GUS Technology
Taoyuan, Taiwan (ots/PRNewswire)
GUS Technology held a grand opening ceremony for Gigafactory at Jhongli Industrial Park on April 26th. Domestic and foreign guests, including Vice President Chi-Chang Tsai of the Legislative Yuan, Ming-jiuh Wang, Deputy Mayor of Taoyuan, Chih-Ching Yang, Deputy Director General of Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA, personally attended to witness the completion of the first Battery Gigafactory of Taiwan, a facility symbolizing GUS Technology’s success in helping Taiwan’s lithium battery industry to reach a new milestone. GUS Technology, which focuses on lithium titanate (LTO) and NCM material systems, is optimistic about Taiwan’s existing talent and industrial development of battery modules for electric vehicles and energy storage since the end of 2019. The total investment in the Total construction of Jhongli gigafactory amounted to 4 billion Taiwan dollars. Once operational, the Gigafactory is expected to create more than 250 jobs for the local people and attract outstanding employees who will be passionate about the battery industry to jointly promote the development of the industry and empower local employees to shine on the international stage.
dr medical CC Chang, Chairman of GUS Technology said, “GUS is proud of Made in Taiwan (MIT). The design, manufacturing process and site planning of the first Gigafactory in Taiwan were carried out with two fundamental elements: local employees and international standards. We have found that countries around the world are rapidly competing in the energy sector. By integrating Taiwan’s industrial resources and domestic employees, and with innovative resources and core technologies, GUS Technology has enabled Taiwan to secure a key position in the international energy market with its high-quality and customized R&D capabilities. The world will soon see Taiwan’s R&D innovation and manufacturing strength.”
In addition to the completion and grand opening of GUS Technology’s Gigafactory, the company also announced at the ceremony the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with several international partners, including a Memorandum of Understanding with Echion Technologies of the UK and additional MOUs with Beyonder Norway and Midwest Energy Pvt of India. GUS Technology will cooperate with these international partners in various aspects such as battery cell anode materials, energy storage equipments and raw materials in the future. Faced with a new wave driven by factors such as the third energy transition and global climate change, GUS Technology says it will work with partners to further develop and integrate battery module applications, and together with its partners, create the most advanced solution for various green energy applications to offer.
GUS Technology has high R&D capability in upstream materials, cell design, manufacturing and modules to the end of application, and has successively developed differentiated products and various applications. After continuous development, research and improvement, GUS Technology has introduced high-quality materials into battery manufacturing, optimized the overall product yield, and developed independent technology lithium batteries, which are characterized by characteristics such as high safety, high discharge rate, high storage power, wide operating temperature range and long cycle life. Combined with the advantages of a high level of customization, GUS Technology is also in line with the global development trend. Completed and inaugurated today, the Battery Gigafactory, the first of its kind in Taiwan, will be the driving force behind GUS Technology’s manufacturing capabilities to initiate large-scale production of lithium batteries. The Gigafactory plans to start production in the third quarter of 2023 and increase production capacity from 250 MWh to more than 1 GWh in the second quarter of 2024.
GUS Technology aims to make Taiwan a world center for R&D and production of key materials of new energy batteries and key components of high-end equipment; the company also aims to become a key promoter of circular economy in Taiwan’s lithium battery industry in the future and ensure a longer and more sustainable cycle. In 2022, GUS Technology collaborated with InoBat Auto, a leading electric battery R&D company in Europe. Hidekazu Kuromatsu, team leader of the Lithium Battery Team at Japan’s Kaneka Corporation’s Institute of Electronics, who has also been a long-time collaborator with GUS Technology, congratulated the grand opening of the Gigafactory: “Excellent battery manufacturing technology, battery pack design and assembly technology are the basis of our cooperation with GUS Technology. We believe that the newly opened Gigafactory will become an important driving force for accelerating the collaborative projects between Kaneka Corporation and GUS Technology.”
Additionally, in 2023, GUS Technology merged with Toshiba Corporation, a Japanese multinational company. Okada Yoshihiro, General Manager of Toshiba’s Battery Division, said in his speech at the opening ceremony, “Toshiba has long regarded Taiwan, which has friendly relations with Japan, as the most important customer area, and is also committed to utilizing its battery technology and products to solve various problems in Taiwan. Toshiba firmly believes that the batteries produced by GUS Technology can help solve the environmental problems not only for Taiwan but also for the whole world.”
As the first battery gigafactory in Taiwan, GUS Technology’s new facility has two buildings, a main production base to manufacture lithium battery cells and an R&D center mainly responsible for the technological development of new-generation batteries. In addition, the Gigafactory implements energy saving and carbon reduction measures and implements a green and low-carbon emissions program, making the Gigafactory’s upgraded equipment capable of saving more than 70,000,000 kWh of electricity annually. The Gigafactory also has a mechanism for recycling wastewater to save water resources. Finally, strict carbon footprint controls are carried out on the premises of the Gigafactory in order to meet international standards and thus contribute to environmental sustainability.
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