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Batteryline.com is a community of partners and experts in the manufacturing of Electrical Vehicle Batteries. Each partner and expert of Batteryline.com is able to present herself on the website through a specific page and inform visitors about their specific know-how on battery manufacturing. At each page the expert and partner company shows the areas of expertise and references.
Our partners
Cells, modules, packs, cases and more We understand the inherent complexity of battery-based power options and can help contribute to the evolution of your product from its earliest stages. As a single provider for the whole battery production system, our offer includes dedicated solutions for:
The tracking solution ensures association of process parameters and electrode’s features to the final battery cell.
Drive, control and automation technology for all steps of battery production:
Vacuum plays an essential role in the battery cell production and recycling. Looking at the different production steps of a Li-ion battery, vacuum is needed: Leybold Vacuum expertise In production line:
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Our experts
Marco Vivarelli
Marco Vivarelli works as Mechanical Engineering and R&D Manager in Sovema Group. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bologna and then got the license to practice as an engineer. He has a twenty-year experience as mechanical design engineer and project leader. Now, his role is focused on the automatic machines industry, for both pilot and mass production lines of rechargeable batteries for different areas and formation chamber equipment.
Catalina Gutierrez
Catalina Gutierrez is an engineer who has a PhD in mechanics and manufacturing processes. She has extensive experience in the li-ion battery industry, working at the sales department of IN-CORE. Her main focus is to provide turnkey solutions for traceability, quality control, and real-time manufacturing data collection to help battery manufacturers achieve the digitalization of smart gigafactories.
James Eaton
James (24) grew up in Yorkshire and studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London where he developed skills in design, manufacture, and testing of battery packs for electric vehicles. After graduating, James was hired as a researcher in the Electrochemical Science and Engineering Group at Imperial College London. In this industry-facing role, he often met with automotive industry professionals. However, due to the current rapidly shifting nature of the automotive sector, James found that he was the expert in the room on battery packs compared to seasoned OEM experts with 20 years’ experience in combustion engines.
Dr. Daniel Aronov
As CTO at StoreDot, Daniel oversees technological projects and initiatives, bringing invaluable knowledge and experience in the fields of micro-electronics and energy storage.
Mr. Benjamin Troskie
Benjamin Troskie is a marketing and communication professional with insights and experience in the energy industry. Focused on Wind Energy and Battery Manufacturing, Benjamin works for Cotes A/S as Head of Marketing and Communications.
Mr. Andy Bell
Andy is the Global VP for the Automotive & High value Coatings division at TeraView.
Mr. Marcus Braun
Marcus Braun leads the business like EV Battery and Renewable Energy sector at JOT Automation GmbH in DACH Region, with particular emphasis on battery production equipment and providing technical cross-process expertise, technical project management and strategic product portfolio development for high-end technologies (assembly, handling, testing) in battery production.
Vineet Dravid
Vineet is the founder and CEO of oorja.energy, a software for designing better energy storage systems. Prior to this, he led the COMSOL India operations for 13 years.
Dr.-Ing. Hannes Weinmann
Dr.-Ing. Hannes Weinmann, Business Development Manager at Lead Intelligent Equipment (Deutschland) GmbH, who is an expert in the field of manufacturing processes and industrial machinery for the production of lithium-ion batteries. Hannes is passionate about optimizing existing and developing new manufacturing processes to reduce costs, increase flexibility, and improve efficiency in the production of lithium-ion batteries. He has experience in the development of various tools for production line planning, tolerance modeling, and cost accounting for battery production.
Mr. Paul Mclachlan
Paul Mclachlan leads the e-mobility sector at Balluff, with particular emphasis on battery production. He works together with his teams in Korea, China, Japan and the Europe supporting line builders and system integrators as they equip themselves for the electrification of mobility. Such support includes but is not limited to enabling smart machines with IO-Link , traceability & tracking solutions and sensing technologies focused on mixing all the way to formation plants.
Mr. Ronny Guber
Ronny Guber is the industry expert for electromobility at B&R, offering manufacturers of batteries and battery systems a single point of contact for solving a new set of manufacturing challenges. His goal is to develop groundbreaking manufacturing concepts in close cooperation with machine builders and system integrators. This offers manufacturers higher productivity and lower unit costs.
Mr. Christian Leitner
Christian Leitner has worked nearly two decades in different Industry leading technology companies, where he developed a strong and diverse background in Marketing & Sales, Engineering and Project Management. Since 2015 Christian is part of the Global Automotive team at Rockwell Automation with particular focus on Electric Vehicles.
Mr. Markus Roever
Markus Röver, graduated in mechanical engineering at University of Aachen and in business administration at University of Hagen. He started at Schuler, the global leader in metalforming machinery, in 1995.
Mr. Jaikaran Chandock
Mr. Jaikaran is the Director at Balu Forge Industries Ltd and Naya Energy Works Pvt Ltd. The youngest and newest recruit who joined the BFIL (Balu Forge Industries Ltd) family in 2014, after completion of BSc in Business Management from Cass Business School, London and MSc in Strategic Marketing from Imperial College, London.
Mr. Vikram Balasaheb Pol
Mr. Vikram Balasaheb Pol has completed his graduation in Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering in the year 2019, during the fifth semester he has done his internship in a startup automotive company (Aniwini Automotive, Bangalore) Where he had successfully designed map-pocket of Volkswagen Polo by using Unigraphics 11.0 software and learned about the manufacturing of plastic products by the injection molding process. He was proactively participating in the skill development workshops and also visited JSW-Bellary steel manufacturing plant organized at his university.
MSc. Frans Augustijn
MSc. Frans Augustijn has over 30 years of experience within OEM companies and worked internationally on challenging automation projects in several industries. He is an expert in the development of Industry 4.0 business models within companies which are eager to develop opportunities coming from the main global trends.
He is Business Unit Manager Industrial Solutions of the Swedish listed company Xano.
Dr. Rashi Gupta
Dr. Rashi Gupta, fondly known as “Batterywali of India”, is the pioneer of manufacturing of Advanced Lithium Batteries in India alongwith the “Worlds Smartest Lithium Battery”. She is the Founder & Managing Director of Vision Mechatronics Private Ltd, leading it towards a name to reckon for in the field of Robotics, Renewable Energy & Energy Storage.
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