga-scale production. This is a strong and clear step towards achieving our
licencing objectives."

 

Sean Gilgun, CEO of UKBIC said: "Ilika will be one of the first companies to
use our new flexible pilot line, which is great news. It's hugely positive to
see that their ambitious plans continue apace. This latest announcement is
confirmation that Ilika has successfully completed the bridge between its own
capability, our FPL and full-scale capability, to produce automotive A- and
B-Samples. We look forward to further collaboration between Ilika and UKBIC in
the PRIMED project."

 

 

The information communicated within this announcement is deemed to constitute
inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No.
596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (withdrawal)
Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information
is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

ENDS--

 

Enquiries:

 

 Ilika Plc                                             www.ilika.com (http://www.ilika.com/)
 Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive

                                                     Via FTI Consulting
 Jason Stewart, Chief Financial Officer

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and Broker)  +44 (0)131 220 9772
 Peter Lynch

                                                     +44 (0)131 220 9771
 Neil McDonald

 FTI Consulting (Comms Advisors)                       ilika@fticonsulting.com

 Ben Brewerton

 Elizabeth Adams

 Dwight Burden

 

About Ilika plc

 

Ilika is a global expert in the development of solid-state battery technology
for electric vehicles, medical devices and consumer appliances. The Company's
pioneering next-generation technologies aim to provide scalable, affordable
alternatives to conventional batteries, to industries which need to
incorporate a smaller, lighter, and safer power source in their products.

 

The Company has two product lines. Its Stereax batteries are designed for
powering miniature medical implants, industrial wireless sensors and Internet
of Things (IoT) applications and the Goliath large format batteries are
designed for EV cars and cordless appliances.

 

Through its licensing business model, Ilika supplies its IP portfolio to both
OEMs and manufacturing partners in exchange for a license fee and future
royalties.

 

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