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Hundreds of staff from Japanese electronics group Panasonic Corp are being drafted into the prepare Tesla’s lithium-ion gigafactory for production.

Lead-acid battery company Mac Engineering and equipment has promoted a member of its board to one of its top jobs.

ViZn Energy Systems has entered into a deal to ramp up production of its zinc-iron redox flow batteries.

Japan’s GS Yuasa International has bought 50% of the outstanding shares in a Turkish lead-acid battery manufacturer.

China must reach lithium battery energy densities of 200wh/Kg and 300wh/Kg by the end of 2015 and 2020 respectively, the national research plan requires.

Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical is set to more than double its lithium-ion secondary battery separators production capacity to meet demand.

STS Instruments has introduces a new and cost effective battery element insulation tester that screens lead-acid batteries for internal defects that result in battery failures.

According to a new “Leaderboard report” from Navigant Research, LG Chem and Samsung SDI lead the Li-ion grid storage market in terms of strategy and execution.

Nissan Motor Company and Green Charge Networks, allegedly one of the largest provider of commercial energy storage, have joined forces to deploy used or so called second-life lithium-ion vehicle batteries for stationary commercial energy storage in the U.S. and international markets.

GM used last week’s AABC meeting in Detroit to unveil its stationary energy storage system using the first generation lithium-ion Chevy Volt batteries.