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EDITORIAL BEWARE! LEAD ACID ON THE RAMPAGE …

The 18th Asian Battery Conference in Bali, Indonesia and the preceding 6th International Secondary Lead Conference could well be the most important lead events in Asia this side of the new millennium. They may also prove to be the most aggressive in a generation about affirming the role of lead batteries in the modern world. In our special pre-conference guide we look at the editorial agenda and logic behind it, illustrate a new charitable initiative of ABC and talk about the wonderful island that is Bali.

EDITORIAL

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WELCOME TO BALI — LAND OF THE GODS

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VIEW FROM THE CHAIR

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Lies, damn lies and senseless predictions

Record numbers and much to discuss: Chairperson Mark Stevenson looks at the issues

ILA/CBI VIEWPOINT: MEETING THE FUTURE HEAD ON

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Andy Bush, head of the ILA, reflects on how the industry is pushing ahead while its newly rebranded affiliate the Consortium for Battery Innovation looks at its early progress

THE WAY WE WERE ...

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THE ONE MINUTE GIVEBACK

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PRESENTATIONS OVERVIEW

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View from the chair: Mark Stevenson talks ABC 8

Some 30 years ago the ABC organizers knew how the first conference should benefit the industry. That said a generation later, there are fascinating legacy issues to explore

A new initiative from the organizers to help improve the life of the country holding this year’s conference and meetings A look at some of the best presentations and the diversity on offer — broken down by headline topic, theme and including our own independent personal hot-picks for ABC

Deep Thought 1986: ABC founders start preparations

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EDITORIAL Mike Halls • editor@batteriesinternational.com

Lies, damn lies and senseless predictions Scale. It’s now poised to be the defining feature of the energy storage market. And, almost certainly, it will be one of the defining themes of this year’s ABC meetings.

Elon Musk’s irritating term — the gigafactory — may have entered the English language, but even he would be surprised at the number of such factories springing up.

Recent estimates of non-lead battery production capacity make this point. In 2018 this stood at 12GWh. But by 2024 capacity is going to grow several times to somewhere around 154GWh, according to one analysis. Yet another sees CATL, the Chinese lithium giant, manufacture 136.6GWh by 2022.

Another suggests 2,857GWh by 2040.

The precision of the last 7GWh is frankly comforting.

So too for the last 0.6GWh for CATL’s production levels.

To misquote Danish physicist Niels Bohr — coincidentally a close buddy of Werner Heisenberg, the founder of the Uncertainty Principle — “predictions are very difficult, especially when they concern the future”.

The question now is how lead batteries will make a come-back in an energy-hungry world that is now looking almost entirely at lithium ion and flow batteries for its solution.

Two factors are now in place that haven’t been the case in recent years, and they suggest that a comeback is not just probable but more than likely.

But what does seem to be certain is that there’s every indication these predictions could be a drop in the ocean for the amount of energy storage that will be needed.

The first is that the huge amount of storage that’s going to be needed for the future is only just becoming clear. A subject that will be topical on the peripheries of the ABC presentations.

Forgetting all the talk of ‘advanced’ lead batteries — and that’s not to disparage them at all — it’s more than likely that plain old-fashioned lead batteries will be needed as an essential component of energy storage.

The recent California initiative, signed by governor Jerry Brown as an executive order, to be net zero carbon emissions by 2045, is hugely ambitious.

One of the key factors in this will be the plummeting costs of generating electricity through solar panels (and less excitingly the growth of other sources of renewable energy such as wind power).

The magic formula for a surprisingly large and growing number of power utilities is solar + storage.

And if you feel the need to add an equals sign in… = cheaper electricity.

With the price of solar — in most parts of the world at least — now below the cost of power from conventional generating plants, the addition of storage becomes ever more important. Mainly because without the endless chatter of any promised price falls in battery prices, the cost of solar+storage as a package is becoming ever cheaper. www.batteriesinternational.com

It was followed up recently in the UK, which enshrined in law a commitment to do the same by 2050. Others will follow.

The second is that lead is better placed than ever to provide a quick, resource friendly, recyclable product that can fill the gaps in demand that look clearly set to emerge.

Recent advances in lead chemistry — and being taken further by both the CBI and private industry — are coinciding with the start of serious campaigning and marketing efforts by the ILA, BCI and EUROBAT. It’ll be fascinating to see what the state of the lead battery industry will be when we next meet up again in two years’ time.

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18ABC SHOW GUIDE While ABC will dominate our time in Bali, this remarkable island will surprise you in many ways writes Louise Wright.

Welcome to Bali — the Land of the Gods

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elcome, or rahajeng rauh to Bali, holiday destination of the Kardashians, Beckhams, and Gordon Ramsay.

Known as the Land of the Gods due to its natural beauty, another of its nicknames is the Land of Two Seasons: the monsoon hits between October and April.

With its roots embedded in Chinese and Indian culture, Bali is now Indonesia’s most popular tourist destination.

Its ancient culture is preserved artistically, through the mediums of dance, sculpture, and even metalworking.

Supported largely by the tourist trade, Bali’s artistic and spiritual centre continues to flourish amid its renowned backdrop of sunsets and seascapes (plus the occasional torrents of rain).

Surf’s up!

About 12,000 years ago large numbers of settlers from Java, as well as various regions of China and India, visited Bali. This opened trade routes to the two prominent civilizations of that era, combining the political structures of India with the spiritual practices of China.

Bali was brought under Javanese control in the 14th century and the royal court was moved to Gelgel. Bali reinstated its independence when the dynasty fell to Islam in the 15th century. The country provided sanctuary for the Javanese aristocracy, who faced persecution.

With them came musicians, artists, and Hindu priests, which shaped the culture we enjoy today — Indonesia is a Muslim country but Bali itself is predominantly Hindu.

Not far from the hotel is Blackstone beach, so-called due to a chunk of black basalt which protrudes at the reef’s long point.

The beach itself is a long strip of white sand, which is open to the public. If you fancy braving the surf, Blackstone is more manageable for beginner and intermediate surfers. Odyssey Surf school is on site, offering lessons and guide services.

There are several places nearby where you can enjoy good food and a cold beer, either post-surf or sunbathe. The Verdant Organic Kitchen (within the shopping centre near-

by) offers a health-conscious selection including fruit, smoothies, and pasta dishes. If you’re after something more lively, head for the Kul Kul Bar at The Laguna resort. Their menu includes sushi, fajitas, and burgers, as well as a selection of local dishes. They boast an extensive cocktail menu, their signature mixes including the Kul Kul mojito and the Bali Bengong, as well as punches to share.

You’re also welcome to take advantage of their numerous swimming lagoons, which are blissfully urchin free.

vintage Chevies, Vespas, choppers, and tuk-tuks.

Even the décor has a vintage, mechanical charm — Singer sewing machines and old number plates decorate the walls, and used jeans serve as plant pots. They have live acoustic bands on Fridays and Saturdays to complete the overall ‘Garage’ look.

Bintang, Heineken, and San Miguel are all on tap and they also have a cocktail

menu. They offer a range of Western and Indonesian fare, including homemade pizzas, chicken burgers, and dory fillet steaks.

Unusual places to eat Man Shed, Jalan Tirtanadi II No. 9, Sanur

Calling all motorheads! Just a short taxi ride from the hotel …. If you like beer, bikes, and automobiles, then this might become your spiritual home during your stay. Man Shed is a themed bar filled with vintage cars, bikes, and auto memorabilia.

The bar attracts enthusiasts and tourists alike, and the collection itself includes

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Warung d’Sawah, Jl. Raya Kerobokan Kelod No. 17, Kerobokan

Warung d’Sawah provides one of the most authentic dining experiences that Bali has to offer. It’s about half an hour away in a taxi.

Set in a glade overlooking rice paddy fields, this tranquil space offers traditional cuisine in the open air. The bamboo structures add to the Balinese ambience, where lanterns light the courtyard in the evenings.

The menu has something for everyone, including Chinese, Western, Indonesian, and Balinese cuisine. The crispy duck is a restaurant speciality.

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UNUSUAL BALI

THINGS TO SEE AND DO

GETTING IN A PADDY! Tegalalang Rice Terraces Tour, Ubud This is a tour that you can take from the hotel. It’s not so near however — about an hour away but an interesting journey and well worth the time!

If photography’s your thing, then the rice paddies tour offers not only a workout for the body, but one for the eyes. According to legend, these terraces were passed down by Rsi Markandeya, a holy man, in the eighth century. Its elevated position gives some respite from the heat, so trekking through the paddies shouldn’t be too hard on the system.

Here you can speak with the local farmers and sample a green coconut drink. Locals also turn their hands to crafts, making ornamental carvings which are for sale. Some of the techniques used have been passed down through the generations, whereas others have sprung up through their continued passion for the arts.

One mythical Balinese figure is particularly revered — the Garuda.

This is a bird-like creature who acts as Vishnu’s personal transport.

Your guide will introduce you to the locals, explain their sustainable irrigation system, after which you’ll enjoy the inclusive lunch.

A 10TH CENTURY TEMPLE Goa Gajah ‘Elephant Cave’ Temple, Bedulu Village, Ubud Again, not so near — it’s about 28 miles away — but this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The mouth of the cave, carved into a giant face, is thought to be that of an elephant’s head. The temple’s courtyard is full of relics and wall carvings. The site also has a meditational cave, fountains, and bathing pools.

The Hindu influence goes back to the 10th century, and the cave itself houses three stone idols wrapped in colored cloths. Several indentations show where priests sat for meditation, and the walls are blackened with incense soot. Goa Gajah temple was primarily built as two streams meet here, which is considered sacred. It was built for hermetic meditation, and combines Hindu, Buddhist, and Shivaite disciplines.

There’s also a market to browse and a variety of food and drink options available. Open daily from 08:00-16:00.

GETTING AROUND Taxi is the most reliable mode of transport here, the best company being Blue Bird Taxi. Drivers speak English and use a meter. They are relatively cheap too and cost just over $1 a mile.

Do beware of fakes — look for ‘Blue Bird’ over the windscreen and the phone number. Avoid taxis if the driver won’t use a meter, even if they claim there’s a fixed fare after dark.

All transport in Bali is cash only; it’s also wise to carry change to avoid the lack of change scam.

Bemos (a minibus or van) do not come recommended — the conditions are cramped and the routes aren’t direct.

Lifts by ojeck (motorcycles) are risky in big towns but considered okay on quieter roads (taxis are uncommon in some areas, such as Ubud).

Typically you may ask for the taxi driver to wait till you return. The going rate is around Rp40,000 ($3) an hour.

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• There are two volcanoes — both active! — on the island. But not to worry they’re not near the hotel! One of them, Mount Agung is 10,000 foot high and the highest point on the island.

• Want a steady state job for life?

Become a priest! All clerics of recognised religions by the government are paid for by the state.

• Most of the world has four seasons but not Bali which has just two — wet and dry. The rainy season is between October and March. The island has microclimates too — it can be sunny in one village while pouring buckets in the next.

• Yummy! World’s most expensive coffee Kopi Luwak is one of the specialties of Bali. The coffee beans are gathered from Civat cat droppings. The animal eats the beans, poops them but roasted they are some of the most expensive cups of coffee in the world.

• Bali people have only four different names for their children and that is in the order of the child’s birth. First baby, Wayan; second baby, Made; third baby, Nyoman; and the fourth baby Ketut. The fifth baby is again Wayan and the rest follows in cycle.

• Bali has a culture of welcoming everyone and hence they had a no entrance-gate policy. They were so strict about this open welcome that earlier in the past having an entrance gate was considered a taboo.

• Ouch! According to Balinese tradition, every person’s top six teeth should be filed down. They believe the six vices — anger, jealousy, desire, confusion, greed and drunkenness — enter through these teeth.

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VIEW FROM THE CHAIR

Record numbers and much to discuss The Asian Battery Conference has always been a maverick affair. As the earliest major conference that focused solely on lead batteries in the region it was the forefather, if by 18 months, of its European equivalent, the ELBC. The origins of the ABC started in 1986 through an organization called ZALAS, the Zinc and Lead Asian Services which was based in Singapore. It was sponsored by the major primary zinc and lead smelting companies of Australia and Pacific Rim countries.

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ZALAS’s main objective was to promote the use of zinc and lead through technically supporting customers and educating them around the use of the elements. They even started a zinc galvanising conference which today is still running, the Pacific Galvanizers Conference.

Since those early days we’ve grown enormously.

When I took over as chairman 20 years ago, it was a very scientific/technical conference. It was a lot smaller and

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Mark Stevenson, chairperson and organizer of the Asian Battery Conference and the Secondary Lead Battery Conference, reflects on the themes of this year’s meetings. very much a cosy family affair, in fact at the closing event Colin Woodcock from Britannia used to bring a guitar and it would turn into a sing-a-long of the national anthems of the represented countries.

Since those early days the battery business in Asia has changed enormously — nowadays around twothirds of the world’s lead batteries are made in the Asian region.

At the time of the first ABC in 1986, the world lead consumption was 5.5

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million tonnes with 65% of that entering the battery market, today we consume over 13 million tonnes with 85% being converted into batteries.

The range and types of batteries we now produce have also changed during this period and, of course, the way we make the battery.

It’s a far cry from that first conference when the market was dominated by the use of antimonial alloys and when many Asian producers were only starting to think about converting the nega-

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VIEW FROM THE CHAIR tive into a calcium alloy and producing their first hybrid battery.

We have kept many of the early aspects to those conferences in place — we still strive to keep it a family affair, even though the family is much, much larger and spreads across the world.

It’s important too that we keep that technical thread running through the majority of the presentations but balanced with an understanding of the future of the market, environmental aspects and of course ways to help the industry such as product breakthroughs.

But it is also about the industry just getting together, making new friends and networking. There is a whole range of things that we offer around the exhibition that are useful in this respect.

A complete package

It is about offering people a whole package. Our aim is to provide the lead battery community of not only Asia, but worldwide with a forum that is truly useful to attendees.

The opportunity to learn, the opportunity to share their learning and, of course, to provide a venue where the commercial side of the industry meets its counterparts, its clients and we all get to understand the broader picture of the industry.

This is particularly important to me as I’ve spent almost four decades within the industry and in the last few years I feel that parts of it are either burying their heads in the sand or are looking in the wrong direction while real challenges are knocking at our door.

So, yes, we’ve seen rival chemistries come and go. Most of us can remember when fuel cells or super-capacitors were going to put our lead world out of business.

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But there’s a threat ahead with the arrival of lithium batteries on a huge scale to the detriment of lead. In many ways we’re reacting to this in the right way — I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a boom of innovation and ideas.

But I do wonder if we’re losing sight of a longer term threat to our industry and something that we at this year’s meeting should at least discuss formally and informally.

The fact is that a whole generation of experts ranging from titans such as Ken Peters or Detchko Pavlov through to some extraordinary brains, think Mike Weighall, Michael Mayer, David Boden and the like, are no longer with us.

Some of these men — Dave Boden, for example, knew what to do when things went wrong. They were as able to talk to machine operators on the plant floor in fixing a problem as they were to explain to management the science behind the fix.

Too often nowadays we’re seeing the electrochemist alone. The man in the white laboratory jacket rather than the person equally at home in overalls hunched over a casting machine in a suit and tie.

The main point here is that the well of knowledge is steadily being diluted and a lifetime of experience and experimentation is also vanishing. Talk to some of today’s veterans and it is surprising to find that many of the industry’s problems had been investigated, tested and resolved years ago.

A case in point is Ken Peters, who I remained in close contact up until his death last year.

Ken followed with keen interest the research of the former ALABC now CBI. His experiments working for Chloride a generation ago suggested to

him that the ALABC should spend less time on positive grid corrosion related to weight loss, which he regarded as a waste of time. Instead he considered that positive grid failure/breakup was due to stress corrosion in grain boundaries or casting defects.

Whether he was right or wrong on this is less important than the fact that Ken, even at the age of 90, was keen to further the industry and mentor the next generation of experts to follow.

My question which we need to think about on the sidelines of our meetings is a simple one — where are our mentors for the future generation and where is the next generation of technical and practical experts coming from?

This year’s agenda

And moving on to this year’s meetings. I believe we’ve got the right mix of presentations this year — there will be a balance between the practical, the theoretical, the commercial and not losing sight of the broader industry-view.

Across the ABC and the International Secondary Lead Conference (ISLC which targets lead producers), technical and environmental experts, equipment producers and suppliers in this part of the lead industry specifically, we’re expecting as things stand, over 1,000 delegates and around 170 exhibitors.

Delegates can expect 75 speakers over the five days of the two events.

We have also had record numbers of papers come through for both the ABC and the ISLC. Interest in both events has definitely continued to increase.

We have increasingly looked to push out the boundaries of what people can expect. The fact is that Mark Richardson and his team at Conference Works, who bear the brunt of the administration and organization of the events, are continually striving to get it better yearon-year.

One thing I have learnt from Mark and his team is how conferences from other industries are run, for example we had a huge positive feedback about our audio and video system at Kuala Lumpur which was “inspired” from a telephone company function. It really helps improving the delegates’ experience — I think it’s exactly what an audience as distinguished as ours deserves!

While the ABC will continue to cover a multitude of themes and topics — ensuring there is something for everyone attending the event driven by the speakers — there are certain sectors of the industry which have been gathering momentum globally and increased in-

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VIEW FROM THE CHAIR terest in some of these specific themes may also be driving attendance.

One of these notable themes is the increasing role of additives and separators; the other, and probably the biggest, is large scale energy storage.

This is now a huge topic globally and a growing sector with investment pouring into many aspects of it.

I know that a lot of conferences like to pick an overarching theme and revolve things around that. I prefer to ensure we cover many topics and allow speakers and delegates to dictate what is happening in the industry. We prefer to mix things up and make a little more eclectic.

But it is also true that sectors such as energy storage are very topical right now and to a certain extent a rising tide lifts all boats in all chemistries. I see the energy storage phenomenon as very significant and similar in some ways to the e-bike phenomenon in China. But this is certainly not an Asian thing — it is a global sea-change.

While energy storage is being encouraged and backed by governments across the world, thereby kick-starting energy storage projects in many forms, its momentum will transcend that — and is relevant to every country on the planet.

Last, despite the name of the event and the fact it is always held in Asia, the conference is effectively a world event.

It just happens to be in Asia!

Most of the presentations and issues are global in their nature. Any of the trends you see on the global stage are reflected in what is happening in Asia and people continue to see great potential in this part of the world.

To some extent we are seeing more com-panies from outside the region attend this event as they see it as a good way to network with Asian executives and better understand the dynamics in this part of the world.

Some of these men — Dave Boden, for example — knew what to do when things went wrong. They were as able to talk to machine operators on the plant floor in fixing a problem as they were to explain to management the science behind the fix.

THE INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY LEAD CONFERENCE (ISLC) The International Secondary Lead Conference (ISLC), which targets lead producers, technical and environmental experts, equipment producers and suppliers in this part of the lead industry specifically, starts the Monday before the ABC opens. This will be the sixth time the conference has appeared.

The first conference was held in Macau in September 2009, followed by Hyderabad in 2011, Singapore in 2013, Bangkok 2015 and Kuala Lumpur in 2017.

This series of conferences has been well attended with the programs receiving much positive feedback from attendees including researchers, academia and end users and operators at plant level.

The aim of this conference is to share and increase knowledge over all segments of this vital industry, producing over 65% of the world’s lead supply.

No other metal industry comes close to our mark. We bring together all aspects of secondary lead smelting; discussing plant design, smelting regimes, refractories, burner design, slag formation and structures, pollution and environmental control amongst other presentations.

It is a further aim of the conference to open up for discussion all aspects of plant operations and control as to give not only operators, but people interested in secondary

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smelting a better understanding of the processes involved in the industry.” There will be around 30 presentations.

Here is a selection of some of them.

• Current Developments in Asian Secondary Lead Production • Recycling Lead in China • Lead Recycling in India By-products from the Metallurgical Industry – Case Study: Slags from Primary Lead Production • Hydrometallurgical Processing of Spent Battery Paste • Refractories for Recycling Lead • Solvent-based Recycling of Lead-Acid Batteries • A Holistic Approach Towards the Recycling of Used Lead–Acid Batteries • Lowering Emissions in a Secondary Lead Smelter • Remediating LeadContaminated Sites Polluted by Informal Lead Smelters • Recycling Used Lead−Acid Batteries in Honduras • Eliminating Informal Recycling of Used Lead–Acid Batteries • The latest technologies for recycling used lead–acid batteries It will close on the Tuesday with a two hour occupational health workshop focussing on blood lead levels and will be hosted by Steve Binks and Brian Wilson from the International Lead Association.

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OPINION Collaboration. Consolidation. Innovation. These will be key issues for the battery industry to reflect on at ABC this year, writes Andy Bush

A golden age for batteries The lead and lead battery industries are at an exciting time which also heralds one of significant change.

With a heritage dating back 160 years, the contribution and essential role of the lead battery is unarguable — from a technical product in its own right to today supporting a myriad of wider commercial and socioeconomic industries and functions is an incredible journey.

Lead and lead battery market demand is testament of this development – over the last 30 years alone lead usage for battery production has increased from 5.5 million tonnes with 65% entering the battery market, to over 13 million tonnes with 85% being converted to batteries today.

It’s clear that we are in a golden age for batteries.

The technical and scientific effort being focused on battery innovation is also on a high — our own Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) has almost 100 members across the world supporting cutting-edge research to develop the next generation of lead battery technology.

Partnering universities and dedicated research organisations as well as companies also shows the global required effort in specialities combining to deliver significant advancements in rechargeable energy storage.

Since 2000, there has in fact been no net change in global lead demand outside of Asia — the region actually accounted for almost two-thirds of global lead consumption in 2018, growing from 50% in 2007. More than 90% of this lead use in Asia is in batteries.

Of these battery ‘tigers’, in 2018 Japan consumed the most lead in the world for battery production, with South Korea and China also appearing in the top five and competing on an almost even par with Europe and the US. This demand is encouraging not only in the context of the figures but also the variety of factors pushing this market growth. In telecoms, the wireless market is pushing this with strong network growth in the evolution towards 5G in China and India. www.batteriesinternational.com

With over half the world’s lead battery producers being located in Asia, we’re very much looking forward to the ABC in September The banning of gasoline-powered motorbikes in China is boosting the e-bike market there — most of the 33 million units sold there each year are powered by lead batteries.

In India, there is a strong demand for lead batteries across commercial, industrial as well as residential energy storage solutions.

At 18ABC, CBI director, Alistair Davidson will set out the latest developments in its work and the future of lead battery innovation.

With a large contingency of ILA and CBI members themselves also in attendance, presenting their latest news and innovations as well as enhancing their own knowledge, we’re proud to be partnering with such an exciting event.

A meeting of such a size and remit presents an opportunity to also ensure our goals are aligned as an industry — unfortunately, despite the positive contribution of lead and lead-based

products to economies and societies worldwide, the regulatory threats to the industry are still very much alive.

Our regulatory affairs director, Steve Binks will underline the risks we face and encourage the industry to together discuss whether these threats on the global regulatory landscape place a question mark over lead’s future.

Although a challenging topic, it is an opportunity for us to co-ordinate our efforts across the industry. In 2018 the lead industry in Europe faced legislative challenges and it was it was only thanks to a strong and effective response that major consequences for our industry were averted. It showed us more clearly than anything else that we need to together make our case as powerfully and effectively as possible if we are to avoid similar pressures in the future.

A complex landscape of challenges which needs a complex mix of solutions — this is where our ability as interlinked industries to align, co-operate and work together to communicate the importance of our products will be the key tool to further future-proofing.

We must demonstrate how responsible we are as an industry and engage in the debates that matter to policy makers, be it reducing carbon, creating a circular economy, investing in new jobs and new skills and generating the batteries of the future through cutting-edge innovation.

Our industries are helping achieve all these goals — but we need to do more to explain to policy makers and others just how we are working towards a sustainable future. ILA works every day with our partner associations around the world, towards that future.

We’ve got a good story to tell and the right community to tell it — at 18ABC I will again call on the industry to join us in amplifying the voice asking for a level-playing field for technologies such as ours.

It’s one we need to shout with.

Andy Bush is managing director of International Lead Association.

www.ila-lead.org

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CBI PROGRESS UPDATE

Fledgling consortium reports strong progress for early goals Less than six months after the Consortium for Battery Innovation was launched as a re-brand of the former ALABC, its director, Alistair Davidson, has told Batteries International he is delighted with the progress being made towards many of its goals and targets, including signing up new members, launching a technical roadmap and expanding its reach to other regions.

“The overall objective was to position both the lead battery industry and the lead battery consortium as modern future innovative technology, and I think we’ve done a really excellent job,” he said. “I’m very pleased with how the re-brand has gone, the membership are very supportive, and that’s reflected in the fact that virtually all the companies that were members of ALABC are now members of the CBI.” In April, RSR Technologies’ senior process engineer Matt Raiford joined CBI to manage the standards and technical programmes.

He was instrumental in groundbreaking work by RSR using the Advanced Photon Source synchrotron, housed at the Argonne National Laboratory, which resulted in the development of its patented Supersoft-Hycycle soft lead alloy.

With CBI, Raiford will support and help to develop standards in design and requirements for additional batteries in automotive vehicles and other applications. He will also manage the research programme.

“Lead batteries are on a precipice of intense growth, with energy storage demand growing in multiple markets,” Raiford said when he joined. “Energy storage systems will be key to providing stable utility, commercial, and consumer-level energy demands.”

Davidson said so far this year there had been an uptick in new membership and he is hoping to see more members join before the end of the year.

“And this has all happened since the re-launch,” said Davidson. “Off the back of BCI we had a lot of interest as well, which hasn’t just come about from the re-brand — it’s been backed up with our technical programme, with our roadmap setting specific goals and targets for research. We have some very exciting projects that www.batteriesinternational.com

The overall objective was to position the lead battery industry and the consortium as modern future innovative technology ... I’m pleased with how the rebrand has gone — Alistair Davidson we’re reviewing and are hoping to launch the first suite of projects soon.

“We’ve had 21 proposals, we are reviewing them within the membership and will meet to make a recommendation for which projects we will fund this year.”

CBI replaced the ALABC this February, with several re-launch announcements including one at the BCI meetings in New Orleans at the end of April, where the technical roadmap was unveiled.

Two of the most important goals in the road map are increasing dynamic charge acceptance for automotive batteries by five times, and cycle life for energy storage applications also by five times — which would be crucial in helping to meet worldwide demand for energy storage, which is expected to jump in Europe alone 10fold by 2050. Advanced lead batteries are thought to be crucial for helping to meet that need.

One of the CBI’s focuses is Asia. It

already holds annual meetings with battery manufacturers and suppliers in China. This is going to be cemented with the appointment of a Chinabased member of the CBI team.

“We’re hoping to expand our activities into China and looking to appoint a suitable local resource in China to work for us,” said Davidson.

“They will be based in China and their role will help to facilitate membership of CBI, representing CBI at conferences over there. They will have a science background and have the ability to organize events as well.

“We have a meeting once a year in China, that’s really growing. The meeting in March there was a real success — we had three times as many delegates than at our previous meeting, and there was a lot of interest in the work of CBI and the future for lead batteries, particularly for energy storage.

“It demonstrated the level of interest in lead batteries in China, and we’re looking to use this as a point from which to expand and bring in Chinese companies.”

With huge growth also going on in India, the CBI is also reaching out to companies there, and says it would be interested in holding similar meetings there.

“We already have three members in India, and are in discussions with a number of other companies, which means we are also considering the possibility of a meeting there next year,” said Davidson.

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PROFILE: DARAMIC IN INDIA ABC executive platinum sponsor, Daramic, the international lead battery separator firm, continues to expand its business across Asia. The firm has been particularly active in India. Michael Halls reports on its activities in the country and why this is vital to its commercial strategy.

Boots on the ground Why local operations can pay off Location. Location. Location. It’s the mantra of realtors around the world.

It’s also an issue that enters the world of commerce. Where you place your business can be vital to its health — considerations such as transport, the supply chain, the legal and tax framework and much more can be vital.

And this becomes all the more vital when you’re doing business in the developing world, where issues such as the availability of expertise, a trained workforce and management with a knowledge of local market conditions can be vital.

It’s a question of either having boots on the ground — and so being a local or regional player — or just an international shipper of western technology.

Daramic, the international separator firm, made its first moves to have a regional presence in Asia in 2000. Its strategy was to have, at a later point, having a local presence as well.

Daramic’s first steps in establishing a regional presence started with the opening of a manufacturing plant in Prachinburi, Thailand. For the next few years it steadily increased production at the facility — new lines were regularly increased.

But Daramic was well aware that it needed a local presence as well as a regional one.

In 2006 it formed a joint venture in China, following this up a year later with the acquisition of a plant Tianjin and establishing a new one in Xiangyang in 2011.

Daramic realised that although China was a major market where it needed to have a huge local presence, the explosion in automotive and other demand was also happening in India.

Moreover it was likely to grow at the pace of the earlier economic boom in China.

In 2008, it acquired Super-Tech Battery Components Pvt in Bangalore,

in the south of the country. It was start of a much deeper participation in the country.

Even before India’s electronics and computer driven revolution were firmly under way, Bangalore had a reputation as being at the centre of the country’s high-tech industry.

Super-Tech, which entered the battery separator business in 1985, was not just well known but had a reputation for providing a quality product — a strength that Daramic knew it could build further on.

Daramic itself, founded in 1930, has a well known history of innovation. In 1969 Daramic invented and developed the first polyethylene (PE) separator and became the first manufacturer worldwide of PE separators a couple of years later.

And at the time of the Super-Tech acquisition the firm had already gone some way towards making its imprint across Asia — first in Prachinburi, Thailand in 2000 and later in Tianjin in China in 2006.

“We realized immediately with SuperTech that this was a firm we could build

on, take its local expertise, add our international flavour and develop it as our quality brand,” says Dawn Heng, global marketing director for Daramic.

With typical energy, Daramic advanced its plans further. By 2011 it had acquired a larger factory in Bangalore as it prepared to increase its production. Later that year it made the Bangalore facility the headquarters of its operations in the country.

In 2013 it set up its Asian Technical Centre, also in Bangalore. This was specifically designed to explore making improved battery separators for the Asian region.

“Our research centre gave us a unique chance to develop on the ground and test new products,” says Heng.

“Local usage of the battery, the difference in the way batteries will be deployed are never going to be the same as in the western world. Everything from the depth of discharge and related partial state of charge is at odds with the way that batteries work elsewhere.

“There’s also a huge range of different applications for batteries in India — just think of the range nowadays

Local operations offer a wide variety of other benefits — from distribution to marketing to customer support and much more. Essentially it’s having boots on the ground — Ahila Krishnamoorthy

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PROFILE: DARAMIC IN INDIA from two wheelers to cars to trucks to e-rickshaws. You can’t simply take a template product from the US or Europe and put them as separators into Indian batteries,” he says.

“Just think of the different road surfaces in the country, the different driving patterns, the different temperature and climate conditions.

Separators play a vital part in the cycle life and performance of a battery and in India demands on the battery are rigorous.”

There’s a related commercial advantage to this: the ability to sell a better product allows one to offer better battery life, better performance and increase the warranty.

“That’s something other manufacturers can’t offer,” says Ahila Krishnamoorthy, managing director of Daramic Battery Separators India.

“Local expertise and testing for R&D are vital in making a success in this market.”

Further advances in the development of its Asian operations were the creation of a finishing facility in Baddi, in the north of India, in 2014.

The year 2017 was a milestone year for Daramic India. One highlight in the spring was the opening of a major manufacturing plant in Gujarat.

Daramic became the first company to invest in building the infrastructure to manufacture and locally supply PE battery separators in India.

That year the firm also started the move to a new Asia Technical Centre near Bangalore. In July, Daramic launched RickLife — a robust polyethylene separator for flatplate e-rickshaw batteries.

E-rickshaw batteries are exposed to a challenging deep cycle environment where premature battery failures are common. RickLife combines an improved glass mat, patented material formulation and unique profile rib design, which reduces positive active material shedding, water loss, grid corrosion and acid stratification.

Daramic says the results show an improved cycle life of e-rickshaw batteries by as much as 50%.

RickLife was the result of three years of research. In 2017-2018 Daramic India released HiCharge and XCharge, mostly for inverter batteries.

Much of the firm’s recent research and testing has focused on improved separator design using different formulations and ribs that improve acid mixing and reduce acid stratification — which in turn reduces water loss and limits grid corrosion. www.batteriesinternational.com

Some of the outcomes of this research — which have also been achieved by working with Daramic’s main R&D centre at Owensboro in the US state of Kentucky — have been fascinating.

These include a reversal of imposing the standard western template on an Indian battery. So, for example, one key product in this range, known as DuraLife, followed the unusual pattern of being launched in the Asian market first and then two years later in 2017 was released worldwide.

Krishnamoorthy says that local operations offer a wide variety of other benefits — from distribution to marketing to customer support and much more. Essentially it’s having boots on the ground.

“In terms of distribution, we have regional managers spread across the country and centres where our separators are stored. We can respond quickly to our 1,000 plus customers’ needs — since very early on we have been able to produce all that’s required.

By comparison, the delivery time from the US or Europe can be a couple of months.

“We understand our customers’ local needs far better than someone from outside the subcontinent. We are able, for example, to offer almost immediate customer support if needed.”

Another advantage of being locally based is that this boots-on-the-ground approach has a variety of side benefits.

“We’re changing the relationship we have with our customers. For the last five years Daramic has been running a series of training seminars open to more than 2,000 local battery manufacturers in the country,” says Heng.

“We’ve become a solutions provider rather than just a supplier.”

We’re changing the relationship we have with our customers. For the last five years Daramic has been running a series of training seminars open to over 2,000 local battery manufacturers in the country. We’ve become a solutions provider rather than just a supplier — Dawn Heng

JUST OVER A DECADE LATER …

Since entering the country, Daramic India has grown from just one sales location-cum-finishing operation in India in 2008, to the company operating from three locations: a head office and Asia Technical Centre in Bangalore, a manufacturing plant in Dahej, Gujarat and a finishing facility in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh.

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18ABC: CONFERENCE LIFE The Asia Battery Conference has come a long way since its inception.

As the first full lead battery conference it had to invent itself from scratch. But its special flavour — mixing the community aspect of the industry with a firm grounding of hard-hitting presentations — remains.

The way we were …

Looking back at the presentations and delegates for the first ABC gives a surprising viewpoint on how the industry has changed since 1986.

Perhaps the most striking is the almost complete lack of involvement with, or by, China.

Although the first attempts at market socialism had already started

by China’s leader Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s, the country was a long, long way from becoming the industrial giant of the future.

In the regional presentations — India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan were featured — the lack of China to today’s viewer looks astonishing.

And out of the 137 delegates just two were from China.

Meanwhile non-China — Taiwan and Hong Kong (1ABC was held 11 years before Hong Kong became part of the People’s Republic) accounted for 19 delegates. It’s strange to think that today’s battery giants from China were not even gleams in their founders’ eyes.

Equally interesting in another direction was how prescient some of the thinking was behind the presentations.

Some 30 years before today’s excitement about linking renewables from sources such as solar panels to modern electricity grids was being debated — Kaiichi Shimizu from Furukuwa Battery was presenting on Lead Acid Batteries for Photovoltaic Systems and Rainer Kiessling from Hagen Batterie was talking about Lead Acid Batteries for Load Levelling Applications.

And, of course there’s so many companies that are now little more than names from the past.

Hagen Batterie being a case in point. Two years after Kiessling gave his presentation, the family firm had become part of Spanish battery firm, Tudor — which again slipped into Exide Technologies’ embrace in 1995.

But there are also a few familiar www.batteriesinternational.com

Founding members of ABC hard at work planning the technical programme.

From left to right: John Manders, Jerry McAuliffe, David Rand

companies and brands among the delegates — Bitrode, Digatron, Sonnenschein, Wirtz, Yuasa as well as the fading network of the once mighty Chloride.

And, although the firms had yet to merge Paul Fink from Sorfin was at the conference as was his eventual partner Takahiro Yoshimura, from Yoshimura Products, (now the firms are best known as SF, Sorfin Yoshimura).

And some things haven’t changed either — and that’s for the good. All the 1ABC papers were vetted and edited by David Rand, then principal research scientist at Australia’s CSIRO. David, now in retirement from CSIRO but still active as an adviser to the Consortium for Battery Innovation, continues that tradition and has also vetted and edited this year’s papers.

Looking beyond the papers was the social life surrounding the ABC which soon developed into a regular theme of the conference.

“One of the enduring qualities of the ABC is that there’s still a family spirit to the event,” says one battery veteran who has been to virtually every meeting from ABC’s inception.

“It’s one of the things that came out in the early meetings — and that’s despite the fact that the event has grown in size enormously.

“One of the traditions in the early conferences after the closing gala dinner was a sing-song where delegates of each country would stand up and sing a national song. “It was hilarious as well as being warm-spirited,” he says, “You’d’ve been amazed at the songs we sang , the barracking, the cheering and fun.”

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ABC AND THE ONE MINUTE GIVEBACK

Adding a helping hand

And now for something different for the ABC The ABC organizing conference committee and Sorfin Yoshimura have set up an initiative — the ONE minute giveback — to support local communities in Bali. The initiative is set to run throughout the entire 18ABC meetings.

Away from the five-star hotels and exotic resorts that dot the seeming paradise of Bali, is another country. A land where poverty stalks the small villages away from the coast where the basics — education, health provision and even food for the smallest children — are frequently not available.

Rather than let the Asian Battery Conference remain in its own blinkered bubble, the event organizers, Conference Works and Sorfin Yoshimura have decided to do something about it. “We intend to give something back to Bali through

cash donations and delegate participation work onsite!� says Mark Richardson, the head of Conference Works. “Tourism dollars often miss much of Bali’s rural population, for them life is very different from the luxury beach front hotels, spas and cool beach clubs that dot the island. “With help from our giveback partner Sorfin Yoshimura and the care of our three charities, Bali Children’s Project, Yaysan Solemen Indonesia and The East Bali Poverty Project we aim to make a difference and help those in need in Bali.�

FIVE GREAT WAYS YOU CAN GIVEBACK JOIN AS A PARTNER Conference Works and Sorfin Yoshimura are looking to partner with organisations to enable us to reach our giveback targets.

Contact: Mark Richardson, mark@conferenceworks.com.au, +61 412 160 133 Scott Fink, sfink@sorfin.com, +1 917 773-3675

DONATE ONE MINUTE Want to donate one minute of your time at 18ABC? Drop by the giveback area in the foyer of the main exhibition hall to help sort, pack and stack across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday 4 September Thursday 5 September Friday 6 September 10:30 am – 4:30 pm 9:30 am – 4:30 pm 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Bali Children’s Project Yayasan Solemen East Bali Poverty Project Help the Bali Children Indonesia (‘Solemen’) The East Bali Poverty Project reach their target Yayasan Solemen is looking Project will be packing of 100 backpacks. They to reach their goal of 120 hygiene kits and additional are to give to children in parcels. Each parcel provides everyday items along elementary school that food and medical necessities with nutritious food and cannot afford the essentials that will be distributed to supplements for infants. for education. villages in need.

Target: 370 hygiene kits and Target: 100 backpacks.

Target:Â 120 parcels.

60 infant care packs.

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DONATE ONE DOLLAR Any onsite cash donation is greatly appreciated — be it for a handful of dollars or a lot more.

The money will be split equally between the three charities.

DONATE ONLINE 18 ABC Charity Contact’s Bali Children Project info@balichildrensproject.org +62 361 976 189 Yayasan Solemen Indonesia info@solemen.org +61 812 3720 6220 East Bali Poverty Project  info@eastbalipovertyproject.org +62 361 410071

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ABC AND THE ONE MINUTE GIVEBACK

to those less fortunate The Bali Children’s Project – Escaping Poverty Through Education The Bali Children’s Project is a non-profit registered charity set up in the early 1990s by Joyce Scott and John Cooke, in Bali. The project helps children living in poverty by offering to provide education and a chance to escape. Donations are used to develop a network of schools and buy educational material. The charity ethos is to help educate a child out of poverty and give them the tools to change their future.

Yayasan Solemen Indonesia – Helping the Disadvantaged in Bali

GIVE ONSITE During 18 ABC we will be accepting donated items onsite, bring the item with you and deliver it to the donations area on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. The donations area is located in the foyer area close to the main exhibition hall. All donated items will be split among the charities.

• Foodstuff Non-perishable and suitable for Indonesian families and children • Clothing Prefer new or near new, and suitable for all • Toys Not battery operated • Stationery Anything from pens and paper upwards • Specialist products Soleman, in particular, has a list of needed items that they update on their website regularly. Donations of medical and first aid supplies are appreciated.

Below is a list of items (can be a different brand): Aquaphor Healing Ointment • DuoDERM CGF dressing • DuoDERM Extra Thin Dressing • DuoDERM Hydroactive Sterile Gel • Melolin Dressing • POLY VISC Lubricating Eye Ointment • QV Cream • QV Wash Ensure • Original Nutrition Powder • PediaSure’s complete Balanced Nutrition • Paraffin • Sudocrem • Vitamin E Cream • Pure Glycerin • Bandages For larger donations, please contact the team to discuss.

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Yayasan Solemen is a non-profit foundation in Bali that provides direct support and funding for the disadvantaged, differently abled, homeless and marginalzsed. Established in 2010 by Robert Epstone, it is endorsed by the Bali Government Tourism Office with goal to alleviate poverty by providing sustainable solutions and medical treatment to those kept out of the public eye. Solemen operates an outreach team of volunteer doctors, nurses, therapists, nutritionists and social workers.

East Bali Poverty Project – Help us to help them help themselves The East Bali Poverty Project is a non-profit charity with the goal of helping thousands of people living in poverty in forgotten mountain villages who do not have access to clean water, sanitation, hospitals, education, industrial development and electricity in East Bali. Founded by David Booth in 1998, the EBPP has sought to fight poverty by providing these basic human needs while endeavouring to help develop these communities and bring them in to the 21st century.

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Wirtz Closed Loop Automatic Caliper This programmable process maintains plate thickness during your entire plate making run. Adjustments on the fly do not interrupt production or cause line stoppages.

The Plate Pasting Process is now a Process Under Control.

Our newest innovation which received a U.S. patent allows “on the fly” thickness adjustments to the steel belt pasting machine to control the plate thickness while the machine is running. We incorporate a servo system under the steel belt which can be continuously adjusted to maintain an exact plate thickness.

The adjustments can be made by the machine operator, or in a closed loop system when coupled with a thickness measurement system.

Plate Thickness Control To Exact Tolerances. Plate Thickness can be controlled to a +/-0.001 inch or 0.025mm during production all day long. In a closed loop system, adjustments are made continuously as paste density and fluidity changes and will not interrupt production or require line stoppages. The adjustments can be made in increments as +/-0.0005 inches or 0.012mm.

Available for older pasting lines. If you have an earlier version of our SBP paster, you may still be able to have the advantages of our new patented automated control system by calling your Wirtz Sales Representative to see if your machine will qualify for a retrofit.

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INNOVATION. PERFORMANCE. RELIABILITY. INNOVATION. PERFORMANCE. RELIABILITY.

18ABC PRESENTATIONS: SEPARATORS Separator technology has come a long way in the past decade. The arrival of stop-start cars in 2009 — and the mass adoption seen most spectacularly over the past five years — has meant there has been an overwhelming need for batteries to operate at a partial state of charge.

Partial State-of-Charge Operation and Modifications to Extend Battery Life

Hua Yang Absorptive GlassMat Separators for Improved Lead acid Batteries

Kevin Whear, VP Technology, Daramic

Xiaoying Du, general manager, Hua Yang Industry

Nick Starita, president, Energy & Industrial Systems Division, Hollingsworth & Vose

Wednesday 11:50 am – 12:15 pm

Wednesday 4:20 pm – 4:45 pm

Wednesday 4:45 pm – 5:10 pm

Market needs from idle start–stop vehicles are requiring the lead acid battery to operate at partial stateof-charge (PSoC), while maintaining a long life. Other energy storage applications, such as the harnessing of renewable energy, opportunitycharging of fork trucks and heavy road trucks, are also requiring PSoC operation.

To meet these challenging demands, many have proposed more costly solutions that include lithium batteries and valve-regulated lead acid batteries.

Starting with the flooded lead acid battery, this presentation will highlight many incremental modifications and their impact on extending cycle-life and offering a pathway to meet the challenging industry goals. It will also address the impact on other key functions that include charge acceptance and water loss.

The presentation will describe the advantageous effects that the absorptive glass-mat separators manufactured by Hua Yang AGM have on different types of lead acid battery.

Tests have been undertaken to verify the superior physical/chemical properties of the AGM, such as good tensile strength, strong anti-puncture, strict impurity control, and sustaining long deep-cycle life.

In addition, it will be demonstrated how to achieve cost control — not only for the whole chain of AGM production, but also for the resulting battery.

Automotive and Industrial applications are increasingly involving the operation of lead acid batteries under partial state-of-charge conditions. Consequently, ‘Advanced Lead Batteries’ are being developed to provide this more demanding duty.

Enhancing cycle-life has been proven by including additives, and retainer mat pasting papers for flooded batteries, and AGM separators for VRLA batteries.

Hollingsworth & Vose — which designs and produces AGM separators for start-stop vehicle technology — continues to introduce innovations for improvements in cycle-life.

To date, the company’s AGM separator portfolio has demonstrated the prevention of acid stratification, greater pressure retention between

Kevin Whear, VP Technology, Daramic

Xiaoying Du, general manager, Hua Yang Industry

Tests have been undertaken to verify tensile strength, deep cycle life ... and more

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Improving the Cycle Life of Advanced Lead Acid Batteries

Nick Starita, president, Energy & Industrial Systems, H&V

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18ABC PRESENTATIONS: SEPARATORS This has pushed all parts of the battery industry into looking for increasing battery performance. One of the major improvements has come from the manufacturers of separators, who have ingeniously found ways to extend cycle life, limit water loss and much more.

To date, the company’s AGM separator portfolio has demonstrated the prevention of acid stratification, greater pressure retention between plates, increased mechanical strength, better electrolyte absorption, faster electrolyte filling speed, and superior formation quality. plates, increased mechanical strength, better electrolyte absorption, faster electrolyte filling speed, and superior formation quality.

This presentation will discuss the importance and differences in AGM separator design, H&V’s newest AGM product StratiGuard, which reduces stratification, and other innovative approaches to improving the cycle life of advanced lead batteries.

Richard Pekala, chief technology officer, ENTEK International

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Battery Separators — A Closer Look at Oxidation Mechanisms and Oxygen Transport Richard Pekala, chief technology officer, ENTEK International Thursday 9:50 am – 10:15 am

Separators for lead acid batteries are traditionally manufactured from the extrusion and extraction of ultra high molecular-weight polyethylene/silica/ oil mixtures to form microporous ribbed sheets.

A relatively large amount of process oil is left behind in the PE/ SiO2 separator to protect the polymer chains from oxidative attack.

In the ENTEK model, certain molecules within the process oil are preferentially oxidized and can become solubilized in sulfuric acid, while preventing polymer chain scission or crosslinking. Many battery manufacturers believe it is important to limit the amount of oil in the separator to achieve lower electrical resistance or prevent ‘black scum’ formation.

This presentation dispels these myths and demonstrates the importance of controlling the process oil content in the 11wt.% –22wt.% range to maintain good elongation and mechanical properties.

Furthermore, there will be a report of an examination of separator mechanical properties in both a pristine and oxidized state that uses a new approach for measuring fatigue resistance in puncture and elongation modes.

In addition to impacting separator properties, oxygen is also important to battery performance. Water loss has become a topic of great interest, particularly in Enhanced Flooded Batteries, batteries that are cycled at a partial state-of-charge.

While it is generally accepted that VRLA batteries rely on the crossover of oxygen generated at the positive electrode during charge to be reduced

This presentation dispels the myths that that it is important to limit the amount of oil in the separator to achieve lower electrical resistance or prevent ‘black scum’ formation. We demonstrate the importance of controlling the process oil content in the 11wt.% –22wt.% range to maintain good elongation and mechanical properties. at the negative electrode, it is now believed that an oxygen cycle may also play a role in reducing water loss in flooded battery designs.

The presentation closes with the account of a laboratory test and its results for measuring oxygen transport through lead acid battery separators that have different porosities and pore-size distributions.

Strategies for Counteracting Hydrogen Evolution and Water Loss in Lead acid Batteries Mateusz Donten, R&D manager, Amer-Sil. Thursday 11:50 am-12:15 am

Excessive gassing during final charge and floating of lead acid batteries leads to water loss, positive plate corrosion and eventually premature failure of batteries.

The root cause of the problem is antimony poisoning, which is known to speed up the hydrogen evolution reaction.

Today, water losses due to gassing impact many of the new applications of lead acid batteries that are particularly popular in India and other Asian countries, for example, light electric vehicles, e-rickshaws,

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18ABC PRESENTATIONS: SEPARATORS This presentation attempts to identify the mechanism by which some natural materials (rubbers, wood chips) and chemical substances such as surface-active molecules (benzaldehydes, polyglycols, surfactants) effectively prevent the poisoning of negative active-mass by antimony, and in a more general sense by metal contaminants. inverters. This presentation examines the mechanism of antimony-catalysed water losses and proposes ways to prevent them.

Separators play an important role with respect to antimony poisoning of deep-cycle batteries. Among the different mechanisms proposed for their beneficial effect, capturing antimony ions in the separator or ‘deactivating’ antimony in the negative plate (iE, inhibition of hydrogen evolution reaction) are the two most elaborated in the literature.

These effects are linked to the specific materials from which the separators are made, for instance, the various types of rubbers that are most commonly used in modern separators and are known for their antimony-suppressing ability.

This presentation attempts to identify the mechanism by which some natural materials (rubbers, wood chips) and chemical substances such as surface-active molecules (benzaldehydes, polyglycols, surfactants) effectively prevent the poisoning of negative active mass (NAM) by antimony, and in a more general sense by metal contaminants.

Experimental work is reported that takes special care to mimic the complex chemical environment of the negative electrode of a battery in every detail. This approach offers a bridge towards an effective implementation of this knowledge in operating batteries.

Based on this exploration of antimony poisoning, strategies to prevent negative effects on lead acid batteries are proposed.

The role of the separator for providing long and robust operation of batteries prone to metal poisoning — in particular deep-cycle designs — is explained. www.batteriesinternational.com

This understanding can assist lead acid batteries to perform better in new applications that require frequent cycling and also help reduce their maintenance (water refill) and thereby become less susceptible to accidental contamination of electrolyte.

A Modular Approach for Optimizing Battery Separators for High Charge-Acceptance and Other Desired Attributes David Mihara, VP of technology, Microporous Thursday 2:45 pm – 3:10 pm

With the growing market for Enhanced Flooded Batteries in the automotive arena, and increased opportunity-charging requirements in battery applications as diverse as motive power and telecoms, the need for enhanced charge acceptance by lead acid batteries has never been greater.

Traditionally, battery companies have looked to increase charge acceptance through product design (more lead) and additives (such as carbon to the negative activematerial). There can be downsides to such approaches, for example, a significant cost increase with more lead and increased water consumption with the use of carbons.

This presentation looks at the approach to maximizing charge

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acceptance through separator design.

Intuitively, one realizes that charge acceptance can be increased by minimizing the electrical resistance of the separator. The skill, however, is to maximize charge acceptance while maintaining sometimes conflicting goals, such as excellent mechanical strength and durability.

A modular approach to separator design will therefore be proposed.

There are design parameters, material choices, additives and treatments that can be combined to optimize not only charge acceptance, but also can be utilized to meet other battery design challenges such as water consumption and acid stratification.

The presentation describes how customers can ‘mix and match’ the properties they want to see enhanced. Data for the properties of the separators as well as subsequent cell and battery testing will also be disclosed.

Intuitively, one realizes that charge-acceptance can be increased by minimizing the electrical resistance of the separator. The skill, however, is to maximize chargeacceptance while maintaining sometimes conflicting goals, such as excellent mechanical strength and durability.

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18ABC PRESENTATIONS: LEAD PRICING Global Lead Market Challenges and Opportunities into the Next Decade Neil Hawkes, principal analyst, lead, CRU Wednesday 9:10 am–9:35 am

The recent step down in LME lead prices has been largely driven by broader metal price drivers becoming more negative, though a turning point in the lead market cycle has also played a part.

Is this price retreat merely another relatively short-lived dip? Or are there longer-term issues that could sustain a more prolonged period of downward pressure in lead values?

The fortunes of the lead battery sector, under threat from the rise of lithium batteries; will be the key factor that determines the lead price path ahead.

Can lead batteries respond to the threat and defend, or even grow, its share in some energy storage applications?

In addition to the future demand path, the response of production – both in polymetallic mining and

in recycling — will be crucial in determining whether the lead market is facing feast or famine and whether lead prices will go down or up as we move into the next decade.

‘Lead is Dead’ — Did the Suits and Bleeding Hearts Just Kill the Lead Industry?

Farid Ahmed, lead analyst, WoodMac Wednesday 11:00 am –11:25 am

The fortunes of the lead battery sector, under threat from the rise of lithium batteries — can lead batteries respond to the threat and defend, or even grow, its share in some energy-storage applications?

For decades, lead has been under relentless regulatory and environmental pressure, and the industry recognizes that its performance in these areas is directly linked with its long-term sustainability.

Without safe operations and solid green credentials, the lead industry would lose the moral authority to continue.

Legislation aimed at protecting workers and the environment has become ever tougher. The majority of the industry has responded to these imperatives by developing better systems to minimize emissions, enhance safety and increase openness to demonstrate commitment to these goals.

The industry has put clear effort into trying to bring all participants up to minimum standards, irrespective of their size or location.

However, some current and proposed legislation is now at the point where many consider it to be unrealistic — and punitive.

Well intentioned but often naïve regulations and mandates appear

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With now numerous governmental declarations on their EV ambitions and intentions for future bans on internal combustion engine vehicles, will this be the final nail in the coffin for lead? targeted at bringing about the demise of the lead industry, rather than to help it improve. Scant recognition is given to lead’s outstanding potential as an environmentally beneficial metal or the imperative for a secondary industry to safely treat the millions of tonnes of lead in circulation.

Recycling Lead in China Dong Li, chairman, Leoch Battery Wednesday 11:25 am – 11:50 am

This presentation briefly describes the background to the Chinese leadrecycling industry, lead consumption and the global market, together with trends, opportunities and forecasts for the secondary lead market.

An analysis will be given of the market investment in the secondary lead industry, and the latest environmental protection policies and legislation.

An examination of secondary lead enterprise ranking will be included, and in this context, also an outline of Leoch’s five-year capacity plans for secondary lead production.

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PICK OF THE PRESENTATIONS An idiosyncratic view of some of the presentations to view, courtesy of the Batteries International team

Pick n’mix at the ABC lead batteries in the global market, together with future developments in alternative technologies.

This presentation will cover the following areas: (i) the current market of LABs worldwide in terms of shipment, scope and future growth analysis; (ii) trends in the duties demanded from LABs in automotive starter, industrial use, E-bike and other transportation service, UPS and back-up power; (iii) the current market and its applications pertaining to the Chinese LAB industry.

With presentations on almost every technical or commercial aspect of the lead battery world, ABC will continue to offer a snapshot of the major trends at work in the industry.

In the offices of Batteries International there was a lively debate over which presentations would be better than the rest.

We decided that we would choose a pick of the day for each of the three days of the conference but quickly swapped the idea ass there were immediate timetable clashes, most notably three excellent presentations on the first day.

In terms of the future, we recognized that five new areas of research are going to open up new possibilities for yet better, yet more ‘advanced’ lead batteries of the future. Unashamedly borrowed from a recent presentation from Exide Technologies’ Francesco Trinidad, these are: • nano-structured active materials to improve energy efficiency • lead grid coatings to protect against sulfation • new lead alloys to improve life in high temperature • alternative current collectors such as aluminium, copper, titanium to reduce weight • thin bipolar electrodes to increase power and charge acceptance.

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Second pick

First selection

Our first pick on the opening day of the convention was that from Mark Lu. We first heard Mark speaking at the Vienna ELBC meeting and were struck by the extraordinary depth of research and most particularly the quality that he brought to his presentation. The overall theme might seem anodyne but the detail within the information will be superb. We expect various surprises to emerge too.

Present Status and Future Development Trends of Lead Acid Batteries — Markets, Applications and the Chinese Situation

Our second selection was Ray Kubis’ presentation, also on the opening day of the conference.

We chose this for a mix of reasons — we’ve enjoyed his presentations in the past, he’s got a lively and informed manner. But best of all Ray’s been a long time in the battery and lead business and has a broad sense of perspective.

The Race to Survive and Thrive…Advanced Lead-based Batteries Ray Kubis, chairman, Gridtential Energy Wednesday 12:15 pm – 12:40 pm

Lu Hsueh-lung, senior researcher/ secretary-general, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)/Taiwan Battery Association Wednesday 9:35 am – 10:00 am

In 2018, the world market for lead acid batteries was $46.92 billion at a less than 1% growth rate. Although lead batteries are still among the major sellers in the rechargeable battery market, there is a threat that the position of other battery technologies, principally lithium ion, will strengthen given changes in the service demands of the various applications.

Therefore, it is necessary to continue monitoring the position of

Lithium batteries have already claimed a serious share in many battery market segments based on credible solutions, and claimed total life-cycle costs. Solid research and development projects that truly change the performance and lifetimes of lead–based batteries are progressing.

These offer the prospect of high performance, truly sustainable and low cost, energy storage devices. The presentation will present a picture of the penetration and performance claims in key battery sectors.

With the support of some leading industry technical experts, an outline will also be given of the most probable pathways and timing

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Our third choice was partly influenced by the extensive research we conducted early this year for our India yearbook, but mostly because all the economic experts are saying India will be the next China in terms of being an industrial powerhouse. And this is being reiterated as clear policy from the top of the government by newly re-elected prime minister Modi. As an aside, this speaker seems ready to talk about real time testing in detail of the UltraBattery, which is irritatingly absent from the prime owner of the technology, East Penn.

Energy Storage Technology — the Rapidly Evolving Scenario in India Sagar Sen Gupta, manager, product development (VRLA), Exide Industries Wednesday 4.45pm

India is on a rapid path towards embracing different energy storage technologies as an integral part of the electricity system in the country.

Notwithstanding the fact that, given the unreliability of grid power in large parts of the country, the common Indian household has a history of using a storage system, it is the push towards renewable energy that has seen the advent of utilityscale energy storage.

Under government guidelines, energy tenders that pertain to renewable energy are increasingly including clauses on the deployment of energy-storage systems.

This has facilitated pilot projects with different energy storage technologies to gauge their respective robustness and challenges. In India, whereas lead acid and lithium ion batteries continue to be the most common used in India, other battery chemistries are also vying to become the preferred choice. Among the recent advancements in lead acid batteries, the UltraBattery has been demonstrated to broaden the capability of the traditional design.

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None of us were quite sure that we would understand in full the technical content of his paper but we were all agreed that this looked like something very new on the horizon for lead batteriy technology with a long life expectancy are attributes that have allowed the lead acid battery to remain competitive in energy storage applications such as power smoothing and energy shifting for solar and wind energy installations. UltraBattery installations in telecom towers have demonstrated significant reduction in diesel operation, especially in off-grid situations. The gel tubular design of lead acid battery, which marries the tubular robustness with the user friendliness of valve-regulated technology, is also attracting attention.

High reliability in deep-discharge cycling with the capability of accommodating extended periods of high temperature remain the cornerstones of this technology. More than 20 MWh of capacity have been commissioned at different micro-grid sites in the past couple of years. Field performance data show that these facilities are performing satisfactorily under demanding conditions.

Case studies conducted by Exide Industries, together with field data from energy storage installations in India, will be presented to highlight the market segments in which the above-mentioned benefits are important.

Closing selection

Our final choice was difficult because although we liked the look of Francisco Trinidad’s presentation on carbon, DCA versus water loss, we could see there were several other papers that also looked at the subject from different angles, though perhaps not with the same authority that he brings to the subject. We’ve also really liked Doug Lambert’s closing review on the last day of the conference that he’s been doing since 16ABC. His candour and sincerity about the industry are refreshing.

That said, in the end we plumped for Friday afternoon’s talk from Boris Monahov. None of us was quite sure that we would understand in full the technical content of his paper, but we were all agreed that this looked like something very new on the horizon of lead batteries.

Crystal Control Technology (CCT) for Extending Life of Stationary Batteries Boris Monahov, chief scientific officer, WaveTech Friday 1:30 pm – 1:55pm

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by WaveTech is based on the effect of electrode potential changes on the rate of electro-crystallization in ionic solutions. Pulse-shaped potential changes with specific amplitude, duration and front slope applied to the electrode alter the ionic distribution in the electric double-layer on the electrode surface.

Ions accelerated by the changes in the electric field increase the local oversaturation, which creates conditions for easier nucleation and more homogeneous crystal growth, depending on electrode overpotential.

WaveTech has designed a small electronic device (BEAT) that applies CCT to lead acid batteries by superimposing small modulating current pulses to the charge current (cycling or floating). The device is powered by the charging battery/cell itself.

Crystal growth processes in both plates are optimized, while the effect on the positive plate is more pronounced. Charge efficiency is improved with every charge cycle (or as a function of time on floating).

The effect for batteries with CCT becomes stronger with every cycle.

The capacity decline during cycling is substantially slowed down without requiring any special maintenance.

The presentation will detail the main improvements in battery performance and operation.

The BEAT device can be connected to WaveTech’s monitoring system and detects signs of early battery degradation including conditions that cause thermal runaway. It transmits data, analyses and notifications to the operator. Such information helps to reduce costs, automate operations and improve service reliability.

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18ABC PRESENTATIONS: ADDITIVES Additives to batteries have been around almost as long as batteries themselves, but it’s only in the last decade that some of the most exciting advances have been made. Although the eye-catcher continues to be finding different ways of inserting carbon into the battery, great strides have been made with expanders, fibres and the drive into nano-technology.

Systematic Screening of New Additives for Lead Acid Technology: The Role of Porosity and Electrode Surface-Area Rainer Bussar, Battery Additives Manager, PENOX Wednesday 1:55 pm - 2:20 pm

Additives play a key role in improving the electrical performance and durability of lead acid battery technology. For instance, customized expander mixes, containing different expander types, barium sulfate and functional carbon types are used to improve and stabilize the surfacearea of the negative electrode. On the other hand, only a limited number of additives have been adopted for the positive active-mass.

The AddESun project, a public research project between Fraunhofer ICS, Exide Technologies, Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH, RWTH Aachen University, SGL Carbon Group, and PENOX, is undertaking a systematic screening programme for new and improved additive classes, as well as for synergistic interactions between different additives.

The main target is to review and benchmark established (stateof-the-art) additives and better understand their functional mechanisms, as well to search for new additives PENOX is responsible for the paste preparation and pasting process and the characterization of the electrodes.

The project was established in late 2017 and will run for three years.

The main target is to review and benchmark established (state-of-theart) additives and better understand their functional mechanisms, as well to search for new additives. Since battery additives are likely to show functional interactions which impact their effectiveness, the overall number of variables in such as screening is rather large.

A Design of Experiment Approach has therefore been devised. This action, which is still uncommon in battery-related research, is very powerful and enables a rapid check for interactions between components without the need for numerous parallel trials.

This paper provides a review of the general approach used in the AddESun project and offers insight into the screening strategy and the

first (non-confidential) The research is backed up by structural analysis of electrodes to correlate electrical performance with structural aspects of the active mass.

At present, controlling the porosity of the active masses is a main topic of focus. It has been demonstrated that several additives improve the porosity of the positive active-mass.

TBLS+ (a tetrabasic seeding material) is among the prospective additives that have demonstrated a significant improvement in porosity and initial capacity.

Other additives based on nanostructured fumed metal oxides (AEROXIDE grades from Evonik) have also been identified as improving the porosity of the active mass. Early results indicate sufficient chemical stability under cycling conditions.

Development of the Best Additives for Enhanced Flooded Batteries Victor Chen, overseas department manager, Shandong Jinkeli Power Sources Technology Wednesday 1:55 pm - 2:20 pm

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The market for EFBs is expanding rapidly through the endeavours of battery manufacturers to improve the performance of their products.

The use of additives is the one of the easiest and most economical ways to improve further EFB battery performance. This presentation describes the role and mechanism of various promising additives such as high-strength fibre, tetrabasic lead sulfate and high-performance carbon black.

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18ABC PRESENTATIONS: ADDITIVES Development of HighPerformance Lead Acid Batteries through Electrode and Electrolyte Additives Surendra Kumar Martha, associate professor, Indian Institute of Technology Wednesday 2:45 pm - 3:10 pm

This presentation reports mitigation strategies for addressing the issues of sulfation and grid corrosion in lead acid batteries through electrode and electrolyte additives and surface modifications of the plate and grid.

Various types of carbon and metal oxide composites, such as C–SnO2, boron doped graphene and TiO2reduced graphene oxide have been successfully added to the negative active-material to reduce the problem of sulfation.

The C-based additives have been found to provide greater conductivity, to control PbSO4 growth, to act as a capacitor, and to improve the overall electrochemical performance of lead acid cells.

It has been found that a C–SnO2/ TiO2 composite occupies the pores of NAM, accesses electrolyte in the interior of the plate, restricts PbSO4 growth and reduces hydrogen

To address the issue of positive grid corrosion, a conducting polymer coating of polypyrrole (PPY) on the positive grid has been developed.

evolution, which thereby enhances charge-acceptance, high C-rate capacity and high-rate partial stateof-charge (HRPSoC) cycles.

A surface modification strategy by depositing poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) on the surface of the negative plate has been also studied to address the issue of sulfation.

Lead acid cells assembled with PEDOT-coated negative electrodes showed ~25 % increase in initial discharge capacity, excellent cycle performance at the C/5 rate, lower impedance, reduced hydrogen evolution, capacitive behaviour and a boost in charge-acceptance in comparison with conventional cells.

To address the issue of positive grid corrosion, a conducting polymer coating of polypyrrole (PPY) on the positive grid has been developed. The coating increases the corrosion resistance, inhibits the oxygen evolution rate, acts as an adhesion layer that helps to improve conductivity between the active mass layer and the grid, and reduces the formation of a passivation layer (PbO, PbSO4) on the surface of the grid that, in turn, enhances capacity retention during prolonged cycling.

Development of Conductive Carbon Black for NewGeneration Lead Acid Batteries Zhimin Yu, Technical Marketing Manager, Orion Engineered Carbons Wednesday 2:45 pm - 3:10 pm

It will show how to improve the DCA performance with standard Lamp Black 101 by optimizing the concentration of Carbon Black and lignosulfonate in the NAM. This century, new-generation batteries are expected to provide high dynamic charge-acceptance and long cycle-life performance under highrate partial state-of-charge (HRPSoC) duty. It has been widely demonstrated that the DCA performance and the cycle-life of batteries can be significantly improved by applying new types of conductive carbon black.

Unfortunately, however, water consumption becomes more pronounced with the increased amount of carbon black in the negative active-material (NAM).

This presentation will describe conductive carbon black grades recently developed by Orion that can provide high DCA performance while maintaining water consumption/ hydrogen evolution at an accepted level.

It will show how to improve the DCA performance with standard lamp black 101 by optimizing the concentration of carbon black and lignosulfonate in the NAM. This is a significant finding since lamp black always ensures a lower water consumption for lead acid batteries.

Next-Generation Additives for Automotive and Stationary Lead Batteries Paolina Atanassova, market development manager, energy materials, Cabot Thursday 10:15 am - 10:40 am

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Advanced carbon and silica additives are used in a variety of commercial automotive, stationary and e-mobility lead acid batteries to achieve high charge-acceptance and improved cycle-life. The benefits of additives on dynamic charge-acceptance (DCA), acid stratification and lifetime under partial state-of-charge (PSOC) cycling have been demonstrated in large-scale manufacturing processes and are used by lead battery manufacturers

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18ABC PRESENTATIONS: ADDITIVES to meet demanding new performance requirements.

However, there is still a need for further significant improvements in DCA, cycle life and lead utilization by next-generation additives and formulated solutions to enable future growth of lead acid batteries markets.

Cabot will introduce a new densefumed silica product, ENERSIL2030 KD, which offers ease of dispersion in manufacturing and reduced loading in gel batteries by direct mixing with sulfuric acid.

The presentation will also discuss how carbon additives induce beneficial changes in the negative active-mass morphology, concepts on how carbons impact the DCA and hydrogen evolution reactions, as well as the effects of various carbon surface treatments on lead acid battery performance.

After successfully demonstrating that carbon additives can enable a DCA of 0.5 A Ah-1 in automotive batteries, an outline will be given of the next steps for achieving further improvements towards the industry target DCA of 1–2 A Ah-1.

A Novel Approach to Developing an Expander with High-Temperature Stability

After successfully demonstrating that carbon additives can enable a DCA of 0.5 A Ah-1 in automotive batteries, an outline will be given of the next steps for achieving further improvements towards the industry target DCA of 1–2 A Ah-1.

Improving the performance of lead acid batteries at high ambient temperatures has been a hot topic of research and development for lead acid industry. Researchers at Hammond propose a novel approach to developing a new expander with high temperature stability

Paolina Atanassova, market development manager, energy materials, Cabot

Marvin Ho, VP research & development, Hammond

Marvin Ho, VP research & development, Hammond Thursday 3:30 pm - 3:55 pm

Lead acid batteries operating in hotter regions have a shorter life than those in cooler regions. Improving the performance of lead acid batteries at high ambient temperatures has been a hot topic of research and development for lead acid industry.

Researchers at Hammond propose a novel approach to developing a new expander with high temperature stability.

The Taguchi DOE technique was used to study the performance of several factors under different conditions. Those factors included types of lignosulfonate, carbon black, BaSO4 and dopants (cellulose base materials). These results provide directions for developing novel high temperature expander formulations.

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Electrolyte Additives for Enhancing the Cycle-Life of Automotive Lead Acid Batteries Maria Matrakova, Research Associate, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Friday 10:15 am - 10:40 am

A wide range of inorganic and organic materials are used as additives to the electrolyte and to the negative and positive electrodes of lead acid cells to improve, for example, their conductivity, enhance battery capacity and cyclelife, suppress hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions on the negative and positive electrodes, and retard electrode corrosion.

The major factors contributing to the decline in capacity of the positive plates during chargedischarge cycling are progressive deterioration of the electrical contact between the PbO2 particles of the positive active-mass and the grid, and formation of a layer of PbSO4 crystals on the electrode surface that isolates a fraction of the active mass and thus reduces its utilization.

During charging a lead acid battery, the positive grid is oxidized and a boundary layer forms between the grid and the active mass.

The main goal of the present study is to improve the cycling performance of positive plates by adding inorganic or organic surfactants to the H2SO4 solution.

The surfactants under test are organic compounds (anionic or cationic) or inorganic phosphate material. This research is aimed at understanding how the tested surfactants influence the morphology of PbSO4 and PbO2 crystals.

The basic effects of the different surfactants added to the electrolyte on the electrochemical reactions that proceed on a lead or lead alloy (Pb-Sb, Pb-Ca-Sn) electrode are evaluated by cyclic voltammetry.

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The main goal of the present study is to improve the cycling performance of positive plates by adding inorganic or organic surfactants to the H2SO4 solution. The surfactants under test are organic compounds (anionic or cationic) or inorganic phosphate material. with blank electrolyte.

Experimental data from an initial capacity test and a 17.5% DoD cycling test for start-stop lead acid batteries show that cells with organic additives give about 20% improvement in cycle-life.

Furthermore, the cycle-life of cells with an inorganic phosphate material is beyond 2000 cycles, which is twice that of obtained from the control cell.

Red Lead for Lead Acid batteries Ian Klein, Head of Battery Additives, PENOX Friday 11:25 am - 11:50 am

The majority of industrial battery manufacturers are using red lead in their positive active material to cut down on the consumption of energy during formation as well as to shorten the formation time for the cells.

Over the past decade, red lead has been increasingly used in automotive batteries to reduce the formation time and energy.

In particular for EFBs and AGM batteries, different grades of red lead in combination with Barton or ball-mill oxide are favoured to achieve the desired performance.

Two years ago, PENOX set up a program to identify the red lead-tobattery oxide ratio in combination with the optimum red lead particlesize distribution (PSD) to enhance significantly the performance of industrial and automotive batteries.

Based on results presented in a research report of Matsushita Electric Industrial from the late 1990s, PENOX has worked on the effect of different red lead oxidation levels, PSD and also the deviation of acid absorption values in relation to the tamped density.

Early trials showed some interaction between red lead and battery oxides that affect the battery performance, especially under different states-of-charge (17.5% DoD) and life-time

performance tests (50% DoD).

As PENOX Korea can produce a wide range of different red lead grades and battery oxides using Barton reactor technology, a Design of Experiment methodology (DoE) was used for the most important variables to reduce the overall number of tests.

Paste preparation, curing of the positive plates, active-material characterisation and all relevant electrical tests were carried out in our German R&D laboratory.

A strong relationship between the particle-size distribution, the oxidation level of the red lead and the battery performance has been identified. The red lead production process and therefore the type of red lead added to the positive paste is significant.

This has enabled identification of the most suitable grade of red lead for most of the battery requirements according to the battery oxide in use.

The outcome of this research provided the opportunity to produce red lead grades in the PENOX factory at YeongCheon, South Korea, that are most suitable for the battery oxide produced by the battery customer to deliver the optimum battery performance.

Two years ago, PENOX set up a program to identify the red lead-to-battery oxide ratio in combination with the optimum red lead particle-size distribution (PSD) to enhance significantly the performance of industrial and automotive batteries.

Based on results presented in a research report of Matsushita Electric Industrial from the late 1990s, PENOX has worked on the effect of different red lead oxidation levels, PSD and also the deviation of acid absorption values in relation to the tamped density.

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OMI-NBE work in the field of engineering and technologies for the production and charge of different type of batteries (AUTOMOTIVE, INDUSTRIAL, FLOODED or AGM & VRLA), proposing partial or complete solutions, which satisfy the customer’s requests drawing to a consolidated and innovative know-how.

From the smallest equipment to a complete project for a new plant for the battery charging, we are able to study and supply to you with the best solution for your requirements thanks to our technical knowledge and experience, following your indications if you have any preference about the process, or giving you different choices based on our wide offer.

We can take care of your batteries coming from the assembly, starting from the acid and water preparation, forming them with our water cooling systems or with the acid recirculation formation system, test and prepare your high quality batteries for the shipment to your final client and user.

• ADVANCED WATER BATH FORMATION, with batteries handling through free rollers, motorized conveyor belts, or with our exclusive TRAY SYSTEM, from fully automatic system to manual system.

• FILLING PROCESS FOR FLOODED & AGM BATTERIES: Filling, levelling or recirculation stations, for car and truck batteries, for industrial cells, and for AGM & VRLA batteries.

• FINISHING & DISPATCHING EQUIPMENT: dumping stations, washing and drying tunnel, poles brushing, HRD and dielectric test stations, and many more.

• ACID PREPARATION, STORAGE AND RECOVERY: automatic and flexible systems, with continuous or batch preparation, based on your preference.

Founded in 1930, Hammond Group, Inc. (HGI) is a battery additives/oxides and specialty chemical company that is advancing hybrid automotive and renewable energy markets through proprietary battery chemistry. HGI supports these emerging markets with two US manufacturing operations in Hammond, IN and another in Pottstown, PA. HGI also has International operations in Gateshead, England; and another in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Be sure to stop by our booth and talk with our specialists about how HGI can help your company overcome technical challenges. We offer technical assistance programs which allow our customers to utilize our experts to augment their research efforts, reduce capital expenditure and fixed costs, and rapidly develop new products.

Contact details: www.hmndgroup.com Email: customerservice@hmndgroup.com Tel: +1 219 931 9360

Contact details: Email: info@omi-nbe.com Web: www.omi-nbe.com Tel. & Fax: +39 0363 901 9811

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MAC Engineering

Batek Makina

Booth: H11

Booth: H109 & H110

machinery and automation systems.

Tens of battery manufacturers around the world have already experienced the BATEK quality. We are proud to be part of the achievements of our customers.

MAC Engineering has supplied the lead acid battery industry with high quality downstream battery making equipment since 1965.

We offer complete systems for feeding, pasting, flash drying and stacking any continuous or gravity cast plate making technology.

From motorcycle and automotive batteries, to industrial and traction, we have equipment to handle any size of battery production.

New equipment solutions are now available for punched grids. MAC also offers finishing line equipment for automated Cast on Strap, acid filling, leak testing, heat sealing and more.

Contact us today for more information on what we can do for you.

Contact details: Thomas L. Isbrecht Tel: +1 269-925-3295 www.mac-eng.com

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Batek designs and manufactures machinery for both the plate making and assembly departments of lead acid battery plants. Precision engineering is combined with experienced workmanship to build state of the art machinery to serve the battery industry.

The production premises of the company are located in Istanbul, and contains all rudimentary advanced CNC manufacturing machineries and tools.

Batek’s founders, who had been working for the battery manufacturing equipment industry for more than two decades, set up the company in 2002.

Design, manufacturing, servicing and logistics are all carried out in this expanded plant. In all there are 50 skilled and motivated staff are putting their utmost effort to ensure best quality and servicing for our valuable customers.

Batek runs a sophisticated ERP system to ensure consistency in quality for all parts of the company’s business activities.

We offer enveloping and stacking machines, cast-on-strap machines, assembly lines, container hole punchers. Besides this we offer, cast-grid plate making equipment, parting and brushing machines, acid fillers, battery palletizers, container depalletizers and custom

Contact details: Omer Ferdi Yildiz.

Iskenderpasa Cad. No: 21 Sancaktepe, Istanbul Turkey Tel: + 90216 484 80 44 (43,42,41) Fax: +90216 484 80 35 Email: batek@batekeng.com www.batekeng.com

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for a

Formation Systems with

Acid Recirculation Technology

better formation www.inbatec.de

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Sorfin Yoshimura Group

Abertax Technologies

Booth: H12

Booth: H37

Contact details:

Sorfin Yoshimura is the largest independent trading company serving the worldwide lead acid battery industry.

Sorfin Yoshimura has offices in the USA, Japan, China, France, and Brasil in addition to agency cooperation in several other countries around the world.

We are a global company sourcing the best machinery, materials, and technical services for your battery factories specific needs.

Sorfin Yoshimura offers our customers the benefit of our decades of lead acid battery industry experience. We serve hundreds of customers throughout the world each year and customize our services for each and every factory.

We are constantly combing the world for the latest innovations in both materials and machinery; seeking to add vendors to our already vast network. When you choose Sorfin Yoshimura, you will quickly identify the unique combination of commercial savvy and engineering know-how that has enabled us to become the company that we are today.

We look forward for you to contact Sorfin Yoshimura, The Source of Power!

Sorfin Yoshimura NY Contact: Scott Fink, President email: sorfin@sorfin.com Tel: + 1 516 802-4600 Fax: + 1 516 802-4601/4602 www.sorfinyoshimura.com

Sorfin Yoshimura Tokyo Contact: Tom Yoshimura, President email: tokyo@sorfin-yoshimura.jp Tel: + 81 03 5575-3111 Fax: + 81 03 5575-0826 Sorfin Yoshimura Qingdao Contact: Ms. Lisa Li; President email: qingdao@sorfin-yoshimura.cn Tel: + 86 532 8597-1191 Fax: + 86 532 8597-1192 Sorfin Yoshimura Europe Contact: Pierre de Costa Lobo email: paris@sorfin-yoshimura.fr Tel: + 33 01 7815-2715 Fax: + 33 01 7841-6778 Sorfin Yoshimura Brasil Ltda.

Contact: Mr. Mauricio Ferrentini Email: saopaulo@sorfin.com.br Tel: +55 11 3152-2223 Fax: +55 11 3151-2225

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ABERTAX Technologies Ltd. was set up to research, design and produce innovative products.

It started its operation by assisting bfs (Batterie Füllungs Systeme GmbH). Today we have a number of innovative patented products for use with the: • Battery Monitoring System (BMS, e2BMS) • Capacitive Level Sensors (CLS) • Gas Release Valves (GRS) • Magnetic Water Valve (MV) • Intelligent Battery (IB) All products are primarily aimed for use within the battery environment. Further in our range we offer Magnetic Valves (MV) for industrial cleaning machines and for Roof Tanks / Water Storage Tanks. Research and Development is an ongoing process with a team of electrical, electronic and chemical engineers with more than 25 years of experience in battery technology. Teamwork and collaboration ensures we deliver customer satisfaction which is the basis for our success.

Contact details: Abertax Technologies Ltd. KW17A, Corradino Industrial Estate PLA3000, Paola, Malta TeL:: +356 23 678100 Fax: +356 21 808

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Bitrode Corporation

Accumalux

Booth: H87 & H92

Booth: L18

BITRODE CORPORATION, a Sovema Company, is a leading manufacturer of battery charging and testing equipment with over 50 years of industry experience. By partnering with customers to integrate their unique requirements into each product, Bitrode is consistently able to meet the changing needs of a sophisticated market.

The firm offers an extensive product line of formation and laboratory test equipment, userfriendly software and manufacturing automation tools appropriate to all battery applications and chemistries.

The firm’s manufacturing and engineering facility is based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA with sales and support offices in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition, Bitrode cultivates relationships with industry sales and supply networks around the globe, providing all customers with timely and knowledgeable service.

The firm’s focus on quality and commitment to providing superior technical support drives them to be the best full-service manufacturer of formation charging and test equipment for both large and small cell markets.

Contact details: +1 636 343 6112 info@bitrode.com www.bitrode.com

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BFS

ACCUMALUX is a Luxembourgish company founded in 1976, specialized in plastic injection molding solutions for the battery industry. The company produces boxes, lids and accessories for SLI, traction and standby batteries.

Our area of expertise covers the development and production of battery sets using a variety of plastic materials, but also the design and construction of molds for the automotive and other technical industries. With customer satisfaction at the heart of its concerns, ACCUMALUX strives for continuous innovation, development of new solutions and valueadding activities.

With its largely automated production facilities in Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Russia, the ACCUMALUX Group supplies its high quality products to the major battery manufacturers throughout the world.

We look forward to meeting you at the 17ABC to present our last innovative solutions, such as OPzS battery sets with clip system, MFL lids and heavy duty boxes with new flexible ribs.

Since 1981 bfs focuses on the development and production of automatic water refilling systems for industrial batteries. Based on the patented bfs-plug, its functionality and flexibility characteristics make it inimitable. Constant quality at high quantities is the base for the world-wide success of bfs. With an unmatched product variety, bfs offers series products in top quality for the entire battery industry. Over 37 years, bfs has established itself as the worldwide market leader.

Today, more than 11 million plugs are produced and sold on a yearly basis. bfs presents the new standard push-in plug IV together with 7 lengths of float housings which translates all experiences from the field in the past years.

Contact details: Phone: +49 8131 3640-0 Web: www.bfsgmbh.de E-mail: info@bfsgmbh.de

Contact details: ACCUMALUX S.A. B.P. 2153, L-1021 Luxembourg Tel: +352 36 70 62 Email: sales@accumalux.com Website: www.accumalux.com

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APG

Eagle Oxide

Separator Technology

Booth: H17

Booth: H43

Booth: L6 & L7

Atomized Products Group, Inc. (APG) is the global provider in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of TEXEX® brand negative expanders. Our blends are of the utmost quality and can be tailored exactly to any application or customer specification.

Founded in 1996, APG has two United States-based production facilities - one in Chesapeake, Virginia and the other in Garland, Texas - with a total production capacity over 25 million pounds of expander per year. Our multi-facility operation and proximity to a major seaport (Port of Norfolk, VA) provides our customers with a logistical advantage as well as a guaranteed supply of negative expander volumes. APG currently supplies expander to over 20 countries worldwide.

We manufacture expanders for SLI, Motive Power, and Standby Power batteries in addition to formulations for the newer Enhanced Flooded and AGM batteries for Start/Stop micro-hybrid vehicles.

Please visit our Booth #82 or go to http://www.atomizedproductsgroup.com for more information.

AUTOMATION - OXIDE PRODUCTION - MATERIAL HANDLING - SERVICE

Contact details: Lee Puckett, Vice-President and General Manager Tel: 757-793-2922 Email: Lee.Puckett@atomizedproductsgroup.com

Web: www.eagleoxide.com Email: sales@eagleoxide.com

EAGLE, a global leader in the design and manufacture of production and automation equipment. With over 25 years of experience working with battery manufacturers, material handling and oxide production systems, Eagle has the expertise to meet your battery production needs. We are the lead oxide experts!

From barton to ball mill systems, red lead and litharge furnaces, melt pots, ingot conveyors, pneumatic transfer systems, and integrated controls, to automated assembly cells, palletizers, and material handling systems, Eagle is your equipment and service team provider.

Competition in energy storage continues to increase. The ability to produce batteries with higher performance, at lower cost, and with lower environmental impact is a constant challenge. Eagle’s knowledge of lead oxides and manufacturing automation makes Eagle the strategic business partner you need in this competitive market!

Separator Technology ( Bengbu) Co.,Ltd. is an innovative company specialized in UHMW polymer separator materials with leading technology.

We produce the new generation flooded lead acid battery separators through Green Innovation solutions with annual 60 million sqm capacity.

There are 5 applications to meet your requirements: SlL/EFB/Golf Car battery/Forklift battery /Gelled battery Welcome to contact: Mr. Zhao Zhanjun Mobile: +8613615231821 +8618371055889 Email: happy.zhao@sprttek.com Address: 651 Donghai Avenue, Dragon Lake District, Bengbu City, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China

See Us at Booth H43

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Inbatec

Farmer Mold & Machine Works

Booth: H35

Booth: H54

The Inbatec formation process combines uniform and repeatable quality with high productivity and environmental compatibility.

The Inbatec modules – the benchmark for lead acid battery formation.

Formation systems with acid recirculation technology The Inbatec Modules – We form your batteries Inbatec is the world leader in formation systems with acid recirculation technology with more than 400 systems in operation worldwide. Our formation modules are reliable and proven and are used by many lead-acid battery manufacturers around the world.

Your benefits: • Closed formation system allows complying with MAC values and environmental regulations • Precise acid gravity and temperature control results in very uniform cell-to-cell voltage • Shorter formation time means higher productivity, less space requirement and lower work in progress / inventory • Self-contained and independent modules – to be supplied only with concentrated acid, demineralised water, compressed air, electrical power • Whole acid management is done inside the module • Production capacity grows step-by-step

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Contact details: Inbatec GmbH Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 40 58135 Hagen Germany Tel.: +49 (0)2331 39650-0 Fax: +49 (0)2331 39650-29 E-Mail: info@inbatec.de Web: www.inbatec.de

Family owned and operated since 1938, Farmer Mold & Machine Works specializes in the design and manufacturing of any type of machinery, including battery assembly equipment, parts casting equipment, and plant automation and process engineering.

Further, if you need something that’s not already in our current product line, Farmer can work with you to create custom machinery for your specific applications — whether a new technology or refining an existing process.

Our portfolio of machinery not only sets the standard within the industry but is ever-growing. Plus, Farmer provides sales and support for acid dilution systems, plate curing ovens, and semi- and fully automated material handling equipment to several industries worldwide.

Our highly interactive and innovative approach to automated machine, tool and die, and mold design follows precise safety standards and utilizes the best materials to produce top-of-the-line machines and equipment that are built to last in 24/7 environments.

Contact details: Jim Gilmour +1 727.522.0515 jgilmour@farmermold.com www.farmermold.com

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Addenda LLC Booth: H105

AlfaKutu

Black Diamond Structures

Booth: H66 & H67

Booth: H117

AlfaKutu is specialized in production of plastic components of lead acid battery industry since 1970’s. Our core business is manufacturing battery boxes, lids and accessories. Since then, AlfaKutu has made a name of itself as an innovative partner for the battery producers in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Caucasia.

We are delighted to announce our new factory which already started to run with Industry 4.0 tech infrastructure, with open end capacity, targeting to give a unique service to each customer with both OEM approved products and aftermarket designs.

With a progressive Quality Management System since 2000, we give support to our customers via ISO TS 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO/IEC 27001.

Today, It’s our goal for all our products to be produced under the highest standarts of quality, using cost saving technologies supported with our sensitivity to the environment, health and customer expectations.

Contact details: Stand representative: Fulya Hashas

Black Diamond Structures™ is a global leader in nanotechnology with the mission to help manufacturers create the next generation of world-class batteries.

Our unique products, based on the proprietary MOLECULAR REBAR® technology, together with our team of world-class nanotechnology experts, alter your battery’s DNA, unlocking its full potential ….fast.

Our teams work directly with our customers to find solutions that enhance the battery’s mechanical and electrochemical properties to meet market challenges for decades to come.

Black Diamond Structures is based in the USA and is a joint venture between SABIC, one of the largest chemical companies in the world, and Molecular Rebar Design, a nanotechnology company focused on highly innovative nanotube engineering and development.

Contact details: Stand Representative: Steven Swogger Email: sswogger@bd-structures.com www.blackdiamond-structures.com

Tel: + 90 282 681 83 33 Fax:+ 90 282 681 83 66 Web: www.alfakutu.com Email: fulya@alfakutu.com , info@alfakutu.com

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Addenda manufactures additives to improve Lead-Acid Battery performance.

Whether reducing your costs of manufacturing or improving your battery’s performance, our broad line of products are tailored to address your specific problems and needs.

Our crystal modifier additives can reduce curing times, reduce formation energy, improve paste consistency, improve charge acceptance, increase battery life, improve high temperature performance and reduce sulfation. We have performance additives for both the positive and negative plates. Most of our products are unique and evolved from the challenge of solving a customer problem.

Addenda services the global battery market from our offices located in Guangzhou,China, Gurgaon, India and our headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Contact details: Guangzhou Addenda Chemical Corp. Ltd Tel : +86-20-3848 2649-86 www.addendachemical.com service@addendachemical.com Addenda Chemical India Pvt Ltd Tel.: +91-124-401 1961 Mob.: +91-9911579482 allen@addendachemical.com Addenda LLC Tel: +1 (317) 290-5007 www.addendallc.com pskrobot@addendallc.com

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Daramic

Entek

Booth: H25 & H34

Booth: H89 & H90

Contact details: Daramic is the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of battery separators for automotive, industrial and specialty lead-acid applications. As the inventor of polyethylene separator, Daramic has led the way in developing innovative technology for the global lead-acid battery industry nearly 90 years • Innovation: Our scientists and engineers continue to break new ground in the development of advanced separator technology.

Our 3 global innovation centers in Owensboro, US; Sélestat, France and Bangalore, India are dedicated to innovation to meet ever-changing industry needs • Local Supply From A Global Perspective: 10 Manufacturing facilities and 7 Sales offices located in 8 different countries provide local service from a global perspective • Reliability: State-of-the-art processes and manufacturing equipment deliver consistent, reliable product quality • Full Automotive Solutions: Leverage the innovation synergy from its sister companies, the world’s largest li-ion battery separator makers, that position us to provide full solutions for automotive battery applications from basic SLI to Start-Stop to Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Western Europe & South Africa Marcus Ulrich mulrich@entek.com +49 (40) 325 902 76

For more than 30 years, ENTEK has been an innovator and leading global designer and producer of microporous battery separators for lead-acid and lithium batteries.

Our separators are used in lead-acid batteries for automobiles, golf carts and industrial applications, lithium-ion rechargeable and disposable lithium batteries.

We are a trusted supplier to leading battery makers in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, and headquartered in Lebanon, Oregon USA, with facilities in the United Kingdom and Asia. ENTEK was founded on the principle of being ‘the best supplier to our customers and the best customer to our suppliers’ and our focus on customer service has been key to our success.

Our capacity, technical field support, quality systems, logistics teams and local warehousing ensure our customers enjoy on-time and in-full reliability of supply.

We continuously invest to grow with our customers and offer the product customization our customers rely on for their success.

Eastern Europe & North Africa Steve Gerts sgerts@entek.com +44 (0) 191 268 5054 North & South America Greg Humphrey ghumphrey@entek.com +1 541 259 3901 Asia Clint Beutelschies cbeutelschies@entek.com +65 6956 6119 Tay Hwa Beng hbtay@entek.com +65 6956 6119 Ankur Singh asingh@entek.com +91 738 883 3999

Contact details: Stand Representative: Dawn Heng Website: www.daramic.com

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and plate production); OXMASTER (ball-mill and barton oxide production systems, and paste mixing equipment); LEKO (semi-automatic and high speed fully-automatic battery assembly lines); CONBRO (battery filling and formation plants); and BATTERYRECYCLING (turnkey battery breaking lead and plastic recycling systems, including paste desulphurisation).

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At the 14ELBC, WIRTZ will demonstrate their commitment to automatically control, and continuously improve critical process variables, in order to ensure that their resulting battery products are of the highest QUALITY, DURABILITY and PERFORMANCE. WIRTZ Manufacturing Company Inc..

1105 Twenty-Fourth Street Port Huron Michigan 48061-5006 USA Tel: +1 810 987 7600 Email; sales@wirtzusa.com

Froetek Booth: H8

FRÖTEK–Kunststofftechnik GmbH is a global, family-owned company with seven facilities spread over four continents. With our global presence in Germany, Hungary, Ukraine, China, South Africa and the US we assure world wide customer satisfaction by offering local manufacturing, support and quick deliveries.

FRÖTEK is the leading designer and manufacturer of intercell connectors for industrial, stationary and Li-Ion applications. Since introduction of our welded intercell connectors in 2001 we have been able to convince all major battery companies to use them. Since then FRÖTEK continues to further improve the quality and performance of this product range.

Besides intercell connectors FRÖTEK is well known for: watering plugs, electrolyte circulation, vent plugs, level indicators, wiring harnesses and various other battery accessories. Molding, extrusion, welding and clean room production is our daily business. Quality is our top priority.

FRÖTEK has been certified according to IATF 16949:2016 since 2001. FRÖTEK product development engineers are available to solve your problems and you will always find in FRÖTEK a competent partner for your development needs.

Our experienced engineering development is looking forward to find the lest solution for your application or problem.

Put us to the test and we will convince you too.

Stand representative: Martin Fröhlich Ingo Koch Derrick Wang Marouan Zgani Sascha Brothuhn Contact details with our contact partner at the stand: Sascha Brothuhn Sascha.brothuhn@froetek.de Handy: +49 178 9010251 www.froetek.com General information: info@froetek.com +49 5522 9010 0 www.froetek.com

Zesar Booth: H26

WIRTZ Manufacturing at the 14ELBC;

ZESAR has a reputation for being one of the most reliable high-specifi cation battery equipment and technology suppliers in Europe. Its founder, Mr Zeki set up what was to become Zesar in 1976 by creating the company SARICAM Kalipcilik. In 1986, SARICAM formed a joint venture with a hydraulic pump producer under the name ATA SARICAM. This developed battery machines and equipment and the new venture successfully made its fi rst exports to TUDOR, the battery fi rm, in Spain.

In 2002, Zeki reorganized ATA SARICAM and formed ZESAR. His idea was simple: to specialize in certain segments of the battery manufacturing process and Zeki decided to concentrate on the assembly processes of battery manufacturing starting from plate enveloping.

In 2008 ZESAR started to use its own patented designs in machines. The following year, the company launched EVOLINE; its low cost high performance new generation assembly line. In 2011, the Robotic Transfer System was introduced to make the whole assembly process fully automatic.

What makes ZESAR unique is its ability to develop machines with customized requirements. By working closely with battery producers and listening to their particular needs, every machine can be specifically designed and additional features included. Although core characteristics remain unchanged, each and every machine will have a different identity due to this process.

Contact details: Zesar Serifali Mah. Kule SK. No:27 K:1 Daire: 2-3 Ümraniye Istanbul/TURKEY Tel: +90 (216) 540 05 79 Fax: +90 (216) 364 51 60 info@zesar.com.tr

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The WIRTZ group of Companies provides global solutions to the world-wide battery manufacturing industry. With state-of-the-art equipment designed and developed by; WIRTZ (gravity-cast, continuously-cast and rolled, punched grid and plate production); OXMASTER (ball-mill and barton oxide production systems, and paste mixing equipment); LEKO (semi-automatic and high speed fully-automatic battery assembly lines); CONBRO (battery filling and formation plants); and BATTERYRECYCLING (turnkey battery breaking lead and plastic recycling systems, including paste desulphurisation).

At the 14ELBC, WIRTZ will demonstrate their commitment to automatically control, and continuously improve critical process variables, in order to ensure that their resulting battery products are of the highest QUALITY, DURABILITY and PERFORMANCE. WIRTZ Manufacturing Company Inc..

1105 Twenty-Fourth Street Port Huron Michigan 48061-5006 USA Tel: +1 810 987 7600 Email; sales@wirtzusa.com

WIRTZ Manufacturing Booth: H95 & H106

The WIRTZ group of companies provides global solutions to the world-wide battery manufacturing industry.

With state-of-the-art equipment designed and developed by; WIRTZ (gravity-cast, continuously-cast and rolled, punched grid and plate production); OXMASTER (ball-mill and barton oxide production systems, and paste mixing equipment); LEKO (semi-automatic and high speed fully-automatic battery assembly lines); CONBRO (battery filling and formation plants); and BATTERYRECYCLING (turnkey battery breaking lead and plastic recycling systems, including paste desulphurisation).

At BCI, WIRTZ will demonstrate their commitment to automatically control, and continuously improve critical process variables, in order to ensure that their resulting battery products are of the highest QUALITY, DURABILITY and PERFORMANCE. Contact details: WIRTZ Manufacturing Company Inc..

1105 Twenty-Fourth Street Port Huron, Michigan 48061-5006 USA Tel: +1 810 987 7600 Email: sales@wirtzusa.com

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Higher Porosity Lower Electrical Resistance Higher Puncture Resistance Durable Oxidation Resistance New Generation of PE Separator -Ultra Porosity

18ABC FLOORPLAN KEY — BY COMPANY NAME ABERTAX TECHNOLOGIES LTD

H37

HUA YANG INDUSTRY

ABHISON ENGINEERING LLP

H83

HUANG YAN GIANT STAR MOULD FACTORY

H51

INBATEC GMBH

H35

ACCUMA S.P.A

L9

H100

ACCUMALUX GROUP

L18

INTERCONTINENTAL MEDIA

ACCUMATION GMBH

L15

JIANGSU CEMT ENERGY EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

M4 H58, H59, H60 & H61

ACCURATE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING & CONSULTING APS. H41 & H42

JIANGSU DALI ENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

F22

ACS LEAD TECH

H104

JIANGSU DONGSHUN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

H72

ADDENDA CHEMICAL CORP. LTD

H105

JIANGSU JINFAN POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H99

ADOR DIGATRON PVT LTD

H36

JIANGSU SANHUAN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE CO., LTD

H52

ALPHA BETA FIBERGLASS PRODUCT COMPANY

H30

JIANGSU ZUNSION AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H56

KAE LII MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.

H69

AMER-SIL SA

H5

ANPEI ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

H112

KÄLLSTROM ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AB

AURELIUS F14

KRAFTPOWERCON INDIA LTD

B&F TECHNOLOGY LTD.

LA PNEUMATICA

BATEK MAKINA

H19 H109 & H110

L8 H79 L3 & L4

LIAOCHENG HAOYU GLASS FIBER PRODUCT CO. LTD

F19

BATTERIES AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY (BEST) M2

LIEN MING MACHINERY COMPANY

H70

BATTERIES INTERNATIONAL

M1

MAC ENGINGEERING & EQUIPMENT COMPANY

H11

BATTERY TECHNOLOGY SOURCE (BTS) CO. LTD

L1

MANIKA MOULDS PVT. LTD

BATTERY-GLOBAL M7

MICROPOROUS LLC

BERNARD DUMAS, S.A.S.

MOOJIN SERVICE CO., LTD.

BETTER (XIAMEN) POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

H9 H47 & H48

BFR BATTERY SEPARATOR CO. LTD BITRODE CORPORATION

O.M. IMPIANTI SRL (OMI)

H87 & H92

OAK PRESS SOLUTIONS

H117

H27 & H32 L11 & L12

MSS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

F9

BLACK DIAMOND STRUCTURES

H107 & H108

H80 H14 & H15 H2

ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS GMBH

H40

BM-ROSENDAHL H28

OWENS CORNING

F10

BOOYEOUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD

H18

PENOX GROUP GMBH

H73

BORREGAARD S.E.A. PTE LTD

H57

PINCO SA

CABOT CORPORATION

H53

POLYTEC SOUTH-EAST ASIA PTE LTD

CHONGQING ZAISHENG TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.

L14

POLYWORLD SDN BHD

CIMTRIX SYSTEMS PVT. LTD.

F8

CMWTEC TECHNOLOGIE GMBH CSIC HENGYUAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H116 F5 L13

PUYANG HUITONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

L17

H44

QINGDAO GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD

L6 & L7

L10

SEPARATOR TECHNOLOGY (BENGBU) CO., LTD

L6 & L7

DARAMIC, LLC

H25 & H34

DEGANI ALDO

L3 & L4

SHANDONG XINXU GROUP CORPORATION

H115

DITEC ENGINEERING

L3 & L4

SINOMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

H29

EAGLE OXIDE SERVICES EBC KOREA CO., LTD

H43 H15 & H16

SHANDONG JINKELI POWER SOURCES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

SORFIN YOSHIMURA

H33

H12

SOVEMA GROUP S.P.A.

H87 and H92

EIRICH H39

SSRL M5

ELECTROCOATING AND INSULATION TECH. PVT. LTD

TAHTONG VANGUARD CORPORATION

H22

TAI CHANG TRADING CO., LTD

H68

TBS ENGINEERING GROUP

H88

ENTEK

H102 H89 & H90

EROS ENVIROTECH (P) LTD FARMER MOLD & MACHINE WORKS, INC. FERRAZZA INDUSTRIAL POWER CONTROL

H3 H54 L3 & L4

TERMAR S.R.L.

H97

TERRANOVA PAPERS, S.A.

H118

FLUIDOMATIC F6

TIANCHANG YONGCHANG FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS CO. LTD

FRIMAX L2

WEGMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH

FROETEK GMBH

H8

WIRTZ MANUFACTURING

FUJIAN HUAKE MOULD TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

H23 H46 H95 & H106

H4

WUHAN HILANS AUTOMATION MACHINE CO., LTD.

H45

GANG LIH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

H62

WUXI JIUCAIJIU SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H94

GIANNI MORI ENGINEERING S.R.L.

L16

XIANGYANG LHAM PRECISION TECH CO. LTD

H74

GLATFELTER H38

YAZHI BATTERY MACHINERY CO. LTD.

H21

GOLDEN SUNLIGHT POWER EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

YINGKOU ZHONGJIE SHIDA SEPARATOR CO., LTD.

H55

ZESAR BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES CO

H26

GOONVEAN FIBRES LTD. GUANGZHOU BAIWANG RUBBER PRODUCTS CO., LTD HAMMOND GROUP, INC. HEILONGJIANG JINGHAN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE COMPANY

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H76 H101 H93 F7

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POLYTEC SOUTH-EAST ASIA PTE LTD

H72

JIANGSU DONGSHUN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

F6

FLUIDOMATIC

H73

PENOX GROUP GMBH

F7

ZIBO TORCH MACHINE CO. LTD

H74

XIANGYANG LHAM PRECISION TECH CO. LTD

F8

CIMTRIX SYSTEMS PVT. LTD.

H76

ZHEJIANG HONGDA SPECIAL RUBBER PRODUCTS CO, LTD

F9

BFR BATTERY SEPARATOR CO. LTD

H79

KRAFTPOWERCON INDIA LTD

F10

OWENS CORNING

H80

MSS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

F14

AURELIUS

H83

ABHISON ENGINEERING LLP

F19

LIAOCHENG HAOYU GLASS FIBER PRODUCT CO. LTD

H85

HEILONGJIANG JINGHAN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD

F22

JIANGSU DALI ENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

H1

HAMMOND GROUP, INC.

H87 & H92

BITRODE CORPORATION

H2

OAK PRESS SOLUTIONS

H3

EROS ENVIROTECH (P) LTD

H87 & H92

SOVEMA GROUP S.P.A.

H4

FUJIAN HUAKE MOULD TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

H88

TBS ENGINEERING GROUP

H5

AMER-SIL SA

H89 & H90

ENTEK

H8

FROETEK GMBH

H93

ZHENJIANG TIGER BATTERY MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H9

BERNARD DUMAS, S.A.S.

H94

WUXI JIUCAIJIU SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H10

GUANGZHOU BAIWANG RUBBER PRODUCTS CO., LTD

H97

TERMAR S.R.L.

H11

MAC ENGINGEERING & EQUIPMENT COMPANY

H99

JIANGSU JINFAN POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H12

SORFIN YOSHIMURA

H100

HUA YANG INDUSTRY

H101

ZHEJIANG PENGSHENG PAPER INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

H102

ELECTROCOATING AND INSULATION TECH. PVT. LTD

H14 & H15

O.M. IMPIANTI SRL (OMI)

H15 & H16

EBC KOREA CO., LTD

H104

ACS LEAD TECH

H18

BOOYEOUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD

H105

ADDENDA CHEMICAL CORP. LTD

H19

B&F TECHNOLOGY LTD.

H21

YAZHI BATTERY MACHINERY CO. LTD.

H107 & H108

MANIKA MOULDS PVT. LTD

H22

TAHTONG VANGUARD CORPORATION

H109 & H110

BATEK MAKINA

H23

TIANCHANG YONGCHANG FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS CO. LTD

H111

HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE COMPANY

H112

ANPEI ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

H113

GOONVEAN FIBRES LTD.

H115

SHANDONG XINXU GROUP CORPORATION

H25 & H34

DARAMIC, LLC

H26

ZESAR BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES CO

H27 & H32

MICROPOROUS LLC

H116

PINCO SA

BM-ROSENDAHL

H117

BLACK DIAMOND STRUCTURES

H29

SINOMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD

H118

TERRANOVA PAPERS, S.A.

H30

ALPHA BETA FIBERGLASS PRODUCT COMPANY

H33

SHANDONG JINKELI POWER SOURCES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H95 & H106

WIRTZ MANUFACTURING

H35

INBATEC GMBH

L1

BATTERY TECHNOLOGY SOURCE (BTS) CO. LTD

H36

ADOR DIGATRON PVT LTD

L2

FRIMAX

H37

ABERTAX TECHNOLOGIES LTD

L3 & L4

DEGANI ALDO

H38

GLATFELTER

H39

EIRICH

L3 & L4

DITEC ENGINEERING

H40

ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS GMBH

H41 & H42

L3 & L4

FERRAZZA INDUSTRIAL POWER CONTROL

ACCURATE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING & CONSULTING APS.

H43

EAGLE OXIDE SERVICES

L3 & L4

LA PNEUMATICA

H44

CMWTEC TECHNOLOGIE GMBH

H45

WUHAN HILANS AUTOMATION MACHINE CO., LTD.

L6 & L7

QINGDAO GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD

H46

WEGMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH

L6 & L7

SEPARATOR TECHNOLOGY (BENGBU) CO., LTD

L8

KÄLLSTROM ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AB

L9

ACCUMA S.P.A

L010

CSIC HENGYUAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD MOOJIN SERVICE CO., LTD.

H28

H47 & H48

BETTER (XIAMEN) POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

H51

HUANG YAN GIANT STAR MOULD FACTORY

H52

JIANGSU SANHUAN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE CO., LTD

H53

CABOT CORPORATION

L011 & L012

H54

FARMER MOLD & MACHINE WORKS, INC.

L013

POLYWORLD SDN BHD

H55

YINGKOU ZHONGJIE SHIDA SEPARATOR CO., LTD.

L014

CHONGQING ZAISHENG TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.

H56

JIANGSU ZUNSION AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

L015

ACCUMATION GMBH

H57

BORREGAARD S.E.A. PTE LTD

L016

GIANNI MORI ENGINEERING S.R.L.

H58-H61 JIANGSU CEMT ENERGY EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

L017

PUYANG HUITONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

H62

GANG LIH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

L018

ACCUMALUX GROUP

H65

GOLDEN SUNLIGHT POWER EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

M1

BATTERIES INTERNATIONAL

H68

TAI CHANG TRADING CO., LTD

M2

BATTERIES AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY (BEST)

H69

KAE LII MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.

M4

INTERCONTINENTAL MEDIA

H70

LIEN MING MACHINERY COMPANY

M005

SSRL

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