China's CALB Becomes Official Sponsor To Honda Motors

CALB, a Chinese battery manufacturer, has been approved to become an official supplier to Honda Motors in what the Hong Kong-listed company describes as a key milestone in its overseas expansion.

According to a statement published on CALB's official WeChat account on Thursday, the development follows CALB's passing of audits jointly conducted by experts in both Japan and China, covering its production capacity and quality assurance capability, and opens the door for CALB to begin officially supplying products for Honda's e:NP1 and e:NS1 models.

"Becoming an official supplier of Honda Motors is another important milestone for the company's overseas development," CALB said.

CALB's automotive customers already include major local players Xpeng and NIO, and its international expansion represents a challenge to compatriot CATL, the world's largest battery manufacturer with 37% of the global market.

CALB is a high-tech company that specialises in the development, manufacturing, sales, and marketing of lithium batteries, battery management systems, and related integrated products, as well as lithium battery materials. It is dedicated to being an energy value creator and to offering professional and systematic product solutions as well as high-quality new energy life-cycle services to global customers.

CALB is constantly at the forefront of technological innovation. CALB has been making continuous efforts in material technology innovation, structure technology innovation, manufacturing technology innovation, and eco-healthy development innovation, relying on research platforms such as the nationally recognised enterprise technology centre and post-doctoral research workstation, ranking its R&D strength among the industry leaders. CALB continues to build exceptional product power to serve the market, fulfil customer sanctification, and achieve win-win cooperation with environmental partners.