| Milestones |
| 1916 |
Chloride Electric Storage Co. (CESCO) UK sets up trading operations in India as an import house. |
| 1946 |
First factory set up in Shamnagar, West Bengal. |
| 1947 |
Incorporated as Associated Battery Makers (Eastern) Limited on 31 January 1947 under the Companies Act. |
| 1947 |
Incorporated Chloride International Limited (previously Exide Products Limited) |
| 1969 |
Second factory at Chinchwad, Pune |
| 1972 |
The name of the Company was changed to Chloride India Limited |
| 1976 |
R&D Centre established at Kolkata |
| 1981 |
Third factory at Haldia, West Bengal |
| 1988 |
The name of the Company was changed to Chloride Industries Limited |
| 1994 |
Technical collaboration with Shin Kobe Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. of Japan, a subsidiary of the Hitachi Group. |
| 1995 |
Chloride Industries Limited renamed Exide Industries Limited |
| 1997 |
Fourth factory at Hosur, Tamil Nadu |
| 1998 |
Acquisition of industrial/ manufacturing units of Standard Batteries Ltd located at Taloja & Kanjurmarg (Maharashtra), Guindy (Tamilnadu) and plant at Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) from Cosepa Fiscal Industries Limited as a going concern. |
| 1999 |
Acquired 51% Shareholding in Caldyne Automatics Ltd |
| 2000 |
Acquisition of 100% stake in Chloride Batteries S E Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore and 49% stake in Associated Battery Manufacturers (Ceylon) Limited, Sri Lanka. |
| 2003 |
Commissioned plant at Bawal, Haryana |
| 2003 |
New joint venture in UK, ESPEX, with 51% holding. |
| 2004 |
Associated Battery Manufacturers (Ceylon) Limited, Sri Lanka became a subsidiary consequent to acquiring further 12.50% Equity holding. |
| 2005 |
Investment in 50% shareholding of ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited |
| 2007 |
Caldyne Automatics Ltd becomes 100% subsidiary consequent to acquiring the balance 49% shareholding. |
| 2007 |
Investment with 26% shareholding.in CEIL Motive Power Pty Ltd. A Joint Venture in Australia. |
| 2007 |
Acquired 100% stake in Tandon Metals Ltd. |
| 2008 |
Acquired 51% stake in Lead Age Alloys India Ltd |
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The Company was incorporated as Associated Battery Makers (Eastern) Ltd., on 31st January, 1947 under the Companies Act, 1913
to purchase all or any of the assets of the business of manufacturers, buyers and sellers of and dealers in and repairers of electrical and chemical appliances and goods carried on by the Chloride Electric Storage Company (India) Ltd, in India , since 1916 with a view thereto to enter into and carry into effect (either with or without modification) an agreement which had already been prepared and was expressed to be made between the Chloride Electric Storage Co (India) Ltd on the one part and the Company of the other part. The name of the Company was changed to Chloride India Ltd on 2nd August, 1972. The name of the Company was again changed to Chloride Industries Ltd. vide fresh Certificate of Incorporation dated 12th October, 1988. The name of the Company was further changed to Exide Industries Ltd. on 25th August, 1995.
The Company manufactures the widest range of storage batteries in the world from 2.5 Ah to 20,400 Ah capacity, covering the broadest spectrum of applications. The Company has six factories strategically located across the country – two in Maharashtra, one in West Bengal, two in Tamil Nadu and one in Haryana. The Company’s predecessor carried on their operations as import house from 1916 under the name Chloride Electrical Storage Company. Thereafter, the Company started manufacturing storage batteries in the country and have grown to become one of the largest manufacturer and exporter of batteries in the sub-continent today. Exide separated from its UK-based parent, Chloride Group Plc., in 1989, after the latter divested its ownership in favour of a group of Indian shareholders.
The Company has grown steadily, modernized its manufacturing processes and taken initiatives on the service front. Constant innovations have helped the Company to produce the world’s largest range of industrial batteries extending from 2.5 Ah to 15000 Ah and covering various technology configurations.