Automotive Exports February 2022

ASPİLSAN’s Lithium-Ion
Battery Investment to be concluded soon
80% of the construction of Turkey’s first
lithium-ion battery production facility to be
established in Kayseri by ASPİLSAN Energy
has been completed.
Established in Kayseri Organized Industrial
Zone in 1981 with the contributions of
charitable business people, ASPİLSAN
Energy adds strength to the power of the
Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) by producing
batteries and batteries specific to the
devices used according to the needs of the
military units.
The factory, which has improved itself with
the investments it has made, provides
power to almost all kinds of portable
devices or wearable technological products
sold worldwide with the batteries it
produces today.
ASPİLSAN also designs TAF’s radio, night
vision system, jamming system, anti-tank
system and robotic system batteries used
in mine scanning, bomb disposal, batteries
and batteries used in missile and guidance
kits, and anti-torpedo batteries.
80% of construction completed
According to the information received from
ASPİLSAN, 80 percent of the construction
has been completed in Turkey’s first
lithium-ion battery production facility,
which has a closed area of 25 thousand
square meters and was established in
Mimarsinan Organized Industrial Zone
in October last year and will begin mass
production in the near future.
At the same time, the needs of both the
defense industry and the private sector
will be met at the facility, which will
mass-produce lithium-ion batteries in
Europe, and work on the development of
battery cells of different types, sizes and
technologies will continue in the future.
While ASPİLSAN, which carries out works
for domestic production, is currently
dependent on abroad only for cell supply,
will become the only cell producing
company in the region with a new
investment. The factory, which will end
foreign dependency in this regard, will
provide completely domestic production
as the mines such as nickel, cobalt and
manganese to be used as raw materials
are supplied from the country. The total
number of personnel in the production
facility is expected to be 300 in 2022 and
400 in 2023.
It will also contribute to “Turkey’s
Automobile”
The first battery to come off the production
line will be of the cylindrical type, with a
capacity of 2.8 ampere-hours and a voltage
of 3.6 volts. The facility, which will consist
of three parts: electrode preparation,
battery assembly and formation lines, will
have a production capacity of 60 batteries
per minute. Batteries that can operate at
low temperatures can be used in a wide
variety of battery systems, as they have
a high C-rate (discharge rate). Cells with
cylindrical cells, but with higher capacity,
can also be produced in the same machine
systems at the factory.
It is aimed to complete the installation of
machine systems in the factory, whose
approximate cost is planned to be between
900 million and 1 billion 200 thousand
liras, in January 2022, and to start mass
production in April 2022. ASPİLSAN,
which is preparing to contribute to the
automobile to be produced by Turkey’s
Automobile Enterprise Group (TOGG),
will be able to produce domestic batteries
for TOGG when the second phase of the
investment is completed.
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