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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

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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Sunlight takes control of Triathlon to target global battery sales push 871 690 Batteries International

Sunlight takes control of Triathlon to target global battery sales push

December 22, 2022: The Sunlight Group is to acquire a controlling stake in Germany-based batteries peer Triathlon Holding, in a move Sunlight said will create a lead and lithium powerhouse…

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Lead battery development at an ‘inflection point upwards’, symposium hears 1024 576 Batteries International

Lead battery development at an ‘inflection point upwards’, symposium hears

December 15, 2022: Progress in unleashing the untapped potential of the lead battery is at an ‘inflection point upwards’, delegates at the US Lead Battery Supply Chain Symposium were told…

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Demand for refined lead metal exceeds supply, says new report 849 711 Batteries International

Demand for refined lead metal exceeds supply, says new report

December 15, 2022: World refined lead metal demand exceeded supply by 46 kilotonnes during the first 10 months of 2022 as total stock levels fell by 62kt, according to preliminary…

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ACE Green partners Tabono for South Africa recycling 1000 605 Batteries International

ACE Green partners Tabono for South Africa recycling

December 15, 2022: ACE Green Recycling is teaming up with Tabono Investments to build and operate battery recycling facilities for lead and lithium ion batteries in South Africa, the firms…

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