Our History

The first subsidiary of the Group, Leoch Battery Corporation, based in Los Angeles California, starts its operation.

Located in the Zhaoqing city of Guangdong province, the factory produces mainly industrial and automotive batteries with annual production capacity 3.3GVAH/year and 12 production lines.

A significant milestone in Leoch history, since the company was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
At the same year, new subsidiaries in the United Kingdom (LEOCH BATTERY UK LTD.) and Singapore (LEOCH International Holding PTE. LTD.) are founded.

Leoch goes beyond its borders for the 2nd time, introducing the new industrial plant in Hambantota province of Sri Lanka. The annual production capacity is 180MVAH/year, in a total area of 12K sq.m., and 2 production lines for industrial batteries.
Two new R&D centers are established in Anhui and Jiangsu factories. In particular, the new R&D center in Jiangsu focus on Lead Carbon battery technology development.

Leoch “lands” in the demanding EMEA region and establishes the new subsidiary to promote and strengthen its presence throughout the region.
The mother company also expands its business in the developing and promising market of India by introducing a new subsidiary as well as a new manufacturing plant for industrial and motorcycle batteries.

Having already introduced LEOCH EUROPE S.A. as the headquarters of EMEA region, 3 new subsidiaries are added to reinforce Leoch presence in Europe.
LEOCH FRANCE SAS based in Aubergenville, LEOCH NORDEUROPA GmbH based in Padeborn, Germany and LEOCH ITALY Srl. based in Bologna.

Leoch International Holdings PTE LTD, acquired a 100 per cent stake in DBS Leoch, as the company were then and became Leoch Battery UK  LTD – the UK subsidiary, joining franchises in Germany, France, Italy and Greece across Europe.

Due to the increased demand for Lithium batteries Leoch announced the operation of one new manufacturing plant located in Jiangsu China with annual production capacity at 6GWH.