Simplo Partners with BYD for Dell Battery Orders

Lithium battery maker Simplo Technology of Taiwan) is cooperating with battery cell producer BYD Co. (China) to secure new orders from Dell for its value notebook-use, lithium-ion battery packs.

Simplo is expected to ship 2.5 million to 3.0 million lithium batteries to Dell in 2005, making the US vendor one of its top three clients, in addition to Hewlett Packard and Wistron. Simplo’s shipments of lithium batteries are expected to reach 11 million to 12 million units in 2005, accounting for about 20% to 21% of total estimated global shipments of 56 million units.