ENTEK’s high-performance automotive battery separators will be displayed at ELBC in Lyon this week.
The lead-acid battery industry has long been a mature, stable, global market with very predictable demand for flooded OE and aftermarket automotive batteries.
Battery separator suppliers provide a variety of PE profile types, backweb thicknesses, and rib configurations to satisfy the global demand for starter batteries required for combustion engines that power cars.
With an existing global car parc of some 1.4 million automobiles around the world, there will be healthy lead-acid battery demand for the foreseeable future, but the make-up of that car parc is already changing year on year.
Standard flooded starter batteries’ share of the mix is contracting over time, with more advanced lead-acid batteries required for start/stop equipped and hybrid vehicles. Those cars require lead-acid batteries with longer cycle life performance and better dynamic charge acceptance.
Strategic product design
It’s incumbent upon separator manufacturers to design product offerings with a strategic view of where the market is going.
ENTEK believe lead-acid batteries will be in demand for decades to come, but that battery demand will evolve to higher performance enhanced flooded batteries (EFB) and absorbent glass mat (AGM) battery technologies.
The company is investing heavily in the future of this industry to support its customers with innovation, performance, and a strategic portfolio of products to meet customers’ needs for today and for the future.
ENTEK’s LR is already the premier separator on the market for EFB batteries, and they’ve acquired NSG’s advanced AGM technology and production in Japan, which is being expanded globally to service customers around the world.
Opportunities and partnerships
ENTEK has produced lithium separators for more than twenty years and is investing heavily to expand that business to keep up with demand from EV automakers.
The company sees strategic opportunities at every turn, but it requires big investments and close customer partnerships to bring these big strategic initiatives forward at the right place and at the right time.
Visit ENTEK at Booth number 48 to discuss how they can help your business with high-performance separators and a robust supply chain to achieve your strategic vision for an evolving battery industry.
