LAKE ORION, Mich., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Battery Solutions, Inc. (ABS)
[https://www.americanbatterysolutions.com/], maker of high-quality
lithium-Ion batteries, announces the strategic expansion of its
Innovation Center, significantly growing its footprint in
Michigan as it adds to its team of
experienced world-class battery professionals. The company is
tripling the size of its facility – growing from 40,000 sq. feet to
115,000 sq. ft. -- and creating an additional 75 professional jobs
in Lake Orion. Financial details
of the expansion, nor customer contracts driving the growth were
disclosed.
The Innovation Center expansion and employment growth supports
the company's growing customer base and contract awards. ABS is
growing its talent pool to create world-class solutions capable of
meeting the energy demands of a wide range of market applications.
ABS has added engineering, test and research jobs to support both
internal product development and custom battery pack contract
awards. These additions bring the ABS headcount in Michigan and Ohio to 155 team members. As ABS continues to
rapidly add team members throughout the rest of the year the total
headcount will continue to rise.
"ABS has seen continued growth despite the Covid-19 pandemic and
needs to expand our Lake Orion
facility and staff to support our growing customer base and line of
renewable modular battery pack technologies," said Subhash Dhar, Founder, Chairman & CEO of
American Battery Solutions. "This expansion of the Michigan
Innovation Center reflects the success of our promise to pursue
business opportunities in underserved and emerging market segments.
Product features that include modularity and scalability with
advanced management and control systems have proven very attractive
to our industrial, commercial and heavy-duty vehicle
customers."
The facility and employment growth is driven in part by customer
adoption of ABS's recently launched product line, the ALLIANCE
Intelligent Battery Series™ of lithium-ion batteries for motive and
industrial applications. The all-new Alliance E48-2.0 is the first
product in the ALLIANCE Intelligent Battery Series™. This is a
scalable architecture in 2kWh increments designed for light
electric vehicles and new OEM designs to optimize the packaging
space and vehicle range.
ABS will follow on later this year with the introduction of its
Industrial Series batteries. These will be available as the I24-3.0
and I48-3.0 series for industrial applications. The I24-3.0 is
perfect for low-voltage lithium-ion batteries drop-in retrofits of
lead-acid batteries in motive power applications such as utility
vehicles, floor cleaning machines, pallet jacks and mobile elevated
work platforms. The I48-3.0 comes in the popular GC2 size (a.k.a.
T105) form factor with the highest energy content on the market.
The I48-3.0 is ideal for drop-in retrofits of lead-acid batteries
in motive poser applications like golf carts, mobile elevated work
platforms and floor machines.
Expansion in the facility is also being driven by several recent
customer awards for high-voltage battery packs and solutions for
light commercial delivery and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. The
new areas will house additional engineering test labs, a
Hardware-in-the-Loop BMS development lab, and a prototype battery
pack assembly line that will complement the existing module
prototype line and space to house the growing employee base. In
addition to the customer projects, the team is also developing a
new line of standardized, high-voltage battery packs branded as the
ProLiance Intelligent Battery Systems.
To extend its reach and maximize the impact of the Innovation
Center, ABS is also joining with mission-aligned organizations and
experienced technology and business consultants, to provide
world-class Li-Ion battery technology support and assistance.
About American Battery Solutions
ABS designs and
manufactures modular battery solutions for transportation,
industrial and commercial markets primarily in North America and Europe. The team at American Battery Solutions
Inc. is comprised of some of the most recognized battery systems
experts in the industry, possessing decades of experience in
designing, developing and manufacturing high-volume advanced
battery systems. Collectively, ABS experts have helped launch
battery programs for some of the most well-known programs like the
GM EV1 and Chevrolet Volt with companies like General Motors, Fiat
Chrysler, BMW, Daimler-Mercedes, Rivian, Karma and many others.
Those experts are now applying this experience to the emerging and
underserved transportation markets, concentrating on module
production, pack assembly, and customer integration
ABS operates a 120,000 sq. ft. technical center in Michigan and a dedicated 170,000 sq. ft
purpose-built state of the art battery manufacturing facility in
Ohio. It employs more than 150
people in Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Texas and California. Follow ABS on Twitter @ABS_Energy
and LinkedIn.
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