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Sorfin’s Fink backs MAC-Inbatec supply chain partnership 479 152 Batteries International

Sorfin’s Fink backs MAC-Inbatec supply chain partnership

November 17, 2022: Sorfin Yoshimura president Scott Fink has told BESB he welcomes a new partnership between MAC Engineering and Inbatec to strengthen the lead battery industry supply chain. The…

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EnerSys expands range of TPPL batteries for forklifts and AGVs 150 150 Batteries International

EnerSys expands range of TPPL batteries for forklifts and AGVs

April 9, 2018: TPPL battery manufacturer EnerSys has expanded its NexSys range of batteries for forklift trucks and automated guided vehicles, the firm announced on March 19. AGVs are portable…

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Aqua Metals ‘transitions’ Steve Clarke as CEO, possible replacements discussed Batteries International

Aqua Metals ‘transitions’ Steve Clarke as CEO, possible replacements discussed

March 29, 2018: Steve Clarke (pictured), the founder of Aqua Metals, a company that uses a novel electrochemical technology to recycle lead, is to be replaced as chief executive of…

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Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences opened Batteries International

Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences opened

November 2, 2017: The Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences at Moravian College in Pennsylvania was officially opened towards the end of September. The centre — which is home…

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Midac snaps up Swedish traction battery marketing firm Batteries International

Midac snaps up Swedish traction battery marketing firm

July 6, 2017: Midac, the Italian automotive, motive and stationary battery manufacturer, bought the traction battery marketing and sales company Batteriunion i Järfälla on June 12. Batteriunion is part of…

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Lead industry calls on EU to implement lower blood level limits for workers Batteries International

Lead industry calls on EU to implement lower blood level limits for workers

July 6, 2017: The ILA and EUROBAT have called on the European Union to decrease the allowable lead levels permitted in blood for workers in the lead industry. In a…

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Lead battery industry leaders make pledges at EUROBAT forum Batteries International

Lead battery industry leaders make pledges at EUROBAT forum

June 22, 2017: Reducing the levels of lead in workers’ blood was announced as a priority at a forum on June 15 by three influential players in the lead battery…

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South Africa’s main utility opens battery-testing facility to find 2000MW back-up power Batteries International

South Africa’s main utility opens battery-testing facility to find 2000MW back-up power

June 22, 2017: South Africa’s largest power supplier, Eskom, opened a battery-testing and demonstration facility in Rosherville, Johannesburg, in early June. Here it will compare different battery technologies with a…

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Hoppecke records impressive 25% growth for 2016-17 Batteries International

Hoppecke records impressive 25% growth for 2016-17

June 8, 2017: Hoppecke Industrial Batteries announced on May 26 it had recorded a 25% growth in revenues for the financial year 2016-2017. The company, the UK arm of Germany’s…

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Integral Technologies enters talks with secret Asian lead battery maker Batteries International

Integral Technologies enters talks with secret Asian lead battery maker

May 11, 2017: ElectriPlast Corporation, the wholly-owned subsidiary of conductive plastics developer Integral Technologies, announced on May 4 it was in advanced discussions with a secret Asian lead-acid battery manufacturer…

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