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.

Leoch announced the operation of two new manufacturing facilities at the beginning of 2019.

The state-of-the-art Lithium-Ion factory in Anhui province of China, covers an area of 1.5mil. sq.m with 3 production lines. The investment exceeds 172mil. US$ and the annual production capacity reaches 4GWH/year.

The Vietnam factory, an investment of 100mil. US$, has 9 production lines for industrial, automotive and motive power batteries and an annual production capacity of 2.15GWH/year.

Leoch expands into Spain and Portugal by acquiring Madrid-based Meibat SL. distribution business to establish the new LEOCH IBERIA SL company.