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Putailai (Jiangxi Zichen Technology)
Putailai New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Nanchang, Jiangxi; SZSE: 688567; formerly known through its Jiangxi Zichen subsidiary) is the third-largest synthetic graphite anode producer in China by volume. Putailai operates large-scale Acheson furnace graphitization capacity at its Jiangxi and Sichuan production bases. Key differentiation: Putailai also produces anode manufacturing equipment (graphitization furnaces), giving it vertical integration advantages. Estimated ~13% global synthetic graphite anode market share in 2023. Customers include CATL, BYD, SVOLT. The company's Jiangxi Zichen brand is widely recognized in Chinese battery supply chains.
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Synthetic Graphite Anode (Acheson)
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Did you know2024
Putailai's industrial Acheson furnaces (operating at ~3000°C) graphitize petroleum coke into battery anode material. The same Acheson furnace technology also produces graphite electrodes for electric arc furnaces used in "green steel" production from scrap metal. Both the EV battery supply chain and the decarbonizing steel supply chain depend on large Acheson furnace graphitization capacity — and companies like Putailai that scale up for battery anode production are simultaneously creating the manufacturing base that could produce EAF steel electrodes. The battery anode industry and the steelmaking industry are competing for Acheson furnace capacity and needle coke feedstock, with companies like Putailai sitting at this intersection.
Putailai New Energy Technology ↗Origin2023
Putailai (Jiangxi Zichen Technology) is headquartered in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province — a strategic location in China's battery materials belt. Jiangxi is simultaneously China's largest lithium reserve province (lepidolite and spodumene deposits in Yichun) and home to major rare earth and specialty carbon processing. Putailai built large-scale Acheson furnace graphitization capacity in Jiangxi and Sichuan to become the #3 synthetic graphite anode producer in China, benefiting from both Jiangxi's industrial infrastructure and proximity to upstream lithium producers.
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