Southern Batteries Pvt. Ltd was established in the year 1980 by Late Sri S R Pillai, a visionary who was able to foresee the surging secondary storage power requirement in the coming decades. Southern Batteries is engaged in the manufacture of Lead Acid Tubular Batteries, Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) Batteries, Flat Plate Batteries, Traction Batteries and Automotive Batteries under the brand name "Hi-Power".The company manufactures a wide range of batteries from 20 - 2000Ah in 2V cells, 20 - 240 Ah in 12V Monoblock PP and in addition 10V, 8V, 6V and 2V ranges for exclusive application for Indian Railways. Keeping pace with the market requirement and potential the company set up another state of the art manufacturing facility in Jigani, Bangalore and further expansion plans are in place. The Company has established a prominent share in the Solar, Railways, Telecommunication, UPS & Inverters, Power plant and other industrial application in the last 30 years.The Company is certified ISO 9001 : 2008, ISO 14001 : 2004 and BS OSHAS 18001 : 2007We being one of the major suppliers to Indian Railways are holding RDSO type approvals for complete range of batteries for varied application namely Train Lighting and Air Conditioning on Coaches, Cranking application for Diesel Locomotives, Traction application on AC Loco and EMUs and Signal and Telecommunications.We are the exclusive suppliers to most of the leading SPV manufacturing units namely TATA BP Solar, Reliance Industries Limited, Moser Bear Limited, Bharath Electronics Limited, Conergy Energy Systems Pvt Ltd, Emvee Photovoltaic Power Pvt Ltd, Punj Llyod Delta Renewable Pvt Ltd, Solar Semiconductor Pvt Ltd, ORB Energy, Jain Irrigation Systems, Thrive Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd etc., to name a few.We have an enviable long list of premier UPS manufacturers in the Country namely Novateur Electrical & Digital Systems Pvt. Ltd (Formerly Numeric Power Systems Ltd), American Power Conversion Ltd, ABB Limited, Emerson Network Ltd, Educomp Solutions Limited, Aplab Limited, Delta Energy Systems India Pvt. Ltd, Uniline Energy Systems, Techser Power Solutions Pvt Ltd, Power One Micro Systems Pvt Ltd, Dubas Engineering Pvt Ltd, Consul Consolidated Limited, etc.,We are also one of the accredited suppliers to all the State Electricity Boards, Nuclear Power Corporation Limited and other State and Central Governments Establishments.The Company has ventured into retail market segment and has nationwide presence through a network of branch offices and channel partners. The Company focuses on being a responsible corporate citizen through active participation in solar power projects and also working with electric vehicles manufacturers.The company is slated to exceed a turnover of Rs. 4500 million in the current financial year 2012 2013 registering a cent percent growth and further aiming to double the turnover to Rs. 9000 by the 2015.Commitment to quality, consistency, innovation and service is taking the Company through a steady growth in the competitive market.
