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Tadiran Batteries Ltd.
Esta b l i s h e d
1963
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Lithium Thionyl Chloride (3.6V) Batteries
and Rechargeable Lithium (4.0V)
Batteries
l e a d i n g e x ecu t i v es
Carina Litman V.P. & CFO
Avner Goren V.P., HR Quality Administration
Kobi Pinsky V.P., Marketing & Sales
Haim Bezalel V.P., Operations
Israel Tamir V.P., Projects
Dr. Herzel Yamin V.P., R&D
Igal Carmi
President & CEO
Member of the Board of Directors *
pa r e n t co m pa n y
Saft Group SA
T adiran Batteries Ltd. is a world leader
in the design, development, manu-
facturing and marketing of Lithium
hionyl Chloride (3.6V) batteries for industrial
applications. The company’s customer base in-
cludes some of the world’s major international
manufacturers in various industrial markets, as
well as large global component distributors and
contract manufacturers.
Advanced and High Quality Batteries
Tadiran Batteries is Israel’s sole manufacturer of
advanced batteries. Since its establishment in
1963, the company has served the local and in-
ternational markets with top-of-the-line battery
technologies such as, LithiumSulphur Dioxide,
Silver-Zinc and LithiumThionyl Chloride. Tadiran
Batteries is located at Kiryat Ekron, southeast of
Tel Aviv, with a facility for battery pack assembly
operation in Kiryat Shmona, Israel. Tadiran Bat-
teries has 100% ownership of German subsid-
iary Tadiran Batteries GmbH, which produces
and sells lithium batteries throughout Europe.
Tadiran Batteries is fully owned by Saft Group
SA, a public battery company based in France,
and traded on the Euronext Stock Exchange.
Leading-Edge Products
The company produces a wide range of lithium
batteries, from the smallest size cell of 0.5Ah
up to the largest size of 40Ah. All products are
designed to work in severe environmental con-
ditions (-40°C to 85°C) for a very long period of
time, over ten years. The company also produces
“button” batteries and designs and builds bat-
tery packs in various sizes and capabilities.
Tadiran’s batteries are manufactured to world-
class standards, utilizing the latest techniques
and quality assurance procedures, meeting
and exceeding the most demanding applica-
tion requirements. The batteries are produced
on automatic production lines and the company
deploys long term investment programs to en-
large its production capabilities, reduce costs
and cope with increasing market demands.
PulsesPlus™ – Engine for Company Growth
The need for high pulse currents combined with
long-term usage drove Tadiran’s R&D team to
develop the PulsesPlus™ technology, which
was introduced in 2000. Tadiran’s manufactured
product, which combines the primary lithium
battery with a unique Hybrid Layer Capacitor
of AA and AAA sizes, provides a wide range of
applications at the customer’s demands and is
the contributor for the company’s growth. The
company tiny size cell (AAA) with unique ca-
pabilities of pulse generation in high current,
enables the customers to down-size their own
products together with cost savings.
TLI- Lithium Batteries for Harsh
Environments
Designed specifically for long-term use in harsh
environments, TLI Series batteries represent an
important breakthrough in rechargeable lithium-
ion battery technology. The TLI batteries are the
perfect solution for: Wider operating tempera-
ture (-40°C to 85°C), ability to deliver high cur-
rent pulses (up to 5A for AA cell) and very high
number of life cycles. The TLI family is offered in
various sizes in the AA and AAA, for applications
such as: Industrial Meters, Automotive, Medical
Instrumentation, Asset Tracking, Energy Harvest-
ing, IOT and Wireless Sensors.
New Technologies
The demand for applications for very high power
batteries with long-term storage (20 years) that
can function in extreme environmental condi-
tions was the challenge for Tadiran’s R&D team
in developing a ground-breaking technology
called TLM, which addresses a wide range of
solutions in a variety of products in the military,
medical and emergency fields.
Customers & Applications
Tadiran’s major customers all over the world are
market leaders in their fields. These customers
use Tadiran’s products for a wide variety of ap-
plications such as: Electronic Toll Tags; Tire Tags;
GPS Emergency Locators; Wireless Security Sys-
tems (PIR); Asset Tracking; Sonar Buoys; Medical
Devices; Business Machines; Animal Tracking;
Law Enforcement; Military Applications; Secu-
rity/Emergencies; Utilities and Water, Gas and
Electricity Metering; Telecommunications and
E-Calls in cars.
International Marketing
The head office in Israel is responsible for
the worldwide sales and marketing activities
through the two fully owned sales and market-
ing subsidiaries in Germany and the US, and the
global sales and marketing network of distribu-
tors and agents. This structure enables Tadiran
to focus on efficient customer service, quick re-
sponse to changing demands and supporting
adequate solutions to industry trends.
Human Resources
The company’s 400 employees develop, manu-
facture, assemble and market all products. The
work force is highly experienced, skilled and
professional in the field of lithium batteries. All
the products are self-developed by Tadiran’s
R&D Department with its eleven who con-
sistently work on new products to expand the
company’s edge. The company’s modus of ope-
rando is performed through autonomous teams
applying innovative state of the art production
and quality methods and participating in prob-
lem solving as part of the drive to improve all
processes within the company.
Tadiran Batteries GmbH
Based in Germany, Tadiran Batteries GmbHman-
ufactures Lithium Thionyl Chloride cells and bat-
teries. Employing 100 workers, the company’s
main customers are in Europe’s utility metering
and wireless alarm system sectors. Established
in 1983, the company serves as a second source
to Tadiran, selling both its own product line of
batteries and Tadiran’s.
34 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd., P.O.B. 1,
Kiryat Ekron 7695001
Tel: 972-8-9444503
Fax: 972-8-9413079
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