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Welcome to the Home Page of Energy Storage Publishing Ltd (ESPL). Batteries and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) magazine is the world's leading publication on battery manufacture and design and the emerging field of large scale electrical energy storage. If you make or use rechargeable battery systems for automotive, telecom, standby or a host of other applications, BEST magazine is a must-read for you. If you are a supplier to this market, it is the place to promote your products and services. Launched in 2003, BEST magazine covers developments in all battery chemistries from lead-acid to lithium-ion. Its editorial team reports from all the major technical conferences and exhibitions in this field and is recognised as the BEST source for keeping up with major industry developments. Chinese BEST, its sister publication, was launched in 2010 to make the editorial excellence of BEST available in Mandarin to the burgeoning Chinese battery industry. It is fast becoming a must read technical journal in China. If you are looking for new machinery, materials or technology to make batteries, you'll read about it in our pages first. We also send out, in English and Mandarin, a weekly news briefing that is a roundup of the most important news stories relating to the battery industry.

Editor's Blog

Mining firms digging deeper for 'battery gold'

The great ‘batteries gold’ rush is under way a

Action needed to keep lead's best story alive

In these dog days of summer, when executives are enjoying time with their families, real news is hard to come by. Or is it? One of BEST Battery Briefing's latest articles— 'Novel African utilities reject lead for Microgrid backup'— is worrying reading. The story of lead’s potential for close on 100% recyclability is only as good as the supply chain that serves it and where that does not exist, that story falls apart.

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The 3rd Asia (Guangzhou) Battery Sourcing Fair 2018 (GBF Asia 2018) Thursday, 16 August, 2018 to Saturday, 18 August, 2018
16th European Lead Battery Conference and Exhibition Tuesday, 4 September, 2018 to Friday, 7 September, 2018
3rd Clean Energy Finance Europe 2018 Wednesday, 5 September, 2018 to Thursday, 6 September, 2018
China International Battery Recycling 2018 Thursday, 6 September, 2018 to Friday, 7 September, 2018
Battery and Fuel Cell Technology Conference Monday, 10 September, 2018 to Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
The Battery Show North America Tuesday, 11 September, 2018 to Thursday, 13 September, 2018
International Congress for Battery Recycling (ICBR) 2018 Wednesday, 26 September, 2018 to Friday, 28 September, 2018
EVS31 and EVTeC 2018 Sunday, 30 September, 2018 to Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
The International Energy & Power Supply Conference and Exhibition (Batteries Event) Wednesday, 3 October, 2018 to Friday, 5 October, 2018
InterBattery 2018 Wednesday, 10 October, 2018 to Friday, 12 October, 2018
EES & IBESA Summit France Wednesday, 24 October, 2018
Battery Safety 2018 Conference Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 to Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
Lithium Battery Materials & Chemistries Conference Thursday, 1 November, 2018 to Friday, 2 November, 2018
The 2nd Autonomous and Smart Vehicle Summit 2018 Monday, 5 November, 2018 to Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
International EV Batteries 2018 Tuesday, 6 November, 2018 to Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
IDTechEx Wednesday, 14 November, 2018 to Thursday, 15 November, 2018
International Battery Production Conference Wednesday, 14 November, 2018 to Friday, 16 November, 2018
Automotive 48V Power Supply Systems conference Monday, 26 November, 2018 to Thursday, 29 November, 2018
Battery & Energy Storage 2018 Tuesday, 4 December, 2018 to Wednesday, 5 December, 2018

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Latest Battery Industry News

Exide India ‘collaborating with Furukawa on Bengal battery plants’

India’s Exide Industries is set to expand a production plant in West Bengal in collaboration with Japanese manufacturer Furukawa Battery to supply batteries for bullet trains.

Amara Raja targets Middle East from new UAE batteries base

Indian lead-acid battery maker Amara Raja Batteries has opened a new trading base in the United Arab Emirates to expand sales across the Middle East.

Mining firms dig in to turn nickel into ‘battery gold’

Mining behemoth BHP is stepping up investment in nickel mine development and exploration in Western Australia to become “a globally-significant battery materials supplier”.