Exide Industries Ltd has commissioned a facility at its Haldia (West Bengal) factory to manufacture the technically advanced lead acid storage batteries using use the latest punched grid technology. The plant, which built in technical collaboration with the US-based East Penn Manufacturing Company with investment of Rs 700 crore, was inaugurated by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on January 2, 2017.
“Over the last seven decades Exide has consistently led the way through pioneering technological advancements in the field of lead acid storage batteries in India. The new punched grid technology, as opposed to the older expanded metal technology, will catapult