China International Power Battery Recycling Summit(BRS2023) was successfully held in Shanghai

Published: Nov 7, 2023 16:35
China International Power Battery Recycling Summit(BRS2023) was successfully held on October 26-27 in Shanghai. Organized by ACI Environ (Shanghai Gongjia Information Consulting Co., Ltd.), supported by the Waste Battery Recycling Branch of the China Material Recycling Association, the two-day event featured 23 prominent battery recycling leaders sharing their unique perspectives and the latest innovations and solutions on creating a circular economy for used batteries and help create sustainable supply chains for the future.

China International Power Battery Recycling Summit(BRS2023) was successfully held on October 26-27 in Shanghai. Organized by ACI Environ (Shanghai Gongjia Information Consulting Co., Ltd.), supported by the Waste Battery Recycling Branch of the China Material Recycling Association, the two-day event featured 23 prominent battery recycling leaders sharing their unique perspectives and the latest innovations and solutions on creating a circular economy for used batteries and help create sustainable supply chains for the future.

The Summit welcomed over 350 international and regional leaders from government, battery producers, OEMs, recycling companies, universities, and the entire battery recycling chain. The participants were from MEE, Huayou Cobalt, Brunp Recycling, GEM, Ganfeng Lithium, Xiamen Tungsten, Ganzhou Haopeng, Lithium++, Tianqi, Saidemei, Wuhan Rikomay, China Material Recycling Association, Roland Berger, Cybertron New Energy, Hangzhou Lanran, BHS-Sonthofen, Attero Recycling, Ascend Elements, Stiftung GRS Batterien, Jae Young Tech, Li-Cycle, NEU Battery Materials, Umicore, BASF, Bosch, EVE Energy, Weixiang ZCycle, Tianci, Tsinghua University, Central South University, Beijing University of Science and Technology, IPE-CAS, Zhejiang University, Nankai University, Volkswagen, BMW, NIO, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Geely, ZEEKR, SAIC, GAC, BAIC, Dongfeng, Beidou Group, CRRC, China Railway, etc.


Chairman of Day One

On the first day of BRS2023, Michael J. Rosenthal, President of AmChamUS, served as the chairman of the conference. Representatives from the Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center, MEE, China, Huayou Recycling, Brunp Recycling, BHS-Sonthofen, Tsinghua University, Roland Berger , Attero Recycling, Cybertron New Energy Technology, Stiftung GRS Batterien, Hangzhou Lanran Technology, Jae Young Tech from South Korea, and Beijing Saidemei brought exciting sharing.

Recycling and Policy Management Suggestions for Waste Power Lithium Batteries
Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center, MEE, China, DENG Yi, Director of the Policy

Raw material supply vs. global development of new energy vehicle industry
Zhejiang Huayou Recycling Technology Co., Ltd , GAO Weiqiao, Deputy General Manager

DRT: Leading the Green Revolution in Power Battery Recycling
Guangdong Brunp recycling Technology Co., Ltd. SHENG Qianyu


Characteristics of lithium battery recycling in Europe and full-component recycling technology of BHS
BHS-Sonthofen GmbH, LIU Chen, General Manager of Environment and Recycling Technology Division


Recent progress on the repairing technology of spent power battery materials
Tsinghua University, XU Shengming, Professor


The value chain and recycling development trends of power batteries
Roland Berger, SHI Shuai, Global Partner

Urban mining for sustainable resource extraction
Attero Recycling Pvt Ltd, Pawandeep Singh, Vice President


Resourceful dismantling & processing technology and the intelligent solutions for retired power batteries
Cybertron New Energy Technology(Suzhou) Co, LTD, GUO Dahong, CTO and Executive Vice President


Options, challenges, and limitations of a sustainable recycling concept for lithium batteries
Stiftung GRS Batterien, Dr. Nils Wieczorek, Head of Research and Development


Application of electrodialysis and bipolar membrane electrodialysis in new energy area
Hangzhou Lanran Technology Co., Ltd., ZHANG Nannan, Director


Market trends and JYT Recycling Technology for Lithium Carbonate
JAE YOUNG TECH Co., Ltd, Sam Lee, Sales Team Leader


Physical recovery technology helps the downstream companies cope with EU battery regulation
Beijing Saidemei Resources Recycling Research Institute Co., Ltd., ZHAO Xiaoyong, President


On the evening of the first day of the conference, a closed door night talk was organized, with guests from Huayou Recycling, Ascend Elements, Brunp Recycling, NEU Battery Materials, Xiamen Tungsten, Hunan Wuchuang, Beijing Saidemei, Ganfeng Lithium, Bosch Group, North Star Advanced Recycling, Central South University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Lithium++, Hangzhou Lanran, Cybertron New Energy, Attero Recycling, Exigo Recycling, Batx Energies, Lico Materials, AmChamUS and others. Main topics: : Policy trends, market environment, opportunities and challenges of power battery recycling;Difficulties in battery recycling technology and processes, and how recycling enterprises achieve key technological improvements and improve economic benefits;Discussion on environmental protection and safety issues in battery recycling ; Exploration and practice of intelligent technology in battery recycling and utilization; How to leverage each other's strengths to jointly build a better recycling business model and also other related topics. Unlike traditional keynote speeches and presentations, the closed door night talk session places more emphasis on collision of ideas and immediate thinking, adding a lot of color to the conference and allowing attendees to gain more knowledge.

On the second day of BRS2023, Wang Dechuang, Vice President and Secretary General of the Waste Battery Recycling Branch of the China Material Recycling Association, served as the conference chairman. The speech representatives were from the China Material Recycling Association, Volkswagen, Central South University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Lithium++(Yuanli Technology), Wuhan GEM, Xiamen Tungsten, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Wuhan Rikomay, Ascend Elements, and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPE-CAS).

Value chain and systematic competition of lithium ion battery recycling
China National Resources Recycling Association, WANG Dechuang, Vice President and Secretary General of Waste Battery Recycling Branch

VW Group Battery comprehensive utilization
Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Gajender Sharma, Head of Group After Sales


Key technologies for the full component disposal/utilization of waste lithium batteries
Central South University, ZHOU Xiangyang, Professor

Key technologies for efficient and clean recycling of retired lithium-ion batteries and the applications
University of Science and Technology Beijing, ZHANG Jialiang, Associate Professor

Construction of internet platform lithium-ion battery cycle industry
Li-Source Technology Co., Ltd./Lithium ++, HU Ying, CEO


Comprehensive utilization of all elements and pollution control of waste lithium iron phosphate batteries
Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPE-CAS), WANG Wei, Senior Engineer


From green to green, construction of power battery recycling super factory
GEM (Wuhan) Urban Mine Recycling Industrial Park Co.,Ltd. ZHANG Ziyue, General Manager


The development trend and countermeasures of recycling waste power batteries
Xiamen Tungsten Co.,Ltd., ZHU Xiaoming, Project Director for Cascade Utilization


Direct preparation of negative electrode materials for sodium batteries from retired lithium battery waste
Xi'an Jiaotong University/ Technical Director of Shanghai Power Battery Recycling Center, YANG Guorui, Professor


Key technologies for direct regeneration and recycling of retired power batteries and the industrialization: clean, efficient, and low-carbon
Wuhan Rikomay New Energy Co., Ltd, ZHAO Yuzhen, President of Rikomay Research Institute,CTO


The economics of battery recycling-Efficient and economical ways of returning recycled battery materials to the Li-ion battery supply chain
Ascend Elements, Inc., ZHANG Chongyang, China AME Lead

Glimpse of BRS2023

Thanks all the guests for their participation, experts for their wonderful sharing, and media partners for their support on this conference. The strong support and cooperation of all parties have enabled us to successfully hold this successful summit!


Summit Announcement
There will be two battery recycling summits in 2024, one in May in Germany, one in China in September. For more information, please contact Joan Lee by TEL/WhatsApp: 0086 158 0089 8368 Email: joan.lee@aci-environ.com

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