Italian lithium battery developer and supplier Flash Battery has invested €6 million in a new automated module assembly line at its Sant'Ilario d'Enza facility. The expansion adds 2,200 square metres of automated battery module assembly space.
The new line handles 13 module configurations with changeover times of 10 minutes and id ex[pected to deliver an annual production capacity of 90,000 modules. The system incorporates laser welding technology and a four phase automated process including cell loading, module formation, welding, and compliance testing.
Cell batteries undergoing testing
Flash Battery chief executive Marco Righi said: "Bringing battery module assembly in-house means going directly to the source of the supply chain. For cells, we rely on leading global suppliers, selecting multiple providers for each type to increase supply chain reliability and enhance our negotiating power."
The origins of Flash Battery date back to 2012 when the two friends Marco Righi, together with chief technical officer Alan Pastorelli set up a company, they named Kaitek, to sell the lithium batteries and management systems they had been working on and perfected over the previous three years. In August 2020 the company rebranded as Flash Battery and moved into its current 7,000 square metres premises on a 20,000 square metre plot in Sant’Ilario d’Enza. Roughly 3,200 square metres of the facility is dedicated to production areas, 2,200 square metres of warehousing, with the balance being offices for Research, Development & innovation along with sales, marketing and administration.
When it comes to the crane and access market the company mostly provides batteries for electric telehandlers, and spider lifts and counts Easy Lift among its customers.
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