Investment

Manufacturing of Lead Acid Battery

Location:	Bara District, Narayani Zone Nepal
Product Capacity:	100,000 Lead Acid Batteries per Annum
Project Cost:	Rs.138.1 million
	Fixed Investment	Rs. 85.7 million
	Working Capital	Rs. 52.4 million
Annual working days:	300 days, 1 shift per day, 8 hours per shift
Market:	Domestic
Major Input Requirement per annum:
i) Raw materials:	Pure Lead Antimonial Lead Sulfuric Acid PVC Separators Poly-propylene Printed Stickers Packaging materials
ii) Utilities:	Electricity: 400 KVA Water: 10,000 liters per day LPG: 170 Kgs per day Industrial Oxygen: 70 Cylinder per month
Technology/Process:	Manufacturing process involves three basic operations, Plates and Grids manufacturing, Battery containers manufacturing, and Battery assembling.
Employment:	113 persons
Environmental Aspect:	Under Environmental Protection Act 1995 and Environmental Protection Regulation 1997, this industry require to carry out Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and /or Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies and get clearance on those studies before its establishment and operation.