September 13, 2018: EUROBAT, the European battery manufacturers’ association, has appointed Gert Meylemans as senior manager of communications, it was announced at the 16ELBC in Vienna last week (September 3-7).

Meylemans is former head of PR and corporate communications at the tyre company Bridgestone Europe.

Since leaving Bridgestone in 2016 Meylemans has worked as a communications consultant for CLEPA, the European automotive suppliers’ association, and before that Propel RC, a drone manufacturer that makes, among machines, Star Wars battle drones.

“There’s a lot of stuff coming our way, with legislation, and there’s lots of work to be done in the near future so I am going to be spreading the message, getting the industry on the map,” Meylemans told BESB.