Saft Wins SEM70 Battery Contract
29 November 2006
Saft has won a competitive tender from the German Federal Office of Defence Technology (BWB) to supply an additional 30,000 Friwo brand primary lithium battery systems to power the German Army's SEM70 portable military-radio sets. The order value exceeds €2 million.
BWB nominated Saft as the supplier for this latest SEM70 battery system contract, with delivery scheduled over a ten-month period, starting in November 2006. The contract follows a similar order for 20,000 SEM70 battery systems which was awarded to Saft in 2005, and further consolidates Saft's position as the leading supplier of primary lithium battery systems to the German military services.
Saft is supplying the primary battery systems for the SEM70 radio sets as ready-to-fit packages, in robust plastic-housings complete with resilient socket connections and electronic state-of-charge indicators. Each battery system will comprise six Friwo LM33600 lithium manganese dioxide (LiMnO2) D-size cells connected in series, to provide a nominal 18V and 10Ah capacity in a package weighing 750g.
The SEM70 battery systems will be manufactured under the Friwo brand by the Saft Group in its high-tech facilities in Büdingen, Hessen, Germany. Saft's capability to provide local manufacture and supply of the batteries in Germany offers a number of important advantages for BWB, including fast, on-time delivery, increased security of supply and enhanced support services.
