Can a battery factory be a franchise?

Battery factories as a franchise? Sounds strange. Until you look closer.

What if scaling battery manufacturing didn’t mean raising €100M?

What if, instead, you could license a smart factory — equipment, layout, software, SOPs — and run it like a franchise?

This is where JR Energy Solution is headed.

They already built their first factory in 8 months. They already manufacture electrodes as a service — with real customers and revenue. Now, they’re getting the same question from clients again and again:

“Can you help us build our own version of this?”

And the answer is: yes.

A smart-factory-in-a-box — not theoretical. Not on slides. Already tested.

Duke Oh, the founder of JR, is building this model step by step:

First: Offer production capacity to startups that can’t build factories

Then: Co-develop and co-invest in new lines with strategic clients

Now: Package the whole thing into a replicable platform (ERP, MES, AI optimisation tools, equipment specs, training)

Think of it as battery manufacturing infrastructure as a product.

Less like Tesla, more like McDonald’s — but with cleanrooms instead of fryers.

The bottleneck in cleantech isn’t innovation. It’s deployment.

And this model — factory as a service, factory as a franchise — might just help speed things up.

If you're developing new battery tech and planning your scale-up strategy, don't assume you need to own the factory.

Sometimes it’s better to borrow execution, and then scale it.

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