HERMES Startup Award 2026: Swiss Startup BTRY's Ultra-Thin Solid-State Batteries

[Ahmet Ö.]

The young Swiss startup BTRY won the HERMES Startup Award 2026 with its ultra-thin and fully flexible solid-state batteries. The product offers advantages over traditional lithium-ion cells due to its fast charging, high temperature resistance, and superior safety features.

### Innovative Solid-State Batteries

• Ultra-thin, only 0.1 mm thick
• Completely flexible design
• Operating temperature up to 150 °C
• Full charge and discharge possible in one minute
• Manufactured with semiconductor production technologies
• Free of toxic solvents and low material consumption

BTRY has made a global breakthrough in smaller, safer, and longer-lasting energy storage solutions by successfully integrating semiconductor industry production technologies into battery manufacturing. This technology specifically enables the development of next-generation smart devices in wireless IoT sensors, wearables, and medical technologies.

### Award Ceremony and Evaluations

On April 19, 2026, at the opening of Hannover Messe, the award was presented by Dorothee Bär, Germany's Minister for Research, Technology, and Space. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer Society, chaired the jury. Hanselka stated, "Advanced energy storage solutions play a key role in the transition to a climate-neutral society. BTRY clearly demonstrated this with its product performance and production technology."

Dorothee Bär emphasized that BTRY's innovative and resource-efficient solution enhances competitiveness and that future-oriented investments will secure prosperity.

### HERMES Startup AWARD

The HERMES Startup Award, presented annually by Deutsche Messe to companies less than five years old, honors those with a highly technologically innovative product or solution. The award is presented at the opening ceremony of Hannover Messe.

### About Hannover Messe

Hannover Messe is the leading trade fair for the industrial sector, where approximately 3,000 companies from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, digitalization, and energy sectors present their latest solutions. Under the themes of automation, digitalization, energy infrastructure, and technology transfer, the fair offers a comprehensive program including artificial intelligence. Brazil will be the partner country from April 20-24, 2026.