Ace boosts lead battery recycling to produce more than 1 million EV batteries per year
The expansion increases production to more than 17 million pounds of refined lead and lead alloys annually
Ace Green Recycling, Inc. provides sustainable battery recycling technology solutions and has expanded its lead battery recycling licensing agreement with ACME Metal Enterprise, a Taiwanese lead recycler.
ACME has been leveraging Ace's sustainable GREENLEAD recycling technology, a fully electric process that produces zero Scope 1 carbon emissions, to process batteries at its Taiwan facility since 2024.
Ace and ACME expand lead battery recycling capabilities
Ace and ACME's extended licensing agreement now includes metallics treatment for lead battery recycling at ACME's facility. Ace 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. Ace expects to commission the GMPS in the fourth quarter of 2025.
GMPS receives dirty metallics from the lead battery breaker and separation system to produce clean metallics, which can be melted to produce valuable lead alloys. With the expansion of metallics treatment, the upgraded ACME facility is expected to be capable of producing more than 17 million pounds of refined lead and lead alloys annually enough to support the production of more than 1 million car batteries.
A strategic partnership to increase market share
"We have witnessed the impressive capabilities of Ace's innovative and environmentallyfriendly lead battery recycling technology first-hand through our partnership over the past year," Linus P. Lu, managing director of ACME, said. "Ace has set the industry standard for solving many of the challenges in recycling lead, and we look forward to expanding how we leverage their technology to meet the growing demand from our automotive and battery manufacturing customers."
"ACME is a valued partner to Ace, and this expanded agreement demonstrates more third-party validation of the strength of our recycling solutions," 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 for Ace strategically positions us for success as we progress in our global expansion plans."
