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End-user Year Quantity Value (Rs Unit Price Battery Battery sales
crore)
production (Rs crore)
Amara Raja
2007-08
2007-08
636 MT
5.28 mn. sq. m.
9.77
15.94
Rs 154/kg
Rs 30.2/sqm
4.195 million 1350
AMCO batteries 2006-07 26.27 mn. Nos. 1.57 Rs 0.6/unit 2.7 million 113.86
Tudor India 2007-08 34.56 mn. Nos. 3.73 Rs 1.08/unit 0.384 million 143
HBL Power 2007-08 1260 MT 17.78 Rs 141/kg 838 million Around Rs
Systems
AH 1000 crore
Total* Rs 48.79
Around Rs
crore**
2700 crore
Source: Capitaline
* Data on Battery separators for Exide, the largest manufacturer of batteries in India and other battery
manufacturers is not available
** The value of battery separators includes Absorbent glass mat (AGM) based separators as well as other
battery separators
Key players - Battery separators
Daramic products dominate the PE segment and the company has started operations in India. Daramic
is the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of battery separators for automotive, industrial, and
specialty applications. Daramic operates six manufacturing facilities with a combined annual capacity
of over 350 million square meters of battery separator products. The company is importing AGM
separators as of now and plans to setup a factory in India for the manufacture of these separators by
next year.
In addition, there are numerous convertors in the battery separator market concentrated in Bangalore,
Bombay, Delhi and Kolkata. These players import the AGM separators sheets/rolls and supply
separators to battery manufacturers after cutting/processing.
Market size of AGM Battery separators
Automotive batteries
The AGM glass separators are typically used in high-end passenger cars – Segments A3 (Executive),
A4 (Premium) & A5 (Luxury) and MUVs/MPVs as per SIAM classification. These vehicles account
for around 45% of all passenger cars sales. In addition, 5-6% two-wheelers also use VRLA batteries
with AGM separators. Hence, total number of VRLA automotive battery sales (OEM + replacement)
using AGM separators is around 2.9 million.
Around 0.75 sq. m. of AGM battery separator is used in an automotive battery on an average. Also,
usage of AGM separator in a two-wheeler battery is around 70-80% of the usage in car batteries (as
two-wheeler batteries are 6-9V batteries while car batteries are typically 12V batteries). Hence, total
estimated size of AGM battery separators usage in automotive segment is around 2.1 million sq. m. in
2007-08.