Master Battery
finalist for
SME of the
Year Award

Master Battery finalist of the VIII edition of the National SME Award for its innovation in batteries, internationalisation and its commitment to sustainability, ESG criteria and social impact through Ciudadenergía

• King Felipe VI presented the annual awards organised by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Banco Santander, stressing that these companies are ‘the muscle and the heart’ of the business ecosystem.

• The Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carlos Cuerpo, praised the courage and entrepreneurial spirit of Spanish SMEs.

• The Co-CEOs of Master Battery, Juan Carlos Hernández and Héctor Plaza, stressed that ‘it is essential to strengthen public-private collaboration so that the SMEs that are in the final phase can grow to become large companies’.

Madrid (Spain) 27.March.2025.- Master Battery, a Spanish company specialising in the manufacture of batteries, autonomous energy and intelligent energy storage systems, has been selected as one of the five finalists in the eighth edition of the National SME of the Year Award. This recognition comes after having achieved first place among the fifty companies from the Community of Madrid that competed for the national award.

The business values that have propelled Master Battery to the final include its commitment to innovation in batteries, its commitment to quality and employment, its focus on internationalisation, the promotion of R&D&I, the integration of ESG criteria, as well as its firm commitment to sustainability and positive social impact.

1,639 companies from all over Spain took part in this edition of the event. Since its creation in 2017, more than 10,800 SMEs have taken part in this prestigious recognition. Along with Master Battery, Lola Casademunt, MultiverseQC, Alfalite and the Canary Islands company Aeroláser competed in the final, with the latter winning the national award.

An opportunity to continue growing
The Co-CEOs of Master Battery, Juan Carlos Hernández and Héctor Plaza, have valued this recognition as ‘an opportunity to consolidate our position as global leaders in autonomous energy and storage in strategic sectors such as telecommunications, security-defence, large storage, electromobility and distribution’.

The company's main objective is to ‘offer the market innovative solutions that, in addition to optimising energy consumption, promote a more sustainable future’.

For its residential self-consumption line, Master Battery has specialised in the development of products that improve the quality of life, guaranteeing greater energy efficiency in homes and contributing to the reduction of the carbon footprint by reducing emissions. Its commitment to sustainability and innovation reinforces its position as a benchmark in the sector, actively contributing to a cleaner and more efficient energy model.

Master Battery's business values
The values that have taken Master Battery to the final of the SME of the Year Award reflect its commitment to innovation, sustainability, internationalisation and quality employment in a key sector such as renewable energy storage and battery manufacturing.

Co-CEO Juan Carlos Hernández stressed that, since its foundation in 2010, Master Battery ‘has been committed to stable and quality employment, giving priority to permanent contracts, encouraging internal promotion and developing equality programmes’. He also stressed the importance of continuous training for the team in a constantly evolving sector, as well as the collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Madrid and vocational training centres, offering internship contracts in all areas of the company.

Regarding innovation and technological development (R&D&I), Co-CEO Héctor Plaza stressed that they are ‘a fundamental pillar of the company's competitiveness’. In 2024, Master Battery went a step further in this commitment by creating, together with the Polytechnic University of Madrid, the Chair in Research in Intelligent Energy Storage Systems and Batteries, with the aim of strengthening the relationship between the university and the business sector.

Both Co-CEOs have agreed on the importance of international expansion in the growth of the company. Since 2010, Master Battery has consolidated its presence in the five continents, collaborating with leading multinationals and organisations such as the IMF, the EIB and UNICEF. In this sense, Héctor Plaza stressed that the opening of Master Battery Mexico in 2024 represents ‘a new step to strengthen our global presence and reinforce our innovation and production capacity’.

Sustainability, Ciudadenergía and positive impact
Co-CEO Juan Carlos Hernández highlighted Master Battery's firm commitment to sustainability, pointing out that ‘we have integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into our business model, with a firm commitment to the circular economy’.

In this line, Master Battery has adapted its facilities to be emission-free, creating green areas in its business spaces and generating its own energy through solar roofs and large batteries.

During the event, the Co-CEOs invited schools, colleges, vocational training centres and universities to visit Ciudadenergía, a space open to society and the educational community. Its aim is to disseminate the key role of batteries and renewable energy storage in the fight against climate change.

Reindustrialisation: the great challenge of 2025
Looking ahead to 2025, Master Battery has set reindustrialisation as a major challenge. The company has already started the processes to bring back to Spain the manufacturing structures currently operating abroad, with the aim of guaranteeing the supply of essential products such as batteries, as well as strengthening employment, industry and the local economy.

The Co-CEOs reaffirmed their commitment to a responsible business model: ‘At Master Battery, we believe that the best way to grow is to create value for society. This recognition as finalists for the SME of the Year Award encourages us to continue innovating, generating quality employment and committing to a sustainable business model that is committed to the future’.