Business Finland, Finnish Battery Industries Association and Hungarian Battery Association in cooperation with the Embassy of Hungary in Helsinki are pleased to invite you to participate in the Hungarian-Finnish battery webinar focused on knowledge and experience sharing in the field of sustainable battery production.
Finland is the only country in the world that can manage the whole battery value chain from minerals to recycling and thus plays an important role in the global shift towards electrification. Finland has expertise from the mining industry and processing of raw materials to technologies related to the manufacture and use of batteries, as well as charging technologies and recycling. The battery industry is a rapidly growing field in Finland, and together with already functioning factories, there are several large investments taking place in the near future.
Hungary takes the lead in Central Eastern Europe to join the European battery industry’s goals to secure a successful green transition within the automotive and energy sector. Apart from cell and battery systems manufacturing, Hungary has a developing ecosystem of suppliers of, among others, copper and aluminum foils, connectors, separator foils and electrolytes. Hungary is now in the 4th place in the production of EV batteries, but will soon move up to 2nd place in the global ranking. Battery and e-mobility developments have a strategic importance to the Hungarian economy.
Finnish companies interested to learn about collaboration opportunities in Hungary are welcome to read more about this market opportunity.
Participation in the webinar will provide you with opportunities to make individual B2B connections after the event.
Potential collaboration areas between Finnish and Hungarian companies can be explored in the following aspects:
• finding suppliers
• finding clients
• investigating the growing European battery market by joint actions / cooperation.
Preliminary agenda
10:00 Welcoming remarks – Anna Łomża, Senior Advisor Central Europe, Business Finland and Robert Kovacs, Foreign Trade Attaché, Embassy of Hungary in Helsinki
10:10 Finnish battery industry value chain – Pia Vilenius, Managing Director, Finnish Battery Industries
10:20 Hungarian battery industry value chain – Ákos Dervalics, Manufacturers and Suppliers Working Group Leader, Hungarian Battery Association and Country Manager, InnoEnergy in Hungary
Leading industry players from Finland and Hungary: key competences and collaboration opportunities – short 8 mins pitches + 5 mins question time
10:30 Sustainable bio-based anode material made in Europe – Otto Kivi, Senior Business Development Specialist, Stora Enso Biomaterials
10:43 Videoton: contract manufacturer of parts and assemblies (incl. battery packs), working for both automotive & non-automotive areas – Tamás Megyeri, Key Account Manager, Business Development, Videoton Holding
10:56 Valmet Automotive: system supplier for electric mobility – Juuso Kelkka, Technology Manager, Valmet Automotive
11:09 CATL’s R&D perspective – Lóránt Juhos, CPA, Government Relations Expert, CATL
11:22 Finnish battery recycling leadership – Tero Holländer, Head of Business Line Battery, Fortum Recycling
11:35 Battery recycling in Hungary – Szabolcs Kozár, Senior International Cooperation Associate, Envirotis
11:50 Presentation of the next steps: booking of individual B2B meetings – Anna Łomża, Senior Advisor Central Europe, Business Finland
12:00 Closing of the webinar
