The Eveready Kolkata plant is located in the Kolkata Port hinterland on Transport Depot Road in the Taratola Industrial Area of western Kolkata. This is Eveready’s first modernized plant.
This Plant was set up in 1956 and commissioned as Zinc Calot Manufacturing Facility in 1957. It had the glory of having first Zinc Rolling Mill of South East Asia way back in 1957.
At a later stage in 1973, special Anti-Corrosive Non-Ferrous Alloy facilities for Batteries and Non Battery applications were installed to cater to the growing need in this area.
The Kolkata Plant has become a vibrant manufacturing location since the installation of the R&D Centre in 1997, Rechargeable Battery manufacturing facilities in 2007, CFL and LED Testing Facilities in 2011 and Luminaires R&D in 2016.