Braille Energy Systems Inc. plans to open a manufacturing facility in Kingston, where it will leverage its core competence in the manufacture of high density/high reliability battery packs and expand its manufacturing scope into system solutions for Mission Critical energy storage. BESI is applying its highreliability battery pack designs to create scalable and modular solutions for challenging applications such as: Backup power systems for data centres and commercial/industrial facilities such as hospitals and air traffic control towers; Low voltage DC backup for wireless communications infrastructure; Low voltage 120VDC backups for DCdriven industrial loads.