Sanyo Electric Co. aims to boost output capacity of automotive lithium ion batteries at its new plant in Kasai, Hyogo Prefecture, 10-fold in 2015, while more than halving associated costs.
- Sanyo President Seiichiro Sano spoke to reporters at the Kasai Plant on Monday.
The Panasonic Corp. group has positioned the facility as its core production base for green-car batteries. Its doors were opened Monday to the news media.
Sanyo launched operations at the plant last month with a monthly output capacity of 1 million units, targeting an increase to 10 million units in 2015. By tapping economies of scale, it will strive to slash production costs by at least half by then.
The five-story, roughly 41,400 sq. meter building was constructed with an investment of around 13 billion yen. It boasts energy-saving equipment including solar power generation systems. The facility will also be utilized as a testing ground for green technologies.
Sanyo is scheduled to supply lithium ion batteries to such automakers as Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp.
- Sanyo's new plant in Kansai opened its doors to the media on Monday.
The firm is also looking beyond automotive applications, seeking to provide large lithium ion batteries to meet power generation needs at hospitals, residences and other facilities. It will target sales of around 100 billion yen in fiscal 2015 from the segment, with the goal of making it the fourth major pillar of its business after solar batteries, consumer-use batteries and automotive batteries, Sanyo President Seiichiro Sano said at a news conference Monday.
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