Ref: PRHP213                                                           Date: 27th July 2020

Hoppecke Charges Ahead with CATL in the Electric Road Vehicle Market

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HOPPECKE has signed a Europe-wide partner agreement with CATL, the world market leader in lithium-ion batteries for domestic and commercial electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The deal secures a pan-European contract for servicing CATL battery systems.
 

HOPPECKE will be responsible for testing, repairing and replacing the CATL lithium-ion batteries installed in electrically-powered vehicles across the UK and Europe, initially with a focus on vans and buses.
 

Kai Köllermann, HOPPECKE Group Service Director, says: "Initially we are prioritising six countries Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Hungary.  The contract with CATL reinforces our strategy as manufacturer-independent energy storage experts for all battery technologies and a wide range of applications."
 

CATL has R&D and manufacturing capabilities throughout automotive supply chains and energy storage sectors, focusing on the manufacture and sales of EV battery and energy storage systems. With presence in China, France, the US, Canada and Japan it has long-established joint ventures and partnerships with some of the world's largest automotive companies including BMW.
 

With 2020 gearing up to be the year of the electric car, many vans and buses are already ahead of the game. A wave of new models is continuously being launched as electric models become Europe's vehicle of choice. However, it is the lithium-ion battery that is the key differentiator in the choice to go electric, the focus being on capacity and service life. After-sales service is essential to the user's experience and the safe handling of lithium batteries is sensitive and requires a lot of technical experience.
 

As battery experts, HOPPECKE has the necessary know-how to support the workshops, make reliable diagnoses and carry out repairs so that the vehicle can be back on the road quickly and safely. 
 

Köllermann continues: "In this partnership, the HOPPECKE service offer can make all the difference. We will continue our expansion strategy and significantly expand our lithium service location at INTILION in Zwickau. CATL is looking for partners who can keep up with the rapid growth and who share the same customer-oriented philosophy. With HOPPECKE, CATL has access to 90 years of experience and a worldwide network. We are proud we are making an important contribution to the turnaround in EV mobility across Europe."
 

With 23 subsidiaries worldwide and more than 300 service engineers in Europe, HOPPECKE is ideally positioned to support CATL in terms of its European presence and experience in battery service. The battery manufacturer, which is headquartered in the Sauerland region of Germany, is renowned for its decades of expertise in the servicing of industrial lead and nickel-fibre-structure batteries for industrial trucks, stationary energy storage systems and railway applications. Over 15 years ago, the family-owned company expanded its product and service portfolio to include high-voltage lithium applications and complex storage systems for industrial trucks, rail and bus systems and large-scale storage systems. In 2019 HOPPECKE founded the company INTILION to better meet the needs of this rapidly growing and dynamic market segment, thus combining its worldwide lithium battery activities in a powerful and agile company. 

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Caption: Kai Köllermann, HOPPECKE Group Service Director, signs the CATL agreement.

Editor's notes

Hoppecke Industrial Batteries is the leading specialist for industrial battery systems and at the same time the largest battery manufacturer in European ownership. Hoppecke offers to its customers around the world concepts for efficient and reliable power supply for every industrial application. A leading exponent of environmental care for more than 90 years, Hoppecke offers solutions for a variety of industries including motive power, reserve power for IT/telecoms, power stations, solar energy and UPS, special power for rail and underground. Hoppecke's UK operation is based in Newcastle-Under-Lyme in the Midlands and the parent company has customers and business partners in many countries around the world, including Europe, the USA and China.

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Hoppecke Industrial Batteries Ltd

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