Sanyo Electric mulls expansion for lithium-ion battery plant

Sanyo Electric Co., the world's biggest maker of rechargeable batteries, may expand a plant making next-generation batteries by 40 percent next year as demand soars for pollution-free vehicles, an official said. The Panasonic Corp.-controlled company may produce an additional 300,000 to 400,000 cells a month in 2011 at a newly completed lithium-ion battery plant in Kasai, Hyogo Prefecture, as ...
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