Nippo
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| Nippo Batteries Co. Ltd. (Indo National Limited) | |
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | India |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Products | Batteries Torchess |
| Revenue | 2832.5m rupees |
| Operating income | 35.9m rupees |
| Net income | 60.2m rupees |
| Employees | 540 |
| Website | Official Website |
Nippo is a company that creates batteries, Manufactured by Nippo Batteries Co. Ltd. (Indo National Limited) 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 retail outlets. Nippo is the second largest dry cell battery manufacturer in India, with 28% of the market in 2006.[1]
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[edit] History
Nippo was created in 1972, as a combined venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan. Since then, Nippo has been supplying most of India with its high quality dry cell batteries.
[edit] Production
Nippo has two main production facilities for its batteries, Nellore and Tada both in Andhra Pradesh.
[edit] Board of Directors
Justice Mr. S. Natarajan-Chairman
Mr. M. Sato-Director
Mr. P. Obul Reddy-Managing Director
Mr. Y. Yokoe-Director
Mr. S. Soematsu-Joint Managing Director
Mr. V. R. Gupte-Director
Mr. S. R. Jiwarajka-Joint Managing Director
Dr. Dave Surendra-Director
Mr. Masaaki Shiga-Wholetime Director
[edit] Achievements
Nippo has received many prestigious awards. One of their Products, Nippo Gold was rated the 'Best Performing AA cell' in the country. Some of the other awards are mentioned below:
1999 - Special Award for Environmental Contributions form MEI, Japan
1999 - Bronze in PR contest, 1999 for corporate film, 'Powering Ahead'
1998 - Bharat Ratna Dr. Visvesvaraya Industrial award in large and Medium scale category from AIMO
1997 - Energy Conservation award from MBI, Japan
1996 - Management Excellence silver from MEI, Japan
1996 - Overseas Advertising bronze from MEI, Japan
1995 - Management Excellence gold from MBI, Japan
1994 - Management Excellence silver from MBI, Japan
1994 - Overseas Advertising merit award from MEI, Japan
1993 - Industrial Peace and Harmony award from GOAP
1989 - Best Management award from GOAP
1989, 94, 96, 97 -Best Union award from GOAP
1984 - Overseas Advertising bronze from MEI, Japan
[edit] Products
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.
