{"id":5336,"date":"2025-03-17T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5336"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:04:09","slug":"cylib","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/en\/portfolio\/cylib\/","title":{"rendered":"cylib"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\">cylib is setting new standards in battery recycling. The company has developed a holistic technology that achieves a recycling efficiency of 90 percent. All valuable materials from lithium-ion batteries\u2014such as lithium, graphite, nickel, manganese, and cobalt\u2014are recovered and reintroduced into the battery production cycle. cylib covers the entire recycling process, from discharging end-of-life batteries to recovering market-ready raw materials. Thanks to its proprietary water-based recycling method, cylib reduces the carbon footprint by 30 percent compared to conventional approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\">The rising demand for battery raw materials presents significant challenges for the industry, as traditional recycling methods are often inefficient and environmentally harmful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\">As a spin-off of RWTH Aachen University, cylib brings cutting-edge research directly to the industry. Founded in 2022 by Dr. Lilian Schwich (CEO), Paul Sabarny (CTO), and Dr. Gideon Schwich (COO), the company envisions enabling a true circular economy and resilient European supply chains by reintegrating sustainably recovered secondary raw materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:84px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"9560\" height=\"2550\" src=\"https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5337\" style=\"width:256px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored.png 9560w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-1024x273.png 1024w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-1536x410.png 1536w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-2048x546.png 2048w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-500x133.png 500w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-800x213.png 800w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-1280x341.png 1280w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cylib_colored-1920x512.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 9560px) 100vw, 9560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lilian_cylib.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5374 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lilian_cylib.png 772w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lilian_cylib-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lilian_cylib-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lilian_cylib-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/techfornetzero.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lilian_cylib-500x499.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\">\u201ecylib is shaping the next generation of battery recycling. Efficient, sustainable, and uncompromising. Our technology offers a true circular economy for the industry.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Dr. Lilian Schwich, CEO and Co-Founder of cylib<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-007a9c89 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cylib.de\/\">Website<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cylib\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cylib is setting new standards in battery recycling. The company has developed a holistic technology that achieves a recycling efficiency of 90 percent. 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