14ELBC

The Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers (EUROBAT) fears the European Commission will not extend the exemption for lead batteries from the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive by another five years.

The Directive aims to ban lead in new cars. According to EUROBAT president Johannes Dempwolff, the extension period for the exemption for lead batteries will probably be less than five years.

BEST magazine is sponsoring the golf days at the ‘Home of Golf’ during the 14^th European Lead Battery Conference, which takes place in Edinburgh on 9-12 September.

Dozens of ELBC delegates will take part in two golf days at the world-famous links golf course, St. Andrews, where the game has been played since the early 15th century.

The ESPL team has returned from 13ELBC in Paris, the editor has been to many a battery conference so had a different take from his junior who was fresh to the conference world and easily impressed by free pens. There were many thought provoking presentations and plenty to see on the trade show floor. It was a great opportunity to meet the BEST readers, get a sense of what’s buzzing in the battery world and, of course, to present the winners of the BEST awards!

A full report will be in Autumn 2012 BEST.