In 2007, China Surpassed Japan for the First Time in Li-Ion Battery Production Producing an...

DUBLIN, Ireland --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eafc25/china_liion_batte) has announced the addition of the "China Li-ion Battery & Its Raw Materials Market Report, 2007-2008" report to their offering. In the year of 2007, global Li-ion battery market was shared by three powers of China, Japan and Korea. The three nations all had rapid expansion of production capacity in the year and China had the fastest growth in capacity expansion, followed by South Korea. In 2007, China surpassed Japan for the first time in Li-ion batter production and became the world's largest Li-ion battery producer with an output of 1.35 billion units, up 28.36% against the previous year. With respect to the raw material of Li-ion battery, China's production of cathode material for Li-ion battery in... [read full story]