Southern Batteries Pvt. Ltd was established in the year 1980 by Late Sri S R Pillai, a visionary who was able to foresee the surging secondary storage power requirement in the coming decades. Southern Batteries is engaged in the manufacture of Lead Acid Tubular Batteries, Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) Batteries, Flat Plate Batteries, Traction Batteries and Automotive Batteries under the brand name Hi-Power.