Founded in 1888, it is one of the largest lead-acid battery manufacturers in the world, with a sales volume of about 4 billion US dollars in 2008. As an industry leader in global power storage solutions, it has businesses in more than 100 countries and regions, and 43 production plants in 14 countries. ECD Asia Pacific headquarters is located in Shanghai, China, with subsidiaries or offices in 10 countries and regions including China, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, etc. and 4 home appliance pool production plants and recycling plants in Australia, New Zealand and India, with business scope throughout the Asia Pacific region.