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Article: Japan: Toshiba builds second SCiB production plant.
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- November 2, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
Toshiba Corp. will construct a second dedicated production facility for its safe, long-life, rapid-charge SCiB battery, in the Kashiwazaki Frontier Park, in Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture.
The market for Li-ion batteries is expected to see significant demand growth, and to account for a growing share of a Li-ion battery market scale that is expected to reach sales of approximately 2 trillion yen (Rs.106,770.00 crore) worldwide in fiscal year 2015. Toshiba anticipates strong demand for SCiB, primarily for application in battery-powered electric vehicles (EV), in a range extending from motorcycles to forklifts through to cars, and has ...