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About Us

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Powering Australia & New Zealand with Innovation and Reliability

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Our next generation of products have been designed specifically to meet local conditions.

1891

Chloride Electrical Storage Company Ltd, UK founded

1905

Chloride exported batteries to Australia under the Exide brand

1930

Chloride commenced manufacturing in Australia in Leichardt, Sydney

1948

Dunlop established a green-fields battery manufacturing facility in Sandringham, Victoria

1982

Dunlop established the new Pulsar battery plant at Geelong, Victoria

1986

Dunlop acquired Chloride Batteries Australia & New Zealand and amalgamated both battery companies

1987

Dunlop acquired GNB Technologies USA

1989

The battery division consolidated manufacturing operations into Elizabeth, South Australia

1994

The company changed its name from Pacific Dunlop Batteries to GNB Technologies

1995

Purchased Australian Battery Company to expand its distribution

2000

Pacific Dunlop sold its battery division to Exide Technologies USA

2010

Joined as a major partner to the ‘Australian Made’ campaign

2011

Presented with the Toyota Presidents Award for Design Innovation

2013

MP Australia P/L purchased the transportation business from Exide Technologies

2014

Next Generation Exide product launched featuring Ap9 and 2XT technology with industry first ‘customer for life’ warranty program

Exide Global History

A Rich History of Powering the World

W.W. Gibbs’ intuition was correct. Electrical storage was set to play a bigger role in society — far bigger than he originally imagined. As automotive technology — and the energy storage capabilities it required — advanced, Exide evolved with it. Exide batteries were present when Commander Byrd established an American military base in Antarctica. Exide batteries powered wakeless torpedoes in World War II and stored the solar energy that charged NASA’s first lunar landing module. By 1987, the company’s product line was capable of powering practically every vehicle on American roads.

Exide's Global Headquarters
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