Ecobat Agrees to Sell Germany and Austria Battery Recycling Operations to Clarios

Ecobat Completes Sale of Lithium Recycling Business, Exits Lithium Market

September 3, 2026

Industrial Services

Ecobat has completed the sale of its lithium recycling business, completing its exit from lithium recycling. The divestiture includes Ecobat’s lithium-ion battery recycling operations and assets in Casa Grande, Arizona, following previously completed divestitures of lithium operations in Darlaston (United Kingdom) and Hettstedt (Germany). Ecobat will focus resources on its North American lead recycling platform.

Clarios Acquires Maxwell Technologies

November 12, 2025

Energy

Clarios has acquired Maxwell Technologies, a U.S.-based manufacturer of supercapacitor cells and modules, to strengthen its position in high-performance, short-duration energy storage solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed; Maxwell will operate as an independent U.S.-based business unit and the deal is intended to expand Clarios' supercapacitor capabilities, supply-chain resilience, and reach into non-automotive end markets such as data centers and grid applications.

Ecobat Completes Sale of French Lead Battery Recycling Operations to Campine

October 1, 2025

Industrial Services

Ecobat completed the sale of its French lead battery recycling and specialty lead manufacturing operations to Campine NV. The deal includes Ecobat’s facilities in Estrée-Saint-Denis, Bazoches, and Pont-Sainte-Maxence and represents Ecobat’s exit from the French lead operations market.

Haiki+ Acquires Ecobat's Italian Battery and Polypropylene Recycling Business

July 1, 2025

Environmental Services

Haiki+ S.p.A. has completed the acquisition of Ecobat’s battery and polypropylene recycling business in Italy, including facilities in Marcianise, Paderno Dugnano and Bologna. The transaction marks Ecobat’s exit from the Italian market and transfers the Italian recycling operations to Haiki+, a Milan-listed circular-economy holding company.

Endless LLP Acquires Ecobat's European Battery Distribution Business (now Veloris)

June 2, 2025

Energy

Endless LLP has acquired Ecobat's European battery distribution business, a division that supplies batteries under brands including Lucas, Exide, Varta and Rolls. The sale is a divestiture enabling Ecobat to focus on its core battery recycling operations; Endless has relaunched the business as Veloris and will operate it as a standalone distribution platform.

AURELIUS Acquires Panasonic's European Consumer Battery Business (Panasonic Consumer Energy)

March 17, 2021

Manufacturing

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, together with co-investing AURELIUS entities, has agreed to acquire Panasonic's European Consumer Battery Business (Panasonic Consumer Energy) from Panasonic Europe B.V. The business, headquartered in Zellik, Belgium with manufacturing sites in Belgium and Poland, employs around 900 people and generated roughly EUR 230 million in revenue in 2019; the deal is a carve-out structured to create a standalone platform under AURELIUS.