Global manufacturer Daramic has opened the first major manufacturing facility for high-performance polyethylene (PE) battery separators for lead-acid batteries in India.
After the opening of the new facility in Gujarat, company president Bryan Moorehead said, “We have a long-term commitment to India and South Asia and recognise that there is strong demand for batteries and battery separator in this region.
“Daramic was the first major company to bring battery separator finishing to India with our facility in Bangalore in 2008. Daramic was also the first company to see the important application differences in this region, which gave us the foresight to be the first company to invest and build a regional research and development centre in India in 2012.”
Moorehead added, “Now Daramic is the first major company to invest in building the infrastructure to manufacture and locally supply PE battery separators in India. In addition to investing in the building and the equipment, Daramic has also invested and will continue to invest in the local community as we staff the Gujarat facility with local employees.”
Daramic, part of the Asahi Kasei Group, now has six plants in Asia and ten across the world.