In December last year, China-based lithium battery maker Eve Energy announced plans to build a manufacturing facility in Malaysia, which it said would allow it to produce 21700-format cylindrical lithium-ion batteries to support electric two-wheeler and power tool manufacturing enterprises in the country as well as across the region.
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Perak, 24 November 2022 – EVE Energy Co., Ltd. (EVE), a China-based lithium battery production company, through its subsidiary EVE Energy Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., is set to build a cylindrical battery production base in Malaysia to support the electric two-wheelers and power tools manufacturing enterprises in the country and across Southeast Asia.
The establishment of EVE Energy’s cylindrical battery production base in Malaysia will help to supply high quality batteries to companies in the country and Southeast Asia.” EVE was established in 2001 and listed in 2009.
Now, construction of the facility is set to begin, with the company – through its subsidiary Eve Energy Malaysia – having held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new factory, which will be located in Kulim, Kedah as part of the International Cylindrical Battery Industrial Park in the area.
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