The vast majority of battery manufacturing capacity is still located in China and South Korea. As domestic markets get crowded and competition gets fierce, many manufacturers chose to expand overseas to maximize profits and offset shrinking margins back home. At the same time, Europe and North America continue to nurture a domestic battery supply chain, impacting Asian expansion plans.

Moderator: Florian Mayr, Partner, Apricum

Panel Participants:

• Zhongsong Zhao, CTO, ESS-Overseas Solution Center, CATL
• Kurt Gui, General Manager, Enterprise Planning Center from Strategic Development Dept., EVE
• Mizhi Zhang, President of Global Business, Global Business Centre, Hithium
• Paul Donnelly, Sales Director, Utility ESS Division, Sunwoda
• Zherui Wei, General manager, CALB

• Session Partner