CT Coating & Donut Lab: Beijing’s smart counter-strategy
How a Finnish-German network and Beijing’s „smart“ counter-strategy are reshaping the future of e-mobility. Monday, February 23, 2026, could mark a turning point in the global battery landscape. Finnish technology company Donut Lab is set to publish the long-awaited independent test results of its „Donut Battery“ from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. If the data confirms the start-up’s extraordinary claims, it would not only be a technological breakthrough but, more importantly, a strategic earthquake with its epicenter in Europe – and a major tectonic plate named China. Behind the surprising Finnish success, a German core component is suspected: CT Coating AG, a small specialist based in Königswinter, North Rhine-Westphalia. The highly specialized screen printing and coating processes of this Mittelstand company are considered the „secret booster“ that may have enabled the Donut Battery’s extreme performance data. While Beijing…

