An existing Kontrolmatik production facility in Ankara, Turkey. Image: Kontrolmatik.
Factories aimed at making products for the battery energy storage system (BESS) industry have been announced by Turkey-headquartered Kontrolmatik and Ireland-headquartered Eaton.
Kontrolmatik Technology, Energy and Engineering Inc began development activities at the beginning of April to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery factory with 1GWh annual production capacity in the US.
The company is already building a facility of the same size in Ankara, Turkey, through a subsidiary called Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, targeting the promising Turkish market and wider EMEA region, which is expected to open before the end of this year.
Kontrolmatik is involved in everything from EPC contracting to system integration and manufacture of equipment for power generation,…