The impudent capture of the Korean Enertech is completed Rosatom became the only owner of the battery manufacturer
Rosatom completely consolidated the South Korean EnerTech plant producing lithium-ion batteries. This move is very significant for the development of domestic venues: first of all, for the opening of a gigatrobe in Kaliningrad, which will further help to switch to serial production of Russian electric vehicles. At the same time, it suddenly became clear that Russia, apparently, had long looked at the South Korean factory. The owner of the lion's share of assets for a long time was a citizen of the Russian Federation for a long time.
You probably heard that in 2021 the Russian state corporation entered the capital of the Korean battery manufacturer. At that time, Raner, which is part of the fuel division of Rosatom, bought a share of 49.6%. The co -owner remained another company with a control package called TVG Saehan Holdings Limited. At first glance, this is a typical Korean company, but if you dig deeper, it turns out that its owner is the Russian entrepreneur Boris Zingarevich. So the asset on which the state corporation laid the eye suddenly is owned by a citizen of the Russian Federation. Do you believe in such coincidences?
Now, Kommersant, referring to Enertech documents over the past year, writes:
According to experts, the purchase of the South Korean site will allow Russia to close the need for lithium-ion batteries. Igor Chausov from ANO "Center" Enerdzhinet "noted:
The technology for creating batteries will be useful when starting a factory near Kaliningrad. In addition, the traction batteries of Raner, which are going to produce there, plan to use, including in the atom electric vehicles. It is noteworthy that the corporation even entered the KamAZ project, which suddenly began to call the Atom, and not Kama-2.
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The company was founded in 2001. Currently, the production site is relatively small and has a capacity of 150 MWh, and is also equipped with its R&D center.
Enertech supplied equipment for giants such as BMW, Samsung, LG and collaborated with the Norwegian brand of Think electric carriers. In 2018, the company put a battery system for domestic luxury cars Aurus. Despite the achievements, the company faced serious financial difficulties.
In 2002, Boris Zingarevich invested in ENER1, which owned a share in EnerTech. In 2012, the company almost went bankrupt, and the salvation cost the entrepreneur $ 55 million. We note that Zingarevich himself is better known as one of the members of the Board of Directors of Ilim Group OJSC (the largest pulp and paper company in Russia).
One way or another, the technology and products of the South Korean company will definitely come in handy for the development of their own industries, and the story with the Russian entrepreneur very successful in the case turned out to be very curious.
And so, yes, just an accident. Happens!