Sorfin’s Fink backs MAC-Inbatec supply chain partnership

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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 further rationalization of the battery manufacturing supply chain was announced on October 28, with Michigan-headquartered MAC Engineering saying it would use its distribution strength across…

Fate of EU lead smelters in the balance as energy crisis bites, BESB learns

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November 3, 2022: Four European lead smelters are being placed under review for potential temporary closure as the region grapples with the combined economic and energy crisis fuelled by the Russia-Ukraine war, BESB has learned. Mining giant Glencore is believed to be reviewing the immediate future of its Portovesme subsidiary’s lead smelting and refining operations…

Sunlight’s Technoform acquires battery cases firm Netelco

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November 3, 2022: Sunlight Group subsidiary Technoform acquired Greek battery cases producer Netelco on October 17 for an undisclosed sum, the companies have announced. Netelco, based near Sunlight’s headquarters in Xanthi, was formed in 2000 and manufactures metal cases for industrial batteries. Technoform said the takeover would boost its own plans to expand beyond the…

Amara Raja completes $5m Log 9 investment

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September 22, 2022: Indian lead major Amara Raja Batteries announced on August 30 the completion of its $5 million investment in the Bangalore-based start-up known as Log 9 Materials. Amara Raja had said in August 2021 that its decision to invest in Log 9 — in which it now has a stake of just over…

Colorrobia Group

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Sponsored Content Colorobbia Group, the world leader of an Italian-born tradition of ceramics and one of the European largest producers of lead oxides, marks a century of innovation and international enterprise since 1921. 29 companies, 19 countries, over 2.000 employees. Colorobbia has a high-tech facility at its plant in Sovigliana Vinci, near Florence, for producing…

ELBC to host second CBI Battery Academy seminar

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July 28, 2022: The second in a series of seminars comprising the newly launched CBI Battery Academy is to be held at ELBC — the global battery innovation conference — in France in September, the organizers have announced. The first academy seminar, attended by 30 delegates, was held earlier this month (pictured) in Bergamo, Italy…

Battery industry leaders join forces to protect children

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June 2, 2022: Four battery associations representing the entire lead battery value chain are joining the Protecting Every Child’s Potential (PECP) initiative. This was founded in October 2020 by battery manufacturer Clarios, Unicef and Pure Earth, a US non-profit organization to help protect children’s health from lead exposure globally. The International Lead Association, Battery Council…

Lead boosts US ‘energy independence’

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March 10, 2022: Lead batteries are set to underpin a new era of energy independence in the US — as the country scrambles to head-off potential shortages of critical material supplies for energy storage and electric vehicles, Battery Council International said on March 2. BCI was responding to a “Let’s make it in America” plea…

Bush marks quarter century of work for ILA

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March 10, 2022: On March 1, Andy Bush marked a quarter century of working for the International Lead Association — the trade association representing the global lead industry that he has led as managing director since 2011. Bush (pictured above) joined the ILA as a technical officer the year that the association started using email…

Hammond promotion for Ray Goodearl

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February 24, 2022: Hammond Group promoted Ray Goodearl this February to a new position as director of marketing and global accounts. This is part of a larger rethink and expansion of Hammond’s international operations taking place in coming months. “Hammond has had a strong reputation as a leader in the battery oxide and additive business…