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Exide is pleased to announce that Mr. Pravin Saraf has joined Team Exide as Senior President & Head of Operations.

Exide was ranked 12 among the top 50 sustainable companies. The evaluation process assessed the Top 250 listed companies in India on their environmental impact, social responsibility, and governance.



Exide was also recognized as the Top company for leading the sustainability charter in India’s capital goods sector for 2023-24.

Exide Industries Limited is delighted to be featured in the Independence Day special edition of Forbes India. The article highlights our history and how Exide has kept pace with rapidly evolving technology and industry needs.

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Exide Industries Ltd. and its exclusive GCC partner for Motive Power Batteries – Dahbashi Engineering jointly hosted a mega launch event at the Jumeirah Golf Estate & Country Club in Dubai, UAE.

Exide India unveiled its Megacharge Range (featuring superior cycle life) and CEIL Express Power Range (offering Opportunity Rapid Charge) of Motive Power batteries.

The event was graced by the MD & CEO of Exide Industries Limited Mr. Avik Roy & Mr. Saleem Ahmed , CEO of Dahbashi Engineering, along with respective senior executives from both the organisations.

Successful implementation of the advanced SAP S/4 HANA 2023 at Exide Industries Limited. This monumental upgrade, led by our dedicated SAP Centre of Excellence team, significantly boosts our operational capabilities and sets the stage for future advancements with GEN AI capabilities.

Exide Industries Ltd. has been honoured with the prestigious title of 'India's Best Battery Manufacturer' at the ASSOCHAM Energy Meet & Excellence Awards 2024.

This accolade acknowledges our commitment to operational excellence and our significant contributions to the power sector. Proud moment as Mr. Jitendra Kumar, President - Legal & Corp. Affairs & Company Secretary at Exide, accepts the award from Hon'ble Minister Shri Babul Supriyo at the grand event held on February 13th in Kolkata.

EIL was awarded the Best Corporate in Medium Category at the 8th ICSI CSR Excellence Awards 2023.

Employees and members of the senior management of Exide came together to volunteer a day with the accomplished alumni of the Exide Saksham project in Kolkata. This initiative, aimed at enhancing employability for differently-abled youths, has successfully placed over 60 individuals in gainful employment.

Recognition at the 2nd edition of the Social Leadership Award organized by The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry! Exide received the Special Jury Award in the Education Category (Large Corporate) for its impactful CSR initiative, the "School Transformation Project," which has transformed more than 80 schools and is positively impacting 50,000+ students annually.

Exide Industries Limited in partnership with The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, has taken an initiative to train the underprivileged young athletes of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Foundation, at the Jaidip Mukherjea Tennis Academy in Kolkata.

A historic occasion unfolded in CML, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exide, when 256 trees were planted simultaneously as part of a Plantation Drive.

This remarkable achievement showcased the collective effort and dedication of our group members toward the noble cause of preserving and nurturing our environment.

Reaffirming our firm faith in the abilities of every individual, Exide launched Project ‘Saksham’ to enhance the employability of 75 alternately abled youths in Kolkata. The project is being implemented in partnership with Youth4Jobs.

Recognition as one of the Top 3 most Sustainable Companies in the country in the ‘Capital Goods Sector’ at the 3rd Edition of The Sustainable World Conclave 2023 organized by BW Businessworld held in June 2023 at New Delhi.

Recognition as one of the Top 50 most sustainable companies in the country at the 3rd Edition of ‘The Sustainable World Conclave 2023’ organized by BW Businessworld held in June 2023 at New Delhi.

Recognized as one of ‘The Economic Times – Sustainable Organisations 2023’ held in Mumbai on 20th June 2023.

Exide had a week-long celebration of ‘World Environment Day’ at all the facilities. The activities commenced with an environmental oath, and saplings were planted, followed by empowering our employees through comprehensive awareness training programs, equipping them with the knowledge to combat plastic pollution.

Exide inaugurated a well-equipped futuristic classroom block for the students at Khelaghar, Raghunathpur in West Bengal. The classroom blocks will not only enhance the total intake of students but will augment their learning outcomes.

Khelaghar is an initiative of Young Men’s Welfare Society that offers free of cost education to nearly 2000 students through its three campuses spread out in the South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal.

The event was organized by HP and Quantic and was held on 10th March 2023 in New Delhi. The Award is conducted with an aim to celebrate organizations & tech practitioners who have surpassed landmarks and achieved successful business outcomes in the field of technology.

Chloride Metals Limited - Haldia, a subsidiary of Exide Industries, won the Inter-Industry Safety Quiz Competition held on 9th March'23. The event was organized by Quizzihal, as part of the National Safety Week Celebrations initiated by Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd.

Team Exide participated in a Double Wicket Cricket Tournament for corporates organized by Howrah Union Club celebrating its centenary year in Kolkata.

We were honored to receive the trophy from the legendary cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar. The thrilling matches of the tournament were held on 5th February’23 at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

On the occasion of the ‘75-year celebrations’ of Exide Industries, the employees of Exide and their children came together to put up a glorious show on 14th January 2023 in Kolkata.

Exidians came together to celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship at the 4th Edition of the Exide Premier League (EPL) - the Annual Sporting Event of Exide Industries Limited.

The two-day event saw the participation of employees from across the country in thrilling contests of Cricket, Badminton, and Table Tennis.

Exide MD & CEO Mr. Subir Chakraborty receives the ‘Power Brand of Atmanirbhar India@75 Award’ at the 3rd Edition of The Sanmarg Business Awards held on 12th January 2023 in Kolkata

'7th CSR Excellence Awards' organized by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India on 6th January'23 - EIL

'BIA CSR Award 2022' held on 20th November'22, from BIA (Bhagwanpur Industries Association), for its CSR initiatives - Roorkee

The Government of Karnataka acknowledged Exide's investment in the state at the recently held 'Invest Karnataka – Global Investors Meet 2022'. Exide's MD & CEO Mr. Subir Chakraborty was present as part of the selected group of corporates honoured at this prestigious event.

Exide received the award for 'Best Company in Innovative Energy Management Control' under the Green Energy Sector at the 2nd edition of Naya Bharat Business Conclave & Awards, an initiative of Jagran New Media, held on 10th November'22 in New Delhi.

The Bhoomi Pooja ceremony was graced by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday, 27th September’22 at the Hi-Tech Defense & Aerospace park Phase 2, Bengaluru in presence of MD & CEO Mr. Subir Chakraborty and senior management team of Exide Industries Ltd & EESL. Hon’ble Minister for IT-BT, Science & Technology and Skill development, Dr. Ashwath Narayan C.N along with other key government representatives & stakeholders also graced the occasion.

City Mayor Janab Firhad Hakim inaugurated the Exide Foot over-bridge for the citizens of Kolkata on Saturday, 24th September’22, in the presence of Kolkata Municipal Corporation chairperson, Smt. Mala Roy, other government dignitaries, and Exide MD & CEO Mr. Subir Chakraborty.

Exide Industries was recognized by 'Manufacturing Today' with Excellence in CSR Awards 2022, at an event on 22nd September in Mumbai.

As a part of the employee volunteering initiative, 150 underprivileged girls supported under Project ‘Exide Akshar’ will be mentored by Exide employees throughout the year.

These girls also receive scholarships and other infusions for completing their higher education and for boosting their careers under the Project ‘Exide Akshar’.

MD & CEO of Exide, Mr. Subir Chakraborty formally inaugurated the state-of-the-art recycling unit of our wholly owned subsidiary, Chloride Metals Limited in Haldia, West Bengal on 22nd August 2022.

EXIDE Industries Ltd is honoured to have been recognised as one of 'The Economic Times Sustainable Organisations 2022.' This is in acknowledgment of our commitment toward ESG, responsible business, CSR & sustainable development among other parameters. - 29th Jume

Express Computer, the technology division of the Indian Express Group has conferred EXIDE Industries Ltd with the Tech Senate Award 2022. EXIDE won in the "Big Data & Analytics" Category for implementing Data Lake and Warehouse on Microsoft Azure for data-driven decision-making.

Exide wins the 'Best Technology of the Year (Infrastructure)' award in the Manufacturing category, in a prestigious event organized by IBM and Quantic.

Exide Industries has been awarded ISO Certification in Information Security.

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Presenting the smart, safe and stylish Exide Integra, an integrated power back-up system with the next-gen tech of Li-ion.

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Exide Industries Limited is proud to achieve this significant milestone of completing 75 years as a corporate entity. Be a part of our journey.

The country's leading battery manufacturer, Exide Industries Ltd on Monday kicked off its Batmobile Doorstep Service facility and extended its scope to its range of inverters and inverter batteries also under a single umbrella.

Launching the new service facility in the city, Director Automotive, Mr Arun Mittal said, "the inverter and its battery today is an important part of any modern household and our new service facility is aimed at making it more convenient for the customer to address his/her battery or inverter service issues."

Exide is one of the largest players in the branded inverter battery segment.

Under the new facility, a single WhatsApp message to 70440 00000 will get the service technician nearest to the customer's location to visit and resolve the issue. The earlier system of a central team of mechanics is being done away with in the interest of speed and scalability. For voice calls the earlier number of 1800-103-5454 is also available. Customers can also log in their complaints through the www.exidebatmobile.com portal.

While the service is free for Exide products under warranty, it is chargeable for any other brand or Exide out of warranty product.

After the initial launch in Kolkata, the service will be expanded to 250 cities nationally by the end of August.

The Batmobile Door Step service will cover the following types of Exide products - car batteries for individual owners, inverters and inverter batteries.

Team Exide won the prestigious Telegraph Cup - Merchants Cup Cricket 2020. Captained by Mr Jitendra Kumar, the corporate team won the trophy on 18th March at Calcutta Cricket and Football Club defeating the team from TCG. The winning trophy was handed over by international star Wriddhiman Saha. The tournament saw participation from 54 teams from the corporate world including Tata Steel, Ericsson, PWC, Larsen & Toubro and Star TV among others.

Exide has won the SAP ACE (Award for Customer Excellence) 2019 for "Adoption of Transformative Technologies" in business. On behalf of Exide, Mr Sandip Pradhan, Chief Technology Officer received the award from Ms. S. Rao, Head-HR, SAP and Mr. P. Shetty, Head- Google Cloud, JPAC, held in Mumbai on 17th Oct'19.

SAP ACE is an Industry benchmark to recognize the best-run businesses in India that have achieved excellence and business value creation through innovative use of IT for enterprises and also have a strong digital impact on industries and society at large. The ACE serves as SAP's tribute to the customers who have used, learnt, innovated and leveraged the power of SAP solutions.

This award is coveted customer-focused Information Technology awards. Winners for SAP ACE awards were selected through the systematic evaluation comprising of a four stages and fourteen distinguished members from various business dynamics except SAP.

Smart design, robust body, unmatched comfort and never-before features make Exide NEO the new battery-powered e-vehicle that can drive you into the future. Manufactured with 70 years of cutting-edge expertise in batteries, Exide NEO can turn your rides comfortable, smooth and easy, while saving you power-on-the-go.

Exide Industries Ltd. has won the Dun and Bradstreet award 2019 for being the largest company in the lead acid storage batteries category in the country. Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards recognizes the exemplary performance in the corporate world and felicitates the India’s Top 500 Companies across various sectors. The award was received at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai the company’s Deputy Managing Director, Mr Subir Chakraborty.

Exide Managing Director and CEO, Mr. Gautam Chatterjee inaugurated the company's new look R&D Centre on Tuesday, 23rd April, 2019.

Speaking to a gathering of R&D employees and other senior colleagues, Mr. Chatterjee said, "R&D Centre is the center of gravity of any large organization that depends on cutting edge technology. Making the environment modern and conducive to innovation and free flow of ideas is a priority to the company."

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Dipak Senchoudhury, President R&D at Exide Industries, said, over the last close to 40 years of its existence the R&D Centre has evolved into one of the finest technology labs in the country where work is carried out on the cutting edge of international battery technology. He dedicated the modern and new look of the existing R&D building to the research scientists of Exide - the backbone of the company's technology prowess.

Exide Industries Ltd has won the Global SAP Innovation Award 2019 for its Connected Battery project under the Global Industry Disruptor category. There were 225 entries from 48 countries vying for the prestigious award this year.

Talking about the win, the SAP President and Managing Director for the India Subcontinent, Mr Deb Deep Sengupta, said, "ït is heartening to see an Indian enterprise showing the way when it comes to re-imagining business models using emerging technologies. The impact of the Connected Battery initiative in terms of higher customer satisfaction and market share along with lower warranty cost helped it score over other entries, across countries and industries.”

Exide Managing Directotr and CEO, Mr Gautam Chatterjee said, "I sincerely thank the members of the Connected Battery Project for their valuable contribution which has enabled us to win the Global Industry Disruptor Award competing with 225 entries from 48 countries." The award list for 2019, in other categories, includes names of global giants like Accenture, MIT and Verizon among others. For more detailed information on the 2019 award click here.

As part of its CSR activities, Exide Industries recently donated an ambulance to the missionaries of Little Sisters of the Poor in Kolkata. The organization, among other activities, runs a large old age home for the abandoned poor of the city of Kolkata irrespective of their caste or creed. The global organization has been working in the city since 1882.

Exide received the CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2018 for Significant Achievement in Corporate Excellence. The Award was received from Sri Amitabh Kant, CEO – NITI Ayog on 12th Dec 2018 at New Delhi. Some of the other participating organizations in this competition included Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, TVS, ACC Cement, Cummins India, Tata Steel, Axis Bank and UltraTech.

Exide Industries Ltd launched a new range of next generation online UPS named Power NXT. Using cutting edge technology, this online UPS range is targeted at the burgeoning SOHO (small office home office) segment as well as large format retailers.
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Exide Haldia won the CII Productivity Award 2018. Exide was honoured as a Champion in Sustained Category. This is the 5th year consecutive year of winning the Award.

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Exide Industries Ltd, India's largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider (BSE: 500086), and Leclanché SA (SIX:LECN), one of the world's leading energy storage solution companies, headquartered in Switzerland, announced today a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India's electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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Exide Industries Ltd won JIPM, Japan's Overseas Award for Excellence in Consistent TPM Commitment 2017.

The Award was received by Exide Team in JIPM TPM Awards Ceremony held at International Conference Centre, Kyoto, Japan on 21st March 2018.

The Chinchwad factory in Maharastra has been under JIPM assessment from February 2017 to January 2018 which included two stages of site assessment by Japanese Assessors.

Exide Industries Ltd’s technological superiority was once again reinforced when the country’s largest telecom tower company Indus Towers, awarded it the highest category Gold trophy for its technology support. At a glittering function in New Delhi, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bimal Dayal handed over the trophy to the company. Exide, with its cutting edge product range, is a significant player in the country’s burgeoning telecom battery business.

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