Ube Expands Battery Separators Capacity in Japan

Ube Industries says it is building a production facility for battery separators at the company’s production facility at Sakai, Japan, in response to growing demand for separators in lithium-ion batteries used in vehicles. Ube currently manufactures battery separators at the company’s manufacturing complex at Ube, Japan. The new battery separators facility at Sakai will begin production in 2013, and the company plans to further expand production capacity over time. By the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, Ube will increase the total...

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