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Johnson Controls, Amara Raja sign India battery tech deal

India’s Amara Raja Batteries and Johnson Controls (JCI) have signed a technology collaboration deal to introduce “a new wave” of advanced battery technologies” to India.

The companies said they will expand their 20-year partnership “to share and improve product design and manufacturing technologies enabling higher performance across starting, lighting and ignition, enhanced flooded batteries and absorbent glass mat batteries.

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Jayadev Galla

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JCI battery buy-out imminent

The long awaited news of a buy-out of Johnson Control battery business from the parent company could take place this summer, according to Reuters.

BEST Battery Briefing has learned that banks are working on debt financing of more than US$10 billion to support the buyout of Johnson Controls International PLC’s power solutions business.

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JCI tandem cold mills order set to roll

Germany’s SMS engineering group has won an order from US-based Johnson Controls (JCI) for three tandem cold mills to roll lead for automotive batteries.

SMS said on 21 November the first mill had passed all functional tests in a pre-assembled state and was being prepared for shipment to JCI Power Solutions in China.

SMS engineering group

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