Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) is a

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manufacturing company, founded in 1999 by Robin Zeng. The company specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of rechargeable

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and

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batteries. ATL is notable for supplying batteries used in mobile devices, including smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras, sourcing their products to tech companies, such as

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and

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. ATL is headquartered in

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and has production facilities in

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and

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, China, as well as in

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, India.

Company history

Zeng Yuqun, more commonly known as

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, founded ATL in 1999. Operating from the company headquarters in Hong Kong, Zeng acquired technology licenses from US companies to make batteries for laptops and MP3 players. Two years after establishment, ATL was able to produce batteries for 1 million devices. In the aftermath of this success, the company was acquired by

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in 2005.Tyler-Dudley, Davis, et al.
CATL: China’s Battery King.
" 6 May 2021 Zeng continued managing ATL after the acquisition together with Huang Shilin. TDK's acquisition saw ATL expand its production into the smartphone market, becoming a key battery supplier to prominent technology companies like Samsung and Apple. In 2006, ATL started exploring the electric vehicle (EV) battery market, with the first inquiry coming from Indian car company,

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. Given the fundamental differences between batteries used in EVs and those in portable devices, ATL's founders Zeng and Huang established a dedicated research department for EV battery development. In 2008, some of ATL's early EV batteries were used in a demo fleet of electric buses during the Beijing Olympics. This marked the company's first foray into the EV market. In 2011, Zeng and Huang separated ATL's EV battery business into a new company, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (

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). ATL continued its growth trajectory and, in the first quarter of 2020, it held the largest revenue share (36.5%) in the smartphone battery market. Later in 2020, the company expanded its operations to India by acquiring 180 acres of industrial land in

, aiming to supply batteries to the country's smartphone and EV industries. In 2023, ATL formed strategic partnerships with Group14 Technologies and AM Batteries. The partnership with Group14 Technologies aimed at integrating advanced silicon battery technology to improve ATL's battery performance, while the collaboration with AM Batteries focused on developing solvent-free electrode manufacturing technology, addressing environmental concerns in the lithium-ion battery production industry.

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