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Nippo Batteries
| Traded as | NSE: NIPPOBATRY |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Products | Batteries Torches |
| Revenue | ₹2832.5m |
| ₹35.9m | |
| ₹60.2m | |
Number of employees | 540 |
| Website | Official Website |
Indo National Limited is a company that manufactures batteries in India. The corporate office is in the South-Indian city of Chennai.The company spans 33 offices through the country. Nippo batteries reach millions of homes through 35 distributors, over 2800 stockists, 900 vans and 500 autos covering over 5 lakh (500,000) retail outlets. Nippo is the second largest dry cell battery manufacturer in India, with 28% of the market in 2006.[1] They even started exporting batteries from year 1976 and the first consignment exported to Yemen.[2]
Production[edit]
Nippo has two main production facilities for its batteries, Nellore and Tada both in Andhra Pradesh.
Achievements[edit]
Nippo has received many awards. One of their Products, Nippo Gold was rated the 'Best Performing AA cell' in the country.[citation needed] The recent award they got is "Best Management Award 2010" [3]
Products[edit]
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Nippo manufactures many batteries of various types. Their products include:
UM-1S - Nippo Hyper, Nippo Super, Nippo Special, Nippo Super Smart, Nippo Hyper.
AA- Nippo Gold, Nippo Hyper, Nippo Super.
Apart from batteries Nippo also manufactures appliances mainly torches. Some other products manufactured by Nippo are Power Station, Compact Fluorescent Lamp and Emergency Power.