Amara Raja Group

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Amara Raja Group
Company type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded1985;40 years ago (1985)
Founder Ramachandra Naidu Galla
Headquarters,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease2.svg17,000 crore (US$2.0 billion) (2024)
Number of employees
15850 (2023)
Subsidiaries
  • Amara Raja Batteries Ltd
  • Amara Raja Electronics Ltd
  • Amara Raja Power Systems Ltd
  • Amara Raja Infra (P) Ltd
  • Mangal Industries Ltd
  • Amara Raja Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd
  • Log 9 Materials
Website www.amararaja.com

Amara Raja Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Tirupati. The group has a presence in the automotive battery business, packaged foods and beverages, electronics products manufacturing, infrastructure sector, power system production and fabrication of sheet metal products and fasteners. [1] The Amara Raja Group is known for its automotive battery brand Amaron, the second largest selling automotive battery brand in India after Exide Industries. [2]

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Amara Raja Group employs a workforce of more than 15,216 employees. Amara Raja Batteries was named on Asia's 'Best Under A Billion' 2010 list of companies compiled by Forbes magazine. [3]

History

A first generation entrepreneur, Ramachandra Naidu Galla, founded the Amara Raja Group of companies in 1985 and became the first CEO. The automotive batteries business unit commenced operations in 2001 with a joint technology venture with Johnson Controls, the world's largest manufacturer of automotive batteries. It pioneered the introduction of zero maintenance technology in India's automotive battery segment, the key differentiator in the Indian electric storage market.

The group was named after Jaydev's grandparents Amaravati and Rajagopal Naidu. [4]

Timeline

Johnson Controls Inc.

Amara Raja Giga Corridor

Amara Raja's first giga factory is a lithium-ion cell and battery pack manufacturing facility in Mahbubnagar, Telangana with Log 9 Materials as technology partner mainly for LTO and LFP batteries. [9]

Amara Raja Group of companies

Brands

Awards

Amara Raja Batteries Limited Won Innovative Product/Service (GPIPSA) 2020 award in Engineering sector for the innovation Motor Cycle Valve Regulated Lead Acid Battery punched grid with state of art manufacturing facility. [10]

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