COMPANY PROFILESOUTHERN BATTERIES started its operations in the year 1980 commencing with the manufacture of maintenance free lead acid tubular batteries and automotive batteries and we are into Silver Jubilee year of operations. The company is certified for ISO 9001-2000 and preparing for ISO 14001 certification also. The company with a modest beginning backed up by excellent product quality recorded a steady good annual growth & peaked its turnover to Rs. 250 million in the year 2004-2005. The company is set to exceed a turnover of Rs. 450 million for the current year 2005-06. The company was initiated to export business from the year 1989-90 exporting traction and automotive batteries to CIS countries. Company with its excellent track record expanded its arena and now averaging annual exports of Rs. 4 million for last 4 years. The company by virtue of its outstanding export performance received awards of certificates of merits for export excellence from engineering export promotion council for 4 years in a row. The company in its diversification drive secured type approvals for stationary cells and train lighting batteries from DOT and RDSO respectively, and commenced manufacture stationary cells and train lighting batteries from the year 1989-90. The company is now one of the leading suppliers of stationary batteries to solar photovoltaic application, Railway signaling and telecommunication applications and state electricity boards. The company is also one of the major suppliers of Train Lighting Batteries to Indian Railways. The company is maintaining a good market share in the UPS segment both in OE and replacement marketsThe company keeping pace with the market demands have made huge investments installing additional facilities for existing line of production and are also setting-up new facilities for manufacturing of SMF and VRLA batteriesThe company with its ambitious expansion plans is poised to sale greater heights