Boulogne-Billancourt and Jiaxing, Zhejiang, June 20, 2022 – Renault Group, a major player in the automotive industry, and Minth Group, one of the leading global automotive suppliers, announce the signature of a memorandum of understanding for the creation of a joint venture to produce battery casings, based in France. The joint venture will locate this high-tech activity at the Ruitz plant in Renault ElectriCity and will supply ElectriCity Douai and Maubeuge plants.
6月20日，敏实集团（Minth Group）与法国汽车制造商雷诺集团（Renault Group）宣布签署谅解备忘录，双方将在法国成立一家生产电池盒的合资公司。该合资公司将位于雷诺ElectriCity的Ruitz工厂，并将为ElectriCity的Douai和Maubeuge工厂提供产品。
The battery casing, a set of extruded aluminium parts assembled by friction welding in which the battery modules are housed, is a strategic component of the high-tech electric vehicle and contributes to the vehicle's durability and safety. The joint venture will install two new production lines in Ruitz in 2023 with a capacity of 300 000 battery casings per year by 2025, for electric models, including the future R5.
电池盒作为新能源汽车动力电池系统承载及保护单元，采用铝挤出、铝冲压、铝压铸等多种材料复合，结合焊接、胶接、铆接等各种连接技术，对电池起到密封、散热和安全防护的作用，是高科技电动汽车的重要组成部分，对车辆的耐用性和安全性起着关键作用。
该合资公司将于2023年在Ruitz工厂安装两条全新的自动化生产线，并在2025年达到30万套电池盒的年产能，适用于雷诺各电动车型，包括未来的R5。
Bringing together the complementary strengths of each Group, this joint venture will draw on the pioneering experience of Renault Group in the production of electric vehicles, the technical skills of Ruitz's teams and its knowledge of the ecosystem in France, as well as Minth Group's recognized know-how of battery casings. This joint venture will support the strong growth of the electric vehicle market and the development of Renault ElectriCity industrial cluster, which aims to reach an annual output of 480,000 electric vehicles by 2025 from factories in the north of France.
该合资公司汇聚两个集团之间的互补优势，利用雷诺集团在电动汽车生产方面的开创性经验、Ruitz团队的技术和对法国行业生态系统的了解，以及敏实集团备受市场认可的电池盒专业技术。该合资公司将支持电动汽车市场的强劲增长、雷诺ElectriCity产业集群的发展。该产业集群在法国北部工厂的年产量预计于2025年达48万辆电动汽车。
Jose-Vicente de los Mozos, EVP Industry, Renault Group said: "This new strategic partnership with Minth Group, alongside with our partnership with Envision AESC to set up a gigafactory in Douai to manufacture of latest technology, cost-competitive, low-carbon batteries allows Renault Group to position itself as a leading player in the entire value chain of electric vehicles. By integrating this new high-tech activity of battery casing assembly in Ruitz, this joint venture is perfectly in line with the group's strategy to create a best-in-class ecosystem as close as possible to our production sites. This strategy will help Renault Group become a more competitive and efficient EV player, accelerate its industrial transformation, and reach its ecological transition targets. And in the meantime, we thus reaffirm our willingness to produce popular, affordable, and cost-effective electric cars in France”.
雷诺集团工业执行副总裁Jose-Vicente de los Mozos表示：“通过与敏实集团（Minth Group）合作，我们将在Douai建立一个超级工厂，生产最新技术、具有成本竞争力、低碳的电池，从而使雷诺集团在整个电动汽车价值链中占据领导地位。该合资公司在Ruitz工厂生产高科技的电池盒总成，与雷诺产业链本地化原则打造一流生态系统的战略完美匹配。该战略将帮助雷诺集团成为更具竞争力和效率更高的电动汽车制造商，加速产业转型并实现生态转型目标。同时，再次重申我们的意愿：在法国生产受欢迎的、价格亲民且具有成本效益的电动汽车。”
Dr Jimmy Wong, Managing Director of Minth Europe, said: "We are thankful for the support from Renault Group over the past years and successful battery casing programs. With the rapid growth of business, the joint venture company will bring this activity to France, achieving carbon emission reduction, benefits for the local economy, and Minth’s own global expansion.”
敏实欧洲（Minth Europe）董事总经理Jimmy Wong博士表示：“感谢雷诺集团在过去几年的支持，双方成功地合作了电池盒项目。随着业务的快速增长，我们的合资公司将在法国生产电池盒，从而实现碳减排，并为当地带来经济效益，进一步扩大敏实在全球的布局。”
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