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Metair issues earnings fall alert 600 600 Batteries International

Metair issues earnings fall alert

March 16, 2023: South African batteries and auto components group Metair Investments warned on March 9 that it expects to report EPS (earnings per share) reductions of at least 105%…

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Clarios wins ethical company award 705 478 Batteries International

Clarios wins ethical company award

March 16, 2023: Clarios announced on March 13 it had been recognized as one of the world’s most ethical companies by Ethisphere. The honour is bestowed on companies that demonstrate…

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Gravita and partners to launch Oman battery recycling plant  885 590 Batteries International

Gravita and partners to launch Oman battery recycling plant 

March 2, 2023: Gravita India is to invest in the construction of a lead batteries recycling plant in Oman — its first in the Middle East, the company announced on…

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Exide Industries to take stake in wind power start-up 1024 777 Batteries International

Exide Industries to take stake in wind power start-up

March 2, 2023: Exide Industries said on February 28 it proposes to take a stake of up to 40% in a newly incorporated firm to boost the use of renewable…

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Gravita in talks with tech partners for lithium recycling pilot 885 590 Batteries International

Gravita in talks with tech partners for lithium recycling pilot

February 2, 2023: The CEO of Gravita India has revealed the company is in talks with potential tech partners to build a pilot lithium recycling facility at the firm’s Mundra…

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Deadline extended for coveted BCI awards 456 299 Batteries International

Deadline extended for coveted BCI awards

February 2, 2023: BCI is extending the submissions deadline for its 2023 Innovation Award and Amplify Award — the winners of which will be announced at this year’s convention in…

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George Crabtree, 1944-2023 1024 682 Batteries International

George Crabtree, 1944-2023

January 26, 2023: It is with sadness that BESB has to write that George Crabtree known to two generations of US and international battery researchers and industry figures passed away…

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Grupe takes over as Digatron Power Electronics CEO 301 301 Batteries International

Grupe takes over as Digatron Power Electronics CEO

January 20, 2023: Friedrich Grupe (pictured) has been promoted to chief executive officer at Digatron Power Electronics, effective January 1 and will be based in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The…

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EnerSys appoints Tamara Morytko to board 273 296 Batteries International

EnerSys appoints Tamara Morytko to board

January 12, 2023: EnerSys has appointed Tamara Morytko (pictured) as a director, the company said on December 7. She joins the board with immediate effect for two years. Morytko’s last…

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New Nour battery recycling unit operational by spring, says STC 1024 383 Batteries International

New Nour battery recycling unit operational by spring, says STC

January 5, 2023: A new lead battery breaker plant supplied by Italian engineering company STC for Tunisian battery producer Nour is to start operations before spring, BESB has learned. STC…

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