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