As rising lead prices add pressure to battery manufacturers, last week Exide Industries announced price increases of between 7.5 and 10 per cent in India.
Exide, India's biggest battery maker, increased prices by 5-6 percent in January and by a similar degree in April and June. Rival Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. also raised prices by 6 percent in April.
According to the Business Journal of Milwaukee Johnson Controls has announced a preliminary agreement to with Fengfan Ltd to manufacture, sell and service lead-acid starter batterises in China.
Earlier today I received an email from Matthew Beecham (one of just-auto's research authors). He pointed out a newly discovered site with lots of info on car batteries - and all things "green". With this one of the hot issues of the moment, here is the link.
Thanks Matthew.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/batteries/index.html
