2023年8月24日，中国北京时间17时，英国伦敦时间10时，英国Faradion公司与玉皇新能源在英国牛津大学隆重举行钠离子电池合作和生产能力提升设备投资签约仪式。Faradion执行主席Chris Wright、首席执行官James Quinn、技术总监Ruth Sayers，玉皇化工集团总裁、玉皇新能源董事长王瑛，玉皇新能源总经理徐印东、副总经理董鑫等见证签约。

Chris Wright与王瑛代表双方签署协议。基于在钠离子电池领域共同的战略目标，双方已成功合作七年之久，将充分利用各自资源、技术、市场优势在钠离子电池行业进行更深入的合作，也将是中国的独家合作。双方共同致力于推动钠离子电池的低成本产业化，并共同推动玉皇新能源尽快上市。

Faradion公司成立于2011年，总部位于英国谢菲尔德，是世界上第一家非水性商用钠离子电池公司，也是钠离子电池领域国际上最著名的公司，技术水平全球领先。其母公司信实集团，是印度最大的私人企业之一。

此次签约，玉皇新能源正式成为Faradion在中国独家指定的钠离子电池生产合作伙伴，开启玉皇新能源高质量发展新纪元。

A Grand Signing Ceremony for Sodium-ion Battery Investment Cooperation was Held at the University of Oxford in the UK between Faradion and Yuhuang New Energy

Faradion Limited Company from UK and Yuhuang New Energy Company Limited from China held a grand signing ceremony at the University of Oxford for the cooperation of sodium-ion batteries and investment in equipment to increase production capacity. Chris Wright, Executive Chairman of Faradion, James Quinn, Chief Executive, Ruth Sayers, Director of Technology, Wang Ying, President of Yuhuang Chemical Group and Chairman of Yuhuang New Energy, Xu Yindong, General Manager of Yuhuang New Energy, and Dong Xin, Deputy General Manager, witnessed the signing of the agreement.

Chris Wright and Wang Ying signed the agreement on behalf of each party. The two parties have successfully collaborated for the last 7-years and with their common strategic goals in the field of sodium-ion batteries, both parties now intend to fully leverage their respective resources, technology, and market advantages to engage in a deeper cooperation in the development of the sodium-ion battery industry which will be in exclusive in China. Both parties are jointly committed to promoting the low-cost industrialization of sodium ion batteries and supporting the listing of Yuhuang New Energy as soon as possible.

Faradion Company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sheffield, UK. It is the world's first non-aqueous commercial sodium-ion battery company and, with a global leading technological level, it is the most internationally famous company in the field of sodium-ion batteries. Its parent company, the Reliance Group, is one of the largest private-sector companies in India.

With the closing of this signing ceremony, Yuhuang New Energy has officially become Faradion`s exclusive designated manufacturing partner for sodium-ion battery cells in China, ushering in a new era of high-quality development of Yuhuang New Energy.