Eveready Industries India Limited is an Indian consumer goods company best known as one of the country's largest manufacturers and distributors of dry cell batteries, flashlights and small lighting products. Headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, the company markets its products primarily under the long-established Eveready brand. It is listed on Indian stock exchanges and has manufacturing operations spread across several states in India.
| Name | Eveready Industries India Limited |
|---|---|
| Type | Public company |
| Industry | Consumer goods (batteries, lighting, electrical accessories) |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Principal brand | Eveready |
| Country | India |
The Eveready brand traces its Indian presence to the early twentieth century, when products of the American Ever Ready Company (later Union Carbide) entered the Indian market. The Indian operations were eventually carried out by a local Union Carbide subsidiary, which manufactured zinc–carbon dry cell batteries and torches that became household staples in India.
Following the divestment of Union Carbide's Indian battery business, the operations were acquired by the B. M. Khaitan group (the Williamson Magor group), bringing the business under Indian ownership. The renamed entity, Eveready Industries India Limited, continued the battery and flashlight businesses while also diversifying for a period into other product lines.
For several years the company also marketed packaged tea under brands such as Tez and Premium Gold, a legacy of its association with the tea-focused Williamson Magor group, before this business line was separated from the battery and lighting operations.
Eveready operates manufacturing units in multiple Indian states for the production of batteries, flashlights and lighting products. The company maintains an extensive distribution network reaching urban and rural retail outlets across India, and it has historically been one of the dominant players in the Indian dry cell battery market alongside competitors such as Nippo and Duracell.
The Eveready brand has long been associated with everyday household products in India, particularly the red-and-white branded torches and batteries used widely before continuous grid electrification. The company is often cited as an example of an early multinational consumer products business that transitioned to Indian ownership, and its branding and advertising have made "Eveready" a generic reference point for dry cell batteries and torches in much of India.