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accession: "0001193125-25-021330"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T02:01:10.419596+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews wins arbitration against Tesla, can sell Dry Battery Electrode tech to other customers

## Summary
- Arbitrator affirmed Matthews' right to sell its Dry Battery Electrode (DBE) technology to customers other than Tesla, citing extensive pre-Tesla background.
- Matthews intends to immediately resume marketing, selling, and delivering its DBE products to other customers in the growing EV market.
- On Nov 5, 2024, Matthews was awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,136,727 B2 related to systems for manufacturing dry electrodes.
- Matthews filed for arbitration in Jan 2024 after failed negotiations; Tesla filed duplicative federal litigation in June 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-021330
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000119312525021330/0001193125-25-021330-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000119312525021330/d926789d8k.htm

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