We are full-out on capacity in batteries: Eveready's Amritanshu Khaitan

Eveready recorded a 234 per cent increase in profit before tax (PBT) to Rs 30.29 crore in the June quarter even as operating income fell by around 18 per cent

The country’s largest dry cell battery maker with more than 50 per cent share — Eveready Industries India — is seeing all its units working full throttle now. “All factories are operational and we are full out on capacity in batteries,” said Amritanshu Khaitan, managing director (MD), Eveready. The company has a capacity of 1.8 billion batteries a year.

It has recorded one of its best quarterly performances in the April-June period. 

This comes at a time when it is struggling with debt at the promoter level.

Eveready saw a 234 per cent increase in profit before tax (PBT) to