Hammond Announces Enqin Gao as New Research and Development Director

Enqin Gao in the Hammond E-Lab with a vile of SureCure.

Hammond Group is pleased to announce a new director to lead their industry recognized E=(LAB)2. Enqin Gao has been named Research and Development Director. He will oversee daily operations and research at the lab in Hammond, Indiana, USA. With over three decades of management and R&D experience in the lead acid battery industry, Enqin Gao […]

Energy Storage: The Next Big Thing for Lead Battery Industry

Page from Batteries International featuring commentary by Terry Murphy, CEO of Hammond Group.

“The energy storage market needs alternatives to the current misapplication of lithium-ion batteries in stationary energy storage systems, as these materials are in short supply due to the massive push in electrifying our transportation systems.” —Hammond Group CEO Terry Murphy  In the latest issue of Batteries International, Murphy shares his vision for the newly formed […]

Hammond Group Names Four Industry Experts to Innovation Leadership Council

Hammond logo over global graphic with slogan - The Change Catalyst

Hammond Group, Inc. announces two Senior Fellows to guide its Innovation Leadership Council. John Miller, recently Senior Director of Engineering for Stryten, and Dr. Francisco Trinidad, recently the Director of Battery Technology for Exide Europe. “We are very excited to have John and Francisco join Hammond,” said Gordon Beckley, Chief Operating Officer at Hammond. “With […]

Mapa Lash

Mapa Lash

Dr. Mapa Lash is a Professor in Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue University Northwest (PNW). His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Chemical Engineering. He has several years’ experience as a Chemical Engineer, Process and Project manager with European and U.S. lead-acid battery manufacturing organizations. Currently, he is associated with the MS Technology program at […]

Rosalind Batson

Rosalind Batson

Rosalind Batson is a lead-acid battery expert specializing in characterization of lead-acid battery materials. She owns Minneapolis-based Clear Science Inc., a laboratory focusing on the testing, research and development of metals, powders, porous materials, coatings, and advanced materials. She is a metallurgist working with advanced materials and is a recognized expert in the Taguchi DOE […]

Francisco Trinidad

Francisco Trinidad

During more than 43 years of experience with different electrochemical systems, Dr. Francisco Trinidad has been the author of 24 articles, more than 70 presentations in battery conferences, and holds 14 international patents. He looks to promote new technological approaches for automotive and industrial applications, including the use of different materials for positive, negative, and […]

John Miller

John Miller

With 37 years in the battery business, John Miller has a long history of introducing innovative products to the marketplace. Before serving in his most recent position at Stryten Energy, Miller lead teams in the the areas of product engineering, process engineering, applications engineering, and R&D at GNB and Exide Technologies. He has participated in […]

Hammond is the First Stop on the Essential Energy Tour

Essential Energy tour

Hammond Group is honored to be the first featured stop on the Essential Energy Everyday Tour. This virtual tour highlights Battery Council International member companies that provide innovative lead batteries, and the services and supplies used to make those batteries. Hammond president and CEO Terry Murphy is interviewed for this series and provides an insightful […]

Industry Associations Reaffirm Commitment to Help Tackle Informal Lead Battery Recycling

Lead Battery 360 website on computer screen

Four associations representing the lead and lead battery industries have launched a program designed to help reduce substandard and informal lead battery recycling in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). The program – known as LeadBattery360° – builds on guiding principles agreed among the associations in 2020. Supported by the International Lead Association (ILA), Battery Council International, EUROBAT, […]

Hammond’s Lisa Derico Featured in WGBI Spotlight

Lisa Derico

Women in the Global Battery Industry (WGBI) is an organization of professionals, founded to promote and develop the growth of women in the battery industry. WGBI believes that women in similar industries can derive benefit for themselves and their companies through relationship building, education, and shared knowledge. The programs and activities of WGBI are intended […]