Amara Raja Batteries Limited, an Indian automotive batteries to packaged foods and beverages company, is setting up its third automotive battery manufacturing plant at Chitoor at an investment of 700 crore rupees ($94.7 million) for the first phase, with a capacity of 6.5 million units.
Amara Raja said that it would scale up capacity in the new plant to 10.8 million units in phases to make it one of the largest such facilities in the country.
The company would employ 1,300 people when the plant reaches full capacity. It recently signed a technology collaboration agreement with long-time partner Irish automotive parts manufacturer Johnson Controls to introduce advanced battery technologies to India.
As per the agreement, the two companies will share best practices and improve product design and manufacturing technologies, enabling higher performance across starting, lighting and ignition, enhanced flooded batteries and absorbent glass mat batteries.