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Exide Industries-Leclanché in Li joint venture for India

India lead-acid manufacturer Exide Industries is teaming up with Swiss battery storage firm Leclanché in a new lithium joint venture targeting the Indian market.

The partnership will focus on building lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), stationary energy storage systems and “speciality storage markets”.

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Leclanché ‘set for India joint venture’

Swiss battery maker Leclanché said it is close to announcing a joint venture agreement that would give it a “strong foothold” in India.

Leclanché is staying tight-lipped about details, but said it is at an “advanced stage” of sealing a deal to put the company at the heart of “one of the potentially largest electric vehicles markets in the world”.

German-Chinese joint venture for hybrid batteries

German automotive manufacturer Continental has confirmed plans to launch a battery production joint venture with China’s Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology (CITC).

Continental said the partnership is expected to start producing 48-volt mild hybrid lithium-ion battery systems in China, by the middle of this year, targeting the European, North American and Asian electric vehicle markets.

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Chinese-Israeli venture for aluminium-air batteries

Israeli metal–air batteries company Phinergy plans to team up with Chinese partners to invest in the development of aluminium-air battery systems in China.

Chinese aluminium products manufacturer Yunnan Aluminium said it had formed a joint venture company with Phinergy and China’s Shanghai Zuoyong New Energy Technology for the CNY813.8 million ($128.6m) project.

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Leoch-DBS Energy venture targets UK battery business

Hong Kong-listed battery giant Leoch International Technology has invested in UK-based battery distributor DBS Energy to target sales to the country’s industrial market.

Leoch said the companies had formed a joint venture— DBS Leoch— to “significantly grow its business and become one of the leading suppliers of batteries” to UK industry.

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South Korea-China deal to ease battery tension?

Chinese and South Korean businesses have formed two new joint ventures to produce lithium-ion battery materials from bases in China.

The move follows months of claims and counter claims over China’s alleged “blocking” of South Korean batteries in a heated trade spat.

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Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt

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German-Chinese JV on lithium-ion technology

Germany-Chinese JV on lithium-ion technology

The German enterprise ElringKlinger (EK) has signed a framework agreement on a joint venture (JV) for lithium-ion battery technology with Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology Co Ltd (CITC) from China.

The JV will focus on the development, production, and distribution of lithium-ion battery modules for the global automotive market in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

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Renault-Nissan in China EVs joint venture

Renault-Nissan have inked a joint venture deal with the Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., to co-develop and sell electric vehicles (EVs) in China.

However, the firms are being tight-lipped about where batteries for the new enterprise – eGT New Energy Automotive Co., Ltd., (eGT) – will be produced.

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Indian auto giant plans to make Li-ion batteries

Indian automobile maker Maruti Suzuki India plans to develop hybrid electric cars as a consequence of a joint venture (JV) with Japanese battery makers, Indian business news website MintAsia reported.

"Nobody is producing lithium-ion batteries in India. To realize (electric) vehicles, we need lithium-ion batteries. That's why Suzuki decided to make lithium-ion battery packs here,” said Kenichi Ayukawa, managing director and chief executive of Maruti Suzuki India.

Firms enter joint venture to conquer Asia’s lead-acid separator market

Two lead-acid separator firms are to share technology and integrate their Asian manufacturing and sales following a joint venture agreement.

ENTEK International and Indonesian firm Separindo are merging their knowledge to produce, sell and market polyethylene (PE) battery separators for flooded lead-acid batteries in Asia.