| 1916 |
Chloride Electrical Storage Co. (CESCO), UK, set up trading operations in India as an import house. |
| 1946 |
First factory set up in Shamnagar, West Bengal. |
| 1947 |
Two Indian Companies were formed : Associated Battery Makers (Eastern) Ltd. – ABMEL took over the manufacturing operations. |
| 1960 |
ABMEL became a listed public limited company. |
| 1969 |
Second Factory set up in Chinchwad, Pune. |
| 1972 |
ABMEL’s name changed to Chloride India Limited. |
| 1976 |
R&D Centre established in Kolkata. |
| 1981 |
Third factory set up in Haldia, West Bengal. |
| 1988 |
Chloride India Limited was renamed as Chloride Industries Limited. |
| 1992 |
First Submarine batteries delivered to the Indian Navy. |
| 1994 |
Technical collaboration with Shin Kobe Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. of Japan, a subsidiary of the Hitachi Group. |
| 1995 |
Chloride Industries Ltd renamed Exide Industries Limited. (EIL) |
| 1997 |
Fourth factory set up at Hosur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1998 |
Exide acquires the Industrial Operations of Standard Batteries Ltd as a going concern, thereby adding four more factories, taking the total number of factories to eight. |
| 1999 |
Foundation stone for 9th factory laid at Bawal, Haryana. |
| 2000 |
Acquisition of 100% stake in Chloride Batteries South East Asia Pte Ltd., (CBSEA), Singapore & 49% in Associated battery Manufacturers, Ceylon, (ABMEL), Sri Lanka. |
| 2000 |
Implementation of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning integrating Corporate Office, Nine Factories, R&D Centre and More than 30 Sales Offices across India. |
| 2001 |
Launch of autoexide.com, a full fledged auto portal. |
| 2003 |
Commissioning of Eighth factory at Bawal, Haryana
New JV company in UK- ESPEX Batteries Ltd formed with 51% EIL holding.
Strategic Alliance with IBG in Netherlands for Marketing in Europe |
| 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. |
| 2006 |
Launch of SAP-CRM in Industrial SBU. |
| 2007 |
Launch of SAP-BW in Industrial SBU. |
| 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 |
