Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd
NSE: ARE&M BSE: 500008
₹850.40
(-0.43%)
Sun, 22 Feb 2026, 02:54 am
Market Cap154.46B
PE Ratio20.95
Dividend1.26
Producer Manufacturing
Electrical Products
24.5KCompany History
1985
- Incorporated as private limited company on February 13.
- Promoted by Ramachandra N. Galla, Smt. Amarakumari N. Galla & Associates.
- Undertakes plant setup for sealed maintenance free lead acid batteries with 1 lakh units p.a. capacity.
- Enters technical agreement with GNB Inc. USA for know-how.
1990
- Converts to public limited company on September 6.
- Obtains fresh Certificate of Incorporation on November 8 from Registrar of Companies, Andhra Pradesh.
1992
- Allots equity shares via public issue with preferential reservations to promoters, APIDC, SBIMF, LICMF, Canback MF, employees; handles oversubscription and forfeits 27,000 shares.
1993
- Receives approval for 5000 Air batteries and supplies sets.
1994
- DOT switches to 80 AH VR LA batteries for rural telecom.
- Receives turnkey order from ONGC for offshore platform power supplies.
1995
- R&D establishment recognised by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
1996
- Undertakes technology upgradation, in-house R&D, capacity enhancement.
- Receives ISO 9001 certification from RWTUV, Germany.
- Annuls forfeiture of 2,000 shares.
1997
- Products obtain UL recognition from Underwriters Laboratory, USA.
- Johnson Controls plans to acquire 23.38% stake.
1998
- Enters automobile battery segment and expands for exports.
- Sets up additional SLI battery production facility.
- Sets up plastic covers manufacturing project with imported machines.
- Allots shares at Rs 79 premium to Johnson Controls Mauritius and Galla family in January.
1999
- Sets up greenfield facility for automotive batteries.
- Introduces VRLA technology in industrial batteries and emerges as market leader.
- Launches switch-mode rectifiers with tie-up from Rectified Technology, Australia.
2000
- Launches new higher life low maintenance automobile battery.
- Plans new SLI battery unit with 1 million units p.a. capacity.
- Launches Amron zero-maintenance hi-life batteries in Hyderabad and Chennai.
- Launches Amaron Pit Stops distribution network.
- Fixes Rs 90 premium for preferential equity shares to promoters.
- Reports Rs 9.3 crore net profit for first half FY.
2001
- Allots shares on preferential basis increasing stakes of Johnson Controls Mauritius to 26%, Ramachandra N Galla to 7.49%, Jayadev Galla to 7.5%, Dr Ramadevi to 4.72%.
- Plans development of motorcycle batteries.
- Ropes in Telco for Amaron automotive batteries supply.
- New automotive plant commences commercial operations and inaugurated by AP CM on September 24.
- Launches 'Brute' maintenance-free VRLA traction batteries.
2002
- Forges alliances with global telecom players for high-end batteries.
- Mr K Satish Reddy and Mr Douglas C Brown resign from Board; Mr Raymond J Brown appointed Director effective October 25.
2003
- Bags order from Japanese automotive player for passenger car batteries.
- Appoints Ramachandra N Galla as Executive Chairman and Jayadev Galla as Managing Director effective August 1.
2004
- Unveils 3rd Amaron PitStop in Kerala.
- Launches zero maintenance battery.
- Ties up with MUL for battery supply.
2005
- Appoints Karthikeyan as brand ambassador.
- Sets up Amaron PitStop in Kottayam.
- Unveils limited edition series of car batteries.
2007
- Appoints Dr. G Ramadevi as Director.
- Appoints Mr. Shu Q Yang as Director.
- Splits face value from Rs 10 to Rs 2.
2008
- Issues bonus shares in 1:2 ratio.
2009
- Appoints Mr. T R Narayanaswamy as independent director.
2010
- Enters agreement with Honda Motor to develop valve regulated lead acid battery.
2011
- Adopts new identity for Silver Jubilee celebrations.
- Achieves Rs 10 billion revenue for H1.
2012
- Expands capacity in new location.
- Appoints Mr. Ravi Bhamidipati as Executive Director.
- Splits face value of shares from Rs 2 to Re 1.
2013
- Board recommends dividend of Rs 2.52 (252%) per share.
- Appoints Mr. M. R. Rajaram as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer.
2014
- Board recommends dividend of Rs 3.32 (323%) per share.
2015
- Commissions four-wheeler automotive battery plant at Unit II, Nunegundlapalle village.
2017
- Opens largest two-wheeler battery unit.
- Invests Rs 700 crore in new battery facility.
- Wins First Award at 14th National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management.
- Wins Gold at International Quality Convention in October.
2018
- Signs Technology Collaboration Agreement with Johnson Controls.
- Launches two-wheeler batteries in Dhaka on September 6.
- Wins '5S' awards at 16th ABK AOTS – aCUMI 5S Competitions in January.
2019
- Jayadev Galla comments on Indian firms' capacity to invest in Lithium-ion batteries.
2020
- Launches digital app.
- Forms joint venture to manufacture IoT devices.
2021
- Resumes production committed to environment and sustainability.
- Announces investment in InoBat Auto.
- Plans investment in Lithium-ion batteries.
2022
- Signs MoU with Government of Telangana for state's first Lithium-ion Battery Gigafactory.
2023
- Changes name to Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd. from Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.
2024
- Inaugurates Battery Pack Plant and lays foundation stone for Customer Qualification Plant at Gigacorridor.
- Hosts 2nd edition of EVOLVE conclave on Battery Technology.
- Announces strategic technology collaboration with Gotion-InoBat-Batteries.
- Wins 'Great Place to Work' award.
- Invests 20 million Euro to increase stake in InoBat.
- Wins excellence awards for plant maintenance in Japan.
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