Alkaline Batteries
of Redditch Worcestershire.
- 1918 The Swedish battery company Svenska Ackumulator AB Jungner started a subsidiary company in the UK under the name Batteries Ltd, using the brand name NIFE.
- 1929 Varta founded Britannia Batteries Ltd at Union Street, Redditch. This was on the site of the former BSA factory and the new company commenced making dry batteries and lead-acid batteries.
- 1933 The Chloride Electrical Storage Co acquired a controlling interest in Batteries Ltd and renamed it NIFE Batteries Ltd.
- 1936 Chloride Electrical Storage Co acquired Britannia Batteries Ltd. This gave them the Union Street premises and the Britannia and Alklum brand names.
- 1938 Name changed.
- 1947 NIFE Batteries Ltd and Britannia Batteries Ltd were merged to form Alkaline Batteries Ltd operating from the Union Street area.
- 1961 Manufacture nickel, iron and nickel cadmium alkaline accumulators, miners' electric safety lamps, emergency lighting and power equipment. 850 employees. [1]