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LEBANON, Ore., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire＝KYODO JBN/ --

Today, ENTEK announced strategic investments to expand the company's global

manufacturing footprint of Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) separator materials into

the United States and India to serve the expanding demand for energy storage

solutions for inverters, industrial applications and electric vehicles (EVs).  

ENTEK is actively engaged in site selection in India and the US for the

development of fully integrated AGM production plants, including both fiber

production and paper lines.  ENTEK will be the first producer of glass fiber

for AGM in India, ensuring control over quality, cost and security of supply to

provide a strong value proposition for customers.

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"ENTEK is committed to producing high quality AGM in India and the US to serve

the growing need for this product in energy storage solutions for our changing

world.  Our outstanding team in Japan has a long history and wealth of

experience producing high-performance AGM products for some of the most

demanding customers in the world. That technical expertise, together with our

equipment manufacturing capabilities, provides the core competencies to

successfully scale local production to serve the growing markets in India and

the US," said Larry Keith, CEO of ENTEK.

ENTEK is the only separator manufacturer in the world producing all three

primary separator technologies (PE, AGM, and lithium separators). It is well

positioned to leverage this broad portfolio of products to energy storage

applications globally, including both internal combustion and electric vehicles.

Increasing vehicle power demands and the growth of EV production resulting from

consumer demand, stricter emissions regulations, comfort and convenience

features, and safety requirements is driving an evolution from standard flooded

batteries to advanced battery types such as EFB and AGM.  In India, in addition

to transportation, there is rapid growth in industrial, telecom, and inverter

battery demand requiring AGM.  This outsized growth opportunity in advanced

batteries for automotive, coupled with a significant AGM market opportunity for

industrial and telecom batteries globally, presents a scalable long-term growth

opportunity for ENTEK.

About ENTEK

For more than 35 years, ENTEK has been an innovator and leading worldwide

designer and producer of highly reliable microporous polyethylene battery

separators for lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. ENTEK separators are used

in SLI, golf carts and a wide range of industrial applications, and are in

great demand for products that require high energy or high voltage systems such

as secondary batteries in portable devices and as primary batteries in critical

systems. ENTEK's vertically integrated equipment division, with decades of

battery separator production equipment experience, uniquely positions ENTEK to

provide the agility and expertise to produce the equipment employed in ENTEK's

battery separator lines. ENTEK is headquartered in Lebanon, Oregon, USA with

facilities in the United Kingdom, Japan, China and Indonesia. Its products are

sold through its sales offices and distributors worldwide. For more

information, visit www.entek.com.

SOURCE Entek International, LLC

For further information contact: Clint Beutelschies, Vice President Global

Sales, cbeutelschies@entek.com,+65 8718 1026