CHENNAI: Salcomp, the largest manufacturer of chargers and adaptors for smartphones and other handheld devices with annual capacity of more than 100 million in India, is now foraying into chargers for electric vehicles (EVs) partnering with IIT-Madras incubation cell startup Flowtrik.
Flowtrik designs chargers for advanced batteries (such as Li-ion, Advanced Lead Acid and others) used in EVs. As part of the partnership, Salcomp will be the exclusive manufacturing, sourcing and business development partner for Flowtrik, whose product portfolio includes bulk chargers, portable chargers and public chargers among others.
Flowtrik and Salcomp will work together right from initial product identification for research and development, design, product qualification and subsequent global production.