Industrial battery manufacturer scaling lithium tech and energy storage systems
Sunlight Group manufactures lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries for industrial, mobility, and renewable energy storage across five continents. The tech stack reveals a manufacturing-first operation: heavy investment in PLC/SCADA/CNC systems paired with SAP ERP and plant maintenance modules, plus emerging ML/AI tooling (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) applied to load forecasting and grid optimization. The hiring mix is production-weighted (manufacturing and engineering dominate), with deliberate focus on preventive maintenance, component sourcing, and sales function buildout — signaling a shift from pure manufacturing toward commercial scaling.
Sunlight Group is a privately held energy storage and battery manufacturer headquartered in Greece with manufacturing and assembly sites in Greece, Italy, Germany, Israel, and USA, serving over 115 countries. The company has over 30 years of operating history and employs 1,001–5,000 people. Core products span lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries for industrial mobility, leisure vehicles, and renewable energy systems (ESS), plus battery recycling, chargers, and IoT-based battery management solutions. R&D efforts focus on lithium technology and environment-friendly battery systems; the company participates in the European Battery Innovation (EuBatIn) program, an Important Project of Common European Interest backed by the EU.
Siemens PLC, SCADA, CNC machining, and CAD/CAM design. ERP is handled by SAP (including SAP S/4HANA and Plant Maintenance), with MATLAB for engineering modeling and Python/TensorFlow/PyTorch for emerging ML work on battery optimization.
Key projects include preventive maintenance and long-term maintenance strategy, component sourcing optimization, commercial division growth and sales function modernization, plus AI/ML work on load forecasting and reinforcement learning for power system simulation and grid optimization.
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