ITEN on Their Solid State Micro-Battery And Energy Harvesting Technology at Embedded World 2025

Wevolver: So we are here at Embedded World together with Axel from our partners at ITEN. Axel, good to see you here. Excited for this interview. Could you maybe give us an introduction about yourself?

Axel: It's a pleasure, thank you. My name is Axel Fischer, I'm the Chief Commercial Officer of ITEN. I've been working a very long time in the semiconductor industry. Basically, devices which are consuming energy. Recently, I joined ITEN. We have the mission to bring green energy. So it feels like giving back something to the industry. 

Wevolver: Awesome. Well, thanks for that introduction of yourself and the company. Could we dive a bit more deeper in talking about ITEN's, technology and how does it set itself apart in this market? Right, like your solid state micro battery technology. 

Axel: Yes, ITEN, as we say in French or in English, ITEN. We're still a fairly young company. We have been founded 13 years ago. We are French and the mission and the vision of the company has been to introduce a battery which can be used almost over the entire lifetime. Today, we see that coin cells are being thrown away and exchanged on a daily basis with actually 100 million and more per day. So we have developed a technology, solid state, which has very good product markers. Solid state is safe. It cannot burn, it cannot explode, it cannot overheat. We achieve a very high power density and a very high energy density as well. Power and energy. And for those of you who are familiar with batteries, we have a stunning C rate of 100. And this comes in a very ecological format as the batteries are recyclable. And for the microelectronics industry, we can even solder it directly on the board, which is very efficient.

Wevolver: Axel, we see in the IoT market that devices continue getting smaller. They keep on integrating more sensors, which makes the power management and power constraints more critical. How does ITEN's technology support this ongoing miniaturization and how does it support energy harvesting solutions?

Axel: Excellent point. In general, the microelectronics device market is maniacal about shrinking, making smaller, more performance, lower energy consumption and more efficient power concepts. So we respond perfectly to that concept by bringing out this ultra small battery which perfectly integrates in small form factor into electronic devices.

Axel: Second point, as you asked about energy harvesting devices here, I would like to give you a very practical example which we have developed in conjunction with partners energy harvesting taking place by photovoltaic and inside. We have then here as well all and some sensors as well. Put this into your pocket. 

Wevolver: Will do. Thanks.

Wevolver: We've seen ITEN's technology get integrated into various industrial devices, various connected devices. Could you share some of the collaborations and partnerships that you've been working on and how are they moving forward the boundaries in micro battery technology?

Axel: Yeah, we are feeling very comfortable and are a strong participant as well in different kind of ecosystems. I would say one ecosystem is in conjunction with partners who are building the other devices, whether it is for connectivity, power management and as well Sensors. The other category is in terms of energy harvesting, where we are a strong partner as well in that ecosystem. Last but not least, we work with customers who provide as well collaboration and partnership which is driving our product availability and roadmap.

Wevolver: Axel, on a forward looking note, could you share us some of the innovations that ITEN is working on in pushing forward the boundaries in your sphere and maybe also your views on how do you see the micro battery technology evolve to meet the future demands of AI, of IoT and edge computing?

Axel: All right, so today we are demanded partnered by customers in various applications already the strongest demand today is coming from the IoT markets. There's a strong interest as well from healthcare and I would like to mention also about wearable. To satisfy in the different device categories, we have two product families. One is called POWENCY, which is a very capable device to deliver strong power during a short moment. The other device family is called FLOWENCY which has a much longer endurance and is much more capable in that regards. Expect from us more in the future to bring out more devices in each product category of POWENCY and FLOWENCY. Everything is made in house. We have as well the production. We are scaling this accordingly with raising customer demand. 

Wevolver: That's exciting. Well Axel, thanks for the very nice interview. I wish you and ITEN continued success here at Embedded World and obviously with your future innovations for which we're quite excited about.

Axel: Thank you. I hope to see you soon again. 

Wevolver: Thanks.