About Us

Our Mission

EUROBAT is the unified voice of the European automotive and industrial battery industry in policy discussions involving the industry and the European Institutions and national governments.

In addition to this, EUROBAT:

• Works to enhance relations between the industry and the European institutions, especially the European Parliament and the European Commission
• Develops collective solutions towards issues of common concern to the industry, the regulators and the consumers
• Coordinates the exchange of information on European battery issues to the European Institutions, the media and the public
• Serves as an advisor on all information related to the starter and industrial battery domain.

Board

EUROBAT is governed by a Board of 9 members composed of representatives from the following member companies:

Fiamm
Exide
Varta
Saft
EnerSys
Hoppecke
Oerlikon
Banner
Berzelius

Secretariat

EUROBAT is managed by the secretariat and is based in Brussels.

Secretary General	Alfons Westgeest
Managing Assistant	Veerle Guns
ABC, IBC and RTD Committees	Erwin Marckx
EU Affairs and Reach Manager	Mireille van Overstraete
EU Affaris Officer	Dana Popp

Avenue Marcel Thiry 204. B - 1200
Brussels, Belgium
Telephone: + 32 2 774 96 53
Fax: + 32 2 774 96 90
E-mail: eurobat@kelleneurope.com

Eurobat Committees

Four committees provide a platform for the majority of Eurobat's activities and are formed according to the needs and the objectives of the Association. The committees are divided into two service groups and two product-related sectors.

Committee for Environmental matters

The Committee for Environmental Matters ensures that our industry operates to the highest standards of environmental legislation, safeguarding the interest of those who work in the industry as well as its consumers.

Research & Technical Development (RTD) Committee

The Research and Technical Development Committee monitors and contributes to several RTD funding programs of the European Commission of the DG TREN and DG ENERGY in order to locate opportunities for RTD on batteries.

The 'storage' issue is a cross-cutting topic, linked to several applications and included as a 'bottleneck' in different EU program policy priorities. The RTD areas of interests are Automotive applications, Industrial Applications, Renewable Energy Systems, Fuel cells and Hydrogen Policy and Complementary Energy Storage Systems.

Automotive Batteries Committee

The Committee for Automotive Batteries monitors the European Starting, Lighting and Ignition (SLI) battery market and expands marketing initiatives to develop new demand for SLI batteries.

Industrial Batteries Committee

The Committee for Industrial Batteries is responsible for identifying accurate statistical information on the European industrial battery industry market supported by relevant industrial trends. Initiatives for industrial batteries are also developed by the committee to benefit users and our industry.