Eternity Technologies recently inaugurated its state-of-the-art Dh200 million ($54.6 million) industrial battery manufacturing plant at the Industrial Park in Al Jazeera Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah.

The facility, owned by the UAE-based Al Dobowi Group, is the region's largest industrial battery plant, which will design and develop motive power batteries for use in electric fork lift trucks, industrial cleaning machines, access platforms and personnel transport.

With an annual production capacity of  one million 2-volt cells, the company plans to export 85 per cent of its output to global markets including US, Europe and Asia, apart from servicing the GCC countries.

Surender Singh Kandhari, chairman of Al Dobowi Group, said that the new plant features state-of-the-art product and manufacturing technologies and has a strong research focus.

The company has invested heavily in product development and design and has set up advanced chemical laboratories and electrical test laboratories. It incorporates the latest manufacturing equipment from Germany, Austria, Italy, the USA and the UK.

Kandhari added that the Al Dobowi Group, operating for 35 years in the UAE, has become a leading player in the motive industry ranging from tyres to automotive battery and industrial battery sectors.-TradeArabia News Service