In modern society, mobility and connectivity are concepts that are gaining ever-increasing importance. A great number of devices in everyday life, such as laptop computers, mobile telephones, digital agendas, toys and home appliances, among others, are possible on account of portable stored energy: BATTERIES.

At present, the active ingredient used in most batteries is ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE DIOXIDE (EMD). Since 1998, QUINTAL, through its Brazilian subsidiary, SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ELECTROLISIS, SBEL, added EMD to its product portfolio, thus adding its manganese-based product offerings, entering one of the most active and
vigorous growth markets in the world over the last few years.

To strengthen its presence
in the battery market even more, QUINTAL entered
into strategic alliances
and constructed a plant
to produce NATURAL MANGANESE DIOXIDE (NMD), a complementary product to EMD, for a specific battery manufacture market segment.