Saft Groupe SA Wins Major Lithium Battery Orders for Smart Gas and Water Meter Projects in China - Won two major contracts to supply primary lithium batteries for domestic smart meter projects. In its first ever smart gas meter contract in China, Saft will supply around 500,000 Li-SOCl2 cells over the next four years to one of the countrys top five smart gas meter OEMs and around 500,000 Li-SOCl2 cells to the leading water meter OEM in China over the next six months.