TAB launching Li-ion battery production

TAB, the Mežica-based maker of lead-acid batteries and one of Slovenia's largest exporters, is planning to launch lithium-ion batteries production in Prevalje, in the north of the country, in February.

The production, involving 40 employees, will be located in a new production hall which TAB has purchased from pharmaceutical company Lek.

Initially, the batteries will be assembled manually, but a new automated line to assemble electricity storage modules is expected to be set up in October, CEO Roman Burja announced on 26 January.

The company has for years been trying to...