EXIDEIND

The company was also incorporated in January 1947 as the Associated Battery Makers for purchasing any of the assets of the business. It was regarding manufacturers, buyers and sellers of and dealers in and repairers of both electrical and chemical appliances and goods carried on by the Chloride Electric Storage Company. Then, the company name was changed to Chloride India in 1972 that got changed to Chloride Industries in 1988. Finally, in the year 1995, the name was changed to Exide Industries. The company manufactures the widest range of the storage batteries in the world from 2.5 Ah to 20,400 Ah capacity, as it covers the broadest range of applications. It also has six factories strategically located across the country – 2 in Maharashtra, 1 in West Bengal, 2 in Tamil Nadu and 1 in Haryana. And, constant innovations have also helped the company to produce the world's largest range of industrial batteries extending from the 2.5 Ah to 15000 Ah and covering various technology configurations.

Automotive Batteries: In India, this particular company markets the products under SF, Exide, Sonic, and the Standard Furukawa brands. It also supplies it to all car and two-wheeler manufacturers. In the international market, it sells products under Dynex, Index & Sonic brands. It has a specific distribution network of about 4000 outlets that are supported by at least 4 regional offices and 28 branch offices. It has also started to exports batteries to the Middle East, Japan, and the other CIS countries.

Industrial Batteries: It manufactures industrial batteries with a wide range from 2.5 Ah to 20,600 Ah. In India it sells products under Exide, Index, SF, CEIL and Power Safe brands and in the international market under CEIL, Chloride and Index brands. Industrial batteries cater mostly to the infrastructure sector such as railways, telecom, power plants, solar cells, and other industrial segments, including uninterrupted power supply, inverters, and traction batteries.

Submarine Batteries: In this, the company is also engaged in the manufacturing of high–end submarine batteries (Type 1, 2 & 3). It is one of the five companies in the world which can manufacture submarine batteries for Russian and German types. It manufactures two to three submarine batteries a year for India's defense requirement.

Also, to expand the global presence of the specific company, it acquired a 51% stake in the Leadage Alloys India in June 2008.

It acquired a 100% stake in Tandon Metals in October 2007 and a 100% stake in Caldyne Automatics in July 2007.