Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff to serve as chairman for the next two years
The Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers (EUROBAT) elected Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff, general manager and vice president of Industry and Governmental Relations for Johnson Controls Power Solutions EMEA, as its new president. Johnson Controls is the world’s leading manufacturer of automotive batteries.
The appointment took place last week during EUROBAT meetings in Rome, Italy. Mr. Dempwolff will serve as president for two years. Prior to this, he was a board member of the association for more than two years and has served as chair of the automotive batteries committee for the past ten years. EUROBAT works to promote the European automotive, industrial and special battery industries to EU institutions, national governments, customers and the media.
John Searle (Saft) and Andreas Bawart (Banner) will continue as vice presidents for another mandate. The other board members of EUROBAT include Nicola Cosciani (FIAMM), Michael Ostermann (Exide Technologies), David Shaffer (EnerSys), Marc Zoellner (Hoppecke), Charles-Louis Ackermann (Accumalux) and Marcus Ulrich (ENTEK).
Following his appointment, Mr. Dempwolff had this to say: “I am very honoured to take the lead of the association. We notice growing opportunities for the further advancement of automotive and industrial batteries of all technologies in all sectors, including lead, lithium, sodium and nickel. EUROBAT will continue to work with decision-makers on the importance of the battery industry to the growth of different manufacturing sectors of the European economy.”
