Mazda to build module pack plant in southwest Japan


FILE PHOTO The logo of Mazda Motor Corp. is displayed at the companys news conference venue in Tokyo Japan May 11 2018. REUTERSKim Kyung-HoonFile photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Mazda Motor Corp. is displayed at the company's news conference venue in Tokyo, Japan May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mazda Motor said on Monday that it will build a new module pack plant for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells in Iwakuni City in southwest Japan.

The new plant, to be built in Yamaguchi Prefecture, will produce modules and packs of automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells procured from Panasonic Energy, the automaker said in a statement.

(Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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