KATA-ANA INVEST AB

is a company that develops charging and storage systems for energy.

Acquired Rights

Kata-Ana Invest AB has acquired all rights to the development, manufacture and sale of a unique invention worldwide. It is a charging and storage system for energy, which can also be called a battery.

Kata-Ana invention

With Kata-Ana technology, it is estimated that the following can be achieved:

Electropositive metal ions are reduced to metal at normal temperature with analyzer and catalyst reactions with a pre-calculated and predetermined current. The current resistance of the solution and the required overvoltage have been taken into account. In battery technology, this means that the aluminum electrode gives off its energy and that it can be recharged enough times.

This is how you can manufacture batteries in all sizes with the following calculated performance values:

Energy density / volume: 2100 Wh / liter up to 8645 Wh/liter

Energy density / mass: 1330 Wh / kg up to 3340 Wh/kg

Charging times: 3000+

Minimum temperature: -37 Celsius, heated -50 Celsius

Maximum temperature: +70 Celsius to +120 Celsius

Operating time: 10-30 years

Dissolution rate: adjustable

Aluminum is a good solution for four reasons

a) It is available everywhere

b) It's cheap

c) It stores a lot of energy

d) It has a low weight relative to performance

Comparison of material consumption and CO₂ emissions when manufacturing batteries.

Aluminum batteries are significantly more durable and environmentally friendly compared to lithium batteries. This advantage is crucial for large-scale battery production, where reduced CO₂ emissions and lower material requirements are essential for a sustainable future.

Energy density in electric car batteries - this is how it has developed until 2025. Forecast thereafter and comparison with Kata-Ana AIP batteries.

Manufacturers of electric car batteries have become increasingly better at squeezing more and more energy content per kilo of battery packs. The measure is called energy density and is measured in watt hours per kilo. Higher energy density means lighter cars and thus longer range, alternatively that you can hold more kilowatt hours in the same car. It is and will be a constant development.

🌟 A possible future battery breakthrough that could change the world.

🛡️ Important reading note

This text describes a possible future scenario. It should not be read as a statement that the technology is already fully developed, commercially verified, or that all targets have already been achieved. The effects described below assume that the Kata-Ana technology, after continued development, prototypes and independent verification, would reach full or substantial target achievement and thereafter be commercialised on a larger scale.

What could happen if we succeed in developing a battery or energy-storage system that is up to 20 times more efficient than today's lithium batteries?

Imagine a possible battery or energy-storage system that could store much more energy and be up to 20 times more efficient, be charged in a matter of minutes, last for decades and be produced at a competitive cost. If such a technology were successfully developed and verified, it would not merely be a product improvement – it could become a technological leap of global significance.

Below we analyse how such a possible battery breakthrough, in the event of full or substantial target achievement, could affect industry, society and energy markets.

✅ The transport sector could be revolutionised

A highly efficient battery could change how we move – on land, at sea and in the air.

Electric cars and electrically powered vehicles could take a decisive step forward

· Ranges of up to 3,000–5,000 km on a single charge could become possible if the targets are fully achieved.

· Charging times could approach the time it takes to refuel a car – just a few minutes.

· Service costs could decrease sharply, as engine oil, exhaust systems and gearboxes largely disappear in electrically powered systems.

Trucks and buses could be electrified more quickly

· Expensive diesel fleets could, over time, become significantly less competitive.

· Transport costs could fall globally, particularly if energy storage becomes lighter, cheaper and longer lasting.

Aviation and shipping could change

· Electric aviation could become competitive on short- and medium-distance routes within certain segments.

· Container ships and other large vessels could reduce their need for large volumes of marine diesel.

✅ The energy system could be rebuilt from the ground up

With a battery that stores energy many times more efficiently than today's solutions, energy storage could move from being a limiting factor to becoming one of the most important enablers in the energy system.

Solar and wind power could play an even larger role

· Surplus electricity from sunny and windy periods could be stored for significantly longer periods of time.

· Fossil power plants could, over time, be phased out more quickly as storage capacity increases.

Households could become close to self-sufficient

· Rooftop solar panels combined with a highly efficient battery could result in very low electricity costs over time.

· Power outages and disruptions in society could have less impact through local energy storage.

Industries could be electrified to a greater extent

· Steel, cement, chemicals and other energy-intensive sectors could gain access to cheaper, cleaner and more flexible energy.

✅ A sharp reduction in oil dependence

An energy-storage system of this kind could, if it reaches full technical and commercial functionality, reduce oil use more than most other technological leaps in modern times.

Demand for petrol and diesel could fall sharply

· Passenger cars, trucks and other road transport account for a very large share of global oil use.

· If electrification can take place with longer range, lower weight and lower cost, parts of this market could shrink very substantially over time.

Mineral oil use in industry could decrease

· Lubricants, hydraulic oils and other petroleum products could partly be replaced by electrically powered systems and synthetic alternatives.

· Oil prices, oil-dependent economies and investments in fossil energy could come under strong pressure in such a scenario.

✅ Geopolitical effects

When energy can be produced locally and stored efficiently for longer periods of time, the conditions for the global balance of power change.

· Countries that today build large parts of their economies on oil could lose influence.

· Innovation-driven countries and regions, such as Sweden, Europe, Japan, South Korea and parts of North America, could strengthen their position.

· Energy could become a more decentralised resource – more locally produced, stored and available.

✅ Environmental and societal effects

· Global emissions could decrease very substantially if fossil energy is replaced in transport, industry and energy systems.

· Air quality in cities around the world could improve significantly.

· The risk of oil spills, leakages and other environmental damage could decrease.

🌱 A possible technological leap of historic significance

A battery or energy-storage system that would be up to 20 times more efficient than today's lithium technology could, in the event of full target achievement:

· Drive the transition to electrified transport.

· Reduce large parts of the world's fossil energy needs.

· Make energy cheaper, more local and more accessible than ever before.

· Change how companies, cities, industries and households operate.

If the targets are fully achieved, this would not merely be an improvement. It could become a system shift that helps define the next industrial revolution.

This is why advanced energy storage is a potential megatrend that may be important to position for.

🛡️ Future scenario

The text above describes possible market effects if the Kata-Ana technology reaches full or substantial target achievement. The technology is still in a development phase and requires continued verification, prototype development, financing, patent protection and industrial partnerships. Market effects, technical performance and commercial success cannot be guaranteed. However, in the event of full technical and commercial success, the company believes that the impact could be extensive and market-changing in several sectors.

NEWS

2025-09-05 Kata-Ana has filed a global PCT application regarding Parta3, with the Finnish Patent Office. PCT, is an international agreement that gives the applicant the opportunity to a single application, in one language, get news review and preliminary patentability assessment performed by an authority for about 150 countries.
2025-03-13 Kata-Ana has filed a global PCT application regarding Parta2, with the Finnish Patent Office. PCT, is an international agreement that gives the applicant the opportunity to a single application, in one language, get news review and preliminary patentability assessment performed by an authority for about 150 countries.
2024-11-15 - 2025-01-12 Kata-Ana is carrying out a share issue, see more under For investors.
2024-03-14 Kata-Ana has submitted the next step, patent application no. 2 in the US.
2024-01-02 First patent in the USA with Patent no. US 11862766 B2 published.
2023-08-18 Kata-Ana has received notification from the patent authority in the USA that the previously submitted patent application has been approved, and will be received within one to three months.

2023-01-10 Kata-Ana has submitted the patent application for the countries in Europe.

2023-01-09 Kata-Ana has submitted a patent application in Australia.

2022-12-09 Kata-Ana has submitted a patent application in Japan.

2022-12-02 Kata-Ana has submitted a patent application in Canada.2022-03-04 Kata-Ana has established a partnership with a company in Finland. The collaboration aims to produce basic materials for future verification and prototype work. They has a material testing laboratory and provides a very responsive and cost-effective service to many manufacturing companies. They provide test and defect analysis services for various materials and components including plastics, rubber, coatings, adhesives and other polymer-based materials or metals. They specialize in prototype work.
2021-12-30 Due to IT technical connection problems during the Christmas and New Year holidays, the closure of the ongoing new share issue has been postponed until 9 January 2022.

2021-12-16 The patent application for Kata-Ana aluminum battery, which was filed in the USA 2020-06-12, has today on 2021-12-16 been published publicly by the Patent Office in the USA. The investigation period up to today has elapsed without any obstacles arising. The chairman of the board, Ulf Ramström, says "This is very good for a patent approval".
2021-12-16 The PCT applications for patentability of Kata-Ana aluminum battery with extended effect, which were filed on 2020-06-11, have today on 2021-12-16 been published publicly by the European Patent Office, they have concluded that it is patentable. The chairman of the board, Ulf Ramström, says "This is very good, now we can go ahead and apply for patents in each country separately. We have one year to do this. We can now choose whether we want to apply for all countries around the world."

2021-09-16 Kata-Ana extends ongoing new share issue to 2021-12-31. The subscription period can be closed earlier or extended according to the board's decision. The extension is made to give more people the opportunity to participate in an early development situation for the company and so that ongoing patent applications will be published within 18 and 6 months, respectively, which falls before the coming turn of the year.
2021-06-11 The global PCT application was filed on 2021-06-11 to the Patent Office, in both the USA and Finland. In the USA with no. PARTA 1 PCT P22708PC00 and in Finland with no. PCT / FI2021 / 050437. The patent office Laine IP Oy, Finland has been hired for the assignment. The goal is to get a positive statement of patentability. Then Kata-Ana can choose to continue patent proceedings in different countries or globally.
2021-04-20 Decision to make a PCT application for previously filed pending patent application in the USA with additional parameters and content, which is expected to be submitted to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, in June 2021. PCT, is an international agreement that gives the applicant the opportunity to a single application, in one language, get news review and preliminary patentability assessment performed by an authority for about 150 countries.
2020-06-12 The first patent application is filed in the USA. This is the first patent application and one of two calculated patent applications. The patent application is expected to be processed within 1 - 2.5 years. Additional patent applications may be made in different parts and for different contents.

For Investors

We are a development company that aims to develop the charging and storage system into a product, for which we can sell manufacturing licenses, to manufacturers globally.

The company will sell licenses and raise capital in the company, which can then be distributed to the shareholders. An exit in some way may also be relevant, if there is a favorable offer, which is good for the company's shareholders.

If you are an interested investor, who wants to be part of a very interesting development, then send an email to info@kata-ana.com for more information, we will contact you.

Current development of batteries (accumulators)

Many difficulties on the development path.

In recent years, much work has been done to improve the capacity of rechargeable batteries, and this work has also yielded new results. New lead / acid, nickel / metal / hydride and lithium / ion batteries with a capacity of 100Wh / kg and 200Wh / kg have entered the market.

But the fact is that no radical innovation in terms of batteries has been presented for years. "New" batteries are without exception modifications made on old principles.

In the USA, the development consortium for electric cars, USABC, has set a goal of 300Wh / liter and 200Wh / kg. These are the minimum requirements for the electric car to be competitive with the traditional cars.

According to the latest news, USABC has created a nickel-metal hydride battery that produces approx. 100Wh / kg, but the manufacturing costs are many times greater than for lead / acid batteries.

None of the current batteries on the market will meet these requirements, as they have reached the extreme limit of their potential development. The basic problem is the weight of the batteries in today's market. A completely new solution is needed to reach new areas of use and expand the potential in today's market regarding batteries. The solution will be in the material aluminum.

History Aluminum batteries

The first notable attempt to build an aluminum battery was made by the US Philco Company in 1960. Philco's aluminum / air battery used aluminum with potassium hydroxide as the anode and air as the cathode. This battery stored energy 10 times more than the lead / acid battery and gave out 500 Wh / kg with a disc current of 1A / cm2.

The main setback was the corrosion that took place in the unloaded condition. The corrosion caused sediment in the aluminum hydroxide and explosive hydrogen gas formed. To avoid these problems, Philco added anti-corrosion inhibitors, and built a separate container where the electrolyte sediment was filtered. The battery had replaceable aluminum electrode plates.

A fresher experiment was made in 1985 by the DESPIC company, this time with salt electrolyte. By adding small amounts of tin, titanium, iridium or gallium, the corrosive properties were moved in a negative direction. DESPIC built its accumulator with wedge-shaped, replaceable anodes, which enabled mechanical charging through the use of salt water as electrolyte. The ALUPOWER company further developed it into a commercial version.

Some companies have used aluminum chloride, which at room temperature is a salt dissolved in water, and graphite electrodes that contain chlorine. This experiment was carried out in 1988 by Gifford and Palmisano and gave insignificant positive results due to the high resistance of graphite.

Equally significant were the results of Gileards and his working group, where they managed to save aluminum from organic solutions. The mechanisms behind these reactions are not properly understood even today.

During the years 1990-1995, Eltech Research (Fairport Harbor, Ohio) built a mechanically rechargeable aluminum battery for the PNGV program. It had 280 cells and it stored 190kWh with a peak power of 55kW. The battery weighed 195 kg and had a pumpable electrolyte system, where a separate filter removed the aluminum hydroxide sediment.

Applications similar to Kat-Ana technology are power capacitors used as emergency power plants, and electrolytic capacitors using aluminum electrodes and biological electrolytes.

It is especially noteworthy that power capacitors operate in extremely low temperatures. In Russia, 24V modules with an average of 150mm and a length of 60mm stored 20,000 Joules. They were used to start diesel engines at -40 degrees Celsius.

The significant thing in all attempts to take advantage of the energy of aluminum is that no one has been able to solve the recharging in other than mechanical ways (by replacing the used aluminum plate with a new one). When the right solution has not been found, the consequences have been such as sediment of aluminum hydroxide, too much resistance, corrosion problems, etc.

Energy density in electric car batteries - this is how it has developed 2010 - 2017

Manufacturers of electric car batteries have become increasingly better at squeezing more and more energy content per kilo of battery packs. Ny Teknik´s diagram shows the battery development of various car brands in the years 2010 - 2017.

Read more in the article Energy density in electric car batteries - how it has developed (nyteknik.se)

Kata-Ana wants to contribute to the development

We want Kata-Ana technology to be involved and contribute to the development of the electric vehicles, in a decisive way.

As a concrete example, one can take the world's first electric car that has achieved series production, General Motors EV1. There, the construction of the frame, the material and every smallest detail were built from start to finish, taking into account the conditions of the electric car's performance capability. The car's total weight without batteries is 816 kg. With batteries, the weight rises to 1,550 kg. As a power source, it has 26 lead / acid batteries of 53 Ah, which weigh 736 kg, ie almost half of the car's total weight. With a charge, the mileage with EV1 amounts to 145 km in highway driving and 115 km in city driving.

With Kata-Ana technology with an approx. 60kg power source with a volume of 40 liters, an energy capacity of 80 kWh is achieved. Installed in EV1 with a weight of 816kg, one would with a load achieve 870 km in highway driving and 690 km in city driving. The mileage is extended 6 times.