February 28, 2025: Holge Fricke has been appointed technical director of gel technology and materials at Exide Technologies.

Fricke said in a LinkedIn post that he started the new post in Germany earlier in February.

He was most recently Exide’s director of basic research for the EMEA region, coordinating research and development activities for automotive and industrial business segments. This included lab service for chemical and material analyses and electrical and mechanical testing of lead acid and lithium ion batteries.

Before that, Fricke was Exide’s technical director for industrial product development and he is also a former manager of material development.

Exide confirmed last year that it had developed a new residential battery system based on “tried and trusted lead acid technology” with Dutch company ESS4U. 

The battery tech firm said it had supported development of the ‘Qurmit’ gel residential BESS by the Dutch startup, in collaboration with the VDL Groep.