A visit to Nordhausen in the former East Germany convinces the Editor that Europe's lithium power is growing.
If nothing else Franz Kruger, the current CEO of Gaia Akkumulatorenwerke must be an extremely patient man. He's been in the lithium battery business since 1976 but it's only in the last couple of years than he's seen anything like the start of a lithium success story in Europe and indeed for himself.
It should have happened years ago, of course. Kruger worked for Varta, learned the volume button cell . . .
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