Rombat Bistrita producer of car batteries is poised to invest20m euros to expand production capacities and manufacture batteriesfor micro-hybrid cars and is also due to start building 3-4 microhydropower stations on a river of Moldova. For micro-hybrid carbatteries, which have Start-Stop systems to cut fuel consumption,Rombat works with Renault partner and PSA group. "We'll startmanufacturing these batteries in 2012. This hybrid car market isrun by legislation. Demand will rise as the law requires carmakersthat around 60% of manufactured cars should have emissions of below120g CO2/km by 2013," said Ioan Repede, general manager of Rombat.Once it boosts production capacities, Rombat will also retool theused battery recycling unit of Copsa Mica. To this end, it plans toraise 2.8m-euro funding from the Environment Fund. Rombat is now istalks and carrying out tests with Ford to supply batteries for theCraiova plant, but a partnership has not been sealed, yet. Lastyear, the company exported 1.2 million car batteries, 60% ofproduction, to the Western European car part market.
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