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Clarios plans to acquire Ecobat's North American operations, including three US critical mineral recovery and processing facilities. The deal aims to strengthen domestic recycling capacity and supply chain resilience. The sites are in City of Industry, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Middletown, New York, plus Ecobat's Dallas office. Together they process more than 40 million batteries a year, recovering lead, tin, and antimony. The deal is expected to close by early 2027, subject to regulatory approvals. The purchase forms part of Clarios' $6 billion US Energy Manufacturing Strategy, which includes $1.9 billion for domestic critical mineral recycling and processing. It completes a portfolio overhaul Ecobat began in 2025, which included 10 divestitures covering 17 sites across six countries.

Clarios expands recycled PP portfolio for automotive use. 2026-10-08 Clarios is extending its Seculene range with around 30 polypropylene compounds based on 100% post-consumer recycled material. The grades are intended for automotive applications including battery housings, bumpers, underbody components and interior parts. Clarios is expanding its portfolio of recycled plastics for the automotive industry with the Seculene product line. The range comprises polypropylene compounds made from 100% post-consumer recycled material and is intended for applications including battery housings, bumpers, underbody components and interior parts. According to the company, the expanded offering is designed to help vehicle manufacturers and suppliers address growing demand for high-performance recyclates and prepare for future regulatory requirements. Recycled polypropylene is becoming increasingly relevant to the automotive supply chain as proposed European rules introduce mandatory minimum recycled plastic content for new vehicles. The planned targets under the new European End-of-Life Vehicle Regulation call for 15% recycled plastic content by 2032 and 25% by 2036. A defined share would have to originate from end-of-life vehicles, increasing demand for recycled materials with reliable performance and availability. Recycling and compounding capacity. Clarios is further developing its Seculene business at its Hanover site and at recycling facilities in Freiberg and Braubach, which were acquired in May 2026. The company is using these operations to extend its supply of recycled materials for the automotive sector and strengthen its capabilities across the polypropylene recyclate value chain. "We are reaffirming Clarios' commitment to circular value creation, resilient European supply chains, and reliable customer partnerships by expanding our polypropylene recycling and compounding capabilities," said Dr. Christian Rosenkranz, Vice President Industry and Government Relations EMEA at Clarios. Approximately 30 PP grades. Clarios will present the Seculene product line at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen from October 12 to 16. The portfolio includes approximately 30 material grades, covering unfilled and filled PP compounds as well as PP-EPDM compounds. The range also contains a flame-retardant polypropylene compound certified to UL 94 V0 and listed with a Yellow Card. The material is intended to meet stringent fire protection requirements and enable use in safety-critical applications. Read more:

Clarios deepens strategic engineering partnership in europe to develop sodium-ion batteries. 2 October 2026 12:45 Clarios, a global leader in advanced low-voltage energy storage solutions and owner of Varta Automotive, and Piaxo, a Romanian automotive engineering company, are deepening their strategic engineering partnership in Romania to support innovation, international engineering collaboration, and future mobility solutions. By expanding R&D activity in Romania, the partnership supports Clarios' growing European technology footprint in advanced battery and low-voltage systems. Credit: Clarios From the left -Dr. Alexander von Laack, Chief Technology Officer, Clarios, and Ion Petic, Chief Executive Officer, Piaxo The partnership connects Piaxo's multidisciplinary engineering capabilities in a new Timișoara centre with Clarios' global technology organisation while maintaining both companies as separate organisations with distinct roles and responsibilities. The new centre supports R&D projects in areas such as battery management systems (BMS) for next-generation energy storage solutions, including sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries, as well as inverter and supercapacitor technologies essential for modern vehicles and safety-critical functions. Since the start of the collaboration, Piaxo has continued to expand its engineering organisation in Timișoara and today employs nearly fifty engineering professionals. The team contributes expertise across disciplines relevant to advanced low-voltage systems development, including software, systems engineering, validation and related engineering activities. The announcement comes as Piaxo expands into its mixed-use ISHO office location in Timișoara, with engineering facilities and a development and testing laboratory. The location provides a foundation for cross-functional engineering, advanced validation, expertise development and international collaboration in one of Romania's important technology hubs. The collaboration highlights the quality of Piaxo's engineering environment, the relevance of Timișoara as a technology location in the European automotive landscape, and the shared ambition of both companies to support complex engineering work through international collaboration. It also reinforces Piaxo's role as a Romanian engineering company contributing to future mobility solutions. "This partnership with Piaxo supports our broader technology transformation and strengthens how we collaborate across engineering disciplines," said Dr. Alexander van Laack, Chief Technology Officer, Clarios. "As low-voltage systems become more advanced, connected and software-enabled, partnerships like this help us combine complementary expertise in a structured and globally connected engineering environment." For Piaxo, the collaboration strengthens its position as a trusted technology partner and employer in the Romanian market. "Our engineering facilities and development laboratory in Timișoara mark an important step in the development of our engineering capabilities," said Ion Petic, Chief Executive Officer, Piaxo. "Our collaboration with Clarios creates opportunities for our engineers to contribute to globally relevant engineering work, build specialised expertise and collaborate with international engineering teams on increasingly complex technology programmes." The collaboration reflects Clarios' evolution toward more advanced, connected and software-enabled low-voltage systems. It also highlights how Piaxo's engineering capabilities in Romania support engineering processes, technology development, validation and globally relevant product development objectives.