Amara Raja Group
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| Company type | Conglomerate |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Ramachandra Naidu Galla |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ramachandra Naidu Galla (Chairman) Galla Jayadev (Managing director) |
| Products | Automotive batteries, battery chargers, electronics, industrial batteries, digital inverters, industrial batteries, infrastructure, power, processed food, trickle chargers, UPS |
| Revenue |  US$ 700 million (2011)[1] |
Number of employees | 8,000 (2013)[1] |
| Website | www |
The Amara Raja Group is an Indian Conglomerate Company with its corporate office at Hitec city, Hyderabad . The group has presence in packaged foods and beverages, electronics products manufacturing, infrastructure sector, power system production and fabrication of sheet metal products and fasteners. The Amara Raja Group is better known for its automotive battery brand "Amaron" which is the second largest selling automotive battery brand in India today. Amara Raja Group employs a work force of over 7000 employees and it has international joint venture alliance with Johnson Controls Inc. Amara Raja Batteries made it to Asia's 'Best Under A Billion' 2010 list of companies compiled by Forbes magazine.[2]
History
A first generation entrepreneur, Dr. Ramachandra Naidu Galla is the founder of Amara Raja Group Of Companies in 1985. The automotive batteries business unit commenced operations in 2001 with technology from Johnson Controls Inc., - joint venture partner and the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive batteries. It pioneered the introduction of Zero maintenance technology in India’s automotive battery segment, the key differentiator in an otherwise cluttered Indian automotive battery market.
It is named after Jay Galla's grandparents Amaravati and Rajagopal Naidu.[3]
The Early Years
- 1985 Power systems Ltd founded
- 1989 Industrial battery division (IBD) ISBU
- 1992 Designed and Implemented battery manufacturing facility in India
- 1997 Received ISO 9001 Certification & signed JV with Johnson Controls
- 1998 Automotive battery division (ABD) ASBU
- 1999 Received QS9000 Certification
- 2008 Small battery division(SBD) Two wheeler battery plant ASBU
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Joint ventures
Johnson Controls Inc.
- Amara Raja Batteries of India signed a joint venture with Johnson Controls Inc. in December 1997 to manufacture Amaron automotive batteries in India.[4]
Amara Raja Group of Companies
- Amara Raja Batteries Ltd
- Amara Raja Electronics Ltd
- Amara Raja Power Systems Ltd
- Amara Raja Infra (P) Ltd
- Amara Raja Industrial Services (P) Ltd
- Mangal Industries Ltd
- Galla Foods
- SILVER LINING Storage Solutions
Philanthropy
Amara Raja Group mainly focused on up-liftment of rural population and committed itself to social activities in the following four areas: Rural employment, Learning & Education, Social rehabilitation & rural up-liftment. Specific schemes that benefit the local rural community like supply/make available safe drinking water by coordination and in participation with the rural community.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Amara Raja group targets revenue of $5 billion by 2015 - Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine". Moneylife.in. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "39 Indian cos in Forbes 'Best Under A Billion' Asia list". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
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- ^ a b "amarar.co.in". quanta.co.in. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "Amara Raja Batteries > Company History > Auto Ancillaries > Company History of Amara Raja Batteries - BSE: 500008, NSE: AMARAJABAT". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "Amara Raja Electronics > About Us > CSR". amararajaelectronics.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.