Schuler eyes e-mobility sector

Car manufacturers around the world are currently searching hard for ways to economically produce batteries for electric vehicles. The US-based electric car maker Tesla has announced plans to invest five billion dollars (Rs 30,675 crore) in a new battery plant and governments around the world are tendering research and grant programs for e-mobility projects. Schuler has reacted to this trend by pooling its activities in this field in the newly formed business unit – Battery.

“The market for electromobility offers promising growth opportunities,” says Johannes Linden, managing director of the Systems division, to which the new business unit belongs. “We have already delivered lines for the production of batteries – albeit not for electric vehicles. However, Schuler is well-known in the automotive sector and has both the technology and the know-how to produce energy storage devices. We are therefore also the right supplier for this market.” The new business unit Battery is headed by Dr. Bernd Ullmann, who achieved years of experience in this field.

The Göppingen-based press manufacturer Schuler is the leading supplier of production equipment for metal packaging, such as beverage and aerosol cans. Batteries also require such metal housings. Moreover, Schuler offers solutions for the manufacture of laminations for highly efficient electric motors, such as those used in electric vehicles.

Photograph: Metal packaging units produced on Schuler press lines are used to house batteries.