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Asahi Kasei Will Expand Separators
by Alexander H. Tullo
December 8, 2008
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 86, Issue 49
Japan's Asahi Kasei has launched a $90 million program to further expand output of its polyolefin-based lithium-ion battery separator films. The company is expanding capacity at its plant in Moriyama, in Japan's Shiga prefecture, by 10% on top of an ongoing expansion that will increase capacity there from 120 million to 150 million m2 per year. It will also double capacity of a 20 million m2 plant that is still under construction. The films are used to separate the anodes and cathodes of lithium-ion batteries while allowing lithium ions to pass through.
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