Creasefield, part of Steatite, is delighted to announce that for consecutive years their value-added battery distribution has been recognised by Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe GmbH (PAISEU). The award, which is presented to the top performing European companies, is based on a number of factors including sales performance, support, communication and stock holding, and firmly places Creasefield as a leading Panasonic distributor.
During the course of PAISEU’s 28th Family Battery Meeting, which was held in Prague, Johannes Spatz, Executive Vice President of PAISEU, provided an opening address detailing Panasonic’s plans for continued growth in Europe and praised the support and contribution of the European Battery Distribution Network. The meeting, attended by 42 battery partners and a strong technical and executive representation from Panasonic, presented new products and provided a technical roadmap for future cell developments.
Accepting the award on behalf of Creasefield, Engineering Director Mark Andrew was delighted that the capability of the company and hard work of the all the staff had been recognised.
“The combined business of Steatite and Creasefield will benefit our customers, offering enhanced technical capability and significant UK based design and production facilities. This will improve the level of service to our customers,” commented Paul Edwards, Director of Steatite’s Batteries Division. “We are proud to work with highly respected cell suppliers such as Panasonic who provide us with class-leading Lithium, NiMh and Alkaline cells for our battery builds. These cells offer premium performance and safety. There are some exciting Panasonic cell developments that we look forward to working on with our customers on new projects. We are delighted to receive this award which confirms our company as a leading battery pack manufacturer. We are optimistic that our relationship will continue to grow with the Panasonic team through 2017.”
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