Overview
Dongguan Poweramp Technology Ltd. is a China-domiciled lithium-ion battery manufacturer and subsidiary of Japan's TDK Corporation. Based in Dongguan, Guangdong, the company produces medium-capacity rechargeable batteries for consumer electronics and robotics applications, and was the sole battery supplier for US drone maker Skydio until Chinese authorities ordered it to sever ties in October 2024
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
News coverage
1
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Partnerships
Every company Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary) on the deployment map
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary).
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Recent coverage
Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary) in third-party press
Supplies to (1)
Batteries
- Skydiolithium-ion drone battery cells (sole supplier; China-sanctioned 2024-10-11, forcing battery rationing to one-per-drone)suppliesended
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating · 1 ended
Every company Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Timeline
Every recorded move in Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary)’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Skydio
2026-06-26Supply: lithium-ion drone battery cells (sole supplier; China-sanctioned 2024-10-11, forcing battery rationing to one-per-drone) to Skydio
PartnershipDongguan Poweramp x Skydio battery supply
2018-01-01Dongguan Poweramp Technology, a TDK subsidiary, was the sole battery supplier for Skydio's drones. In October 2024, Chinese authorities ordered Dongguan Poweramp to sever all ties with Skydio in retaliation for US arms sales to Taiwan, creating a critical supply chain crisis for the US drone manufacturer
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 26, 2026
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Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
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Methodology surface for Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary).In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
China's Sanctions on Skydio
Skydio announced that China's sanctions would reduce its battery supply, as its sole battery provider Dongguan Poweramp (a TDK subsidiary) was ordered by Chinese authorities to…
US Drone Maker Skydio Faces Critical Supply Chain Crisis After Chinese Sanctions
Skydio's sole battery provider Dongguan Poweramp, a TDK subsidiary based in China, was directly ordered by Chinese authorities to sever all ties with the US drone manufacturer,…
Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine
China imposed sanctions on Skydio, banning its sole battery supplier Dongguan Poweramp Technology (a TDK subsidiary) from selling batteries to the US drone maker, in retaliation…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dongguan-poweramp.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dongguan-poweramp/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/34335c06-96f1-4b3b-8a52-6fb5e64e92b3
- Revision history: /companies/dongguan-poweramp/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
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Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 29, 2026