Indo National Ltd

Promoted by S R Jiwarajka and Matsushita Electrical Company, Japan, in 1972, Indo National Ltd (INL) was incorporated as a public limited company. The Company is in the business of manufacture and marketing of batteries, torches, LED products, mosquito bats, Electrical accessories and Razors Blades. Nippo has 20 depots across India and has distribution network with over 3200 distributors across India.Matsushita holds 40% of INLs equity. The Indian partner is Obul Reddy. The company has already diversified into the sale of flashlights under the Nippo brand. INLs RD department has developed batteries for Indias defence forces. It has obtained governments permission to manufacture 20,000 sets of taperecordercumtransistors.INL recently added two types of highperformance batteries to its existing brandsUM3 Premium Gold and UM1 Mega Super. The UM3 is meant for walkmans and cameras. The UM3 has 50% more power compared to the companys Nippo brand and has a longer shelf life of 24 months. The UM1 mega cells find application in toys and cassette recorders. The company has obtained ISO 9001 certification from TUV CERT certification body of RheinischWestfalischer TUV e.v., for design development, production and sales of Dry Cell Batteries. It is also planning to import alkaline and lithium batteries under the Panasonic brand for marketing in the country. During 200102 the Paper Seperator project was completed successfully at a cost of Rs.3.36 crores which was met out of internal accruals. This is an important component in the manufacture of UM3 batteries.The Company commissioned one more Wind Mill (1.5MW) at Tirunelveli District., Tamil Nadu at an investment of Rs.9.25 Crores in 2009. Effective from 10th April 2013, name of the Company was changed from Nippo Batteries Co. Ltd. to Indo National Ltd. The Company incorporated its wholly owned subsidiary company M/s. Helios Strategic Systems (I) Ltd (HSSIL) and through HSSIL, and through HSSIL, it acquired 44.49% equity shareholding in Kineco Limited, a company based at GOA in to defence and Aerospace business during 201516.DORCO, a new product was launched in 201920.