SAFT AMERICA INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

How can we help you? I’m a journalist looking for company information Saft is a battery maker like no other. From research to manufacturing and sales, we set the pace. We have some of the brightest minds working on developing and producing our batteries; around 1.5 percent of our employees have PhDs. We are a global company employing people from 49 countries.  We are a global company employing people from 49 countries; 32 percent of our workforce are women (including 23 percent of our engineers and managers). We are the producer of choice for some of the world's most demanding customers and our batteries, systems and solutions make a difference across a broad range of market sectors. Saft has always been a pioneer in the battery market. For 100 years, we have been developing new technology to give our customers ever-more reliable, economic and sustainable stored, electric energy. Looking to the future, we see demand for our products growing, driven by four major macro-economic trends: With a greater focus on sub-segments and fast-growing applications, we are better able to address specific customer needs. This isn’t just about research and development; we are also strengthening our Key Account Management to improve customer communication and achieve better results. We innovate across the company to meet the increasingly complex problems thrown up by our customers. We continue to invest in research and development, manufacturing and service, and to expand our unique portfolio of technologies. Where customers' needs are specific, we customize our technology in terms of battery performance, specific operating conditions, lifespan and lead time to bring down the total cost of ownership. We are doing everything we can to reduce the total cost of ownership for our customers by becoming even more efficient and more focused. By 2019, we will have cut the cost of raw materials by between 4 and 5 percent; reduced total manufacturing costs by between 5 and 6 percent; and improved supply-chain management to cut costs by 2 percent as a proportion of annual sales. From research to manufacturing and sales, we set the pace. We have some of the brightest minds working on developing and producing our batteries; around 1.5 percent of our employees have PhDs. We are a global company employing people from 49 countries. We are the producer of choice for some of the world's most demanding customers and our batteries, systems and solutions make a difference across a broad range of market sectors. Saft is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total. Saft's products can be found in all four corners of the world – and even in space. To the Arctic and the Sahara Desert, for NASA craft and those of the European Space Agency, we deliver high-end batteries and battery systems, and offer an end-to-end service for a huge variety of markets. Saft has a presence in 18 countries, with 30 sales offices and 14 manufacturing sites. We have more than 3,000 customers and 4,100 staff from 49 nations. Our customers come from a wide range of markets from all around the world – we are a modern, global company designing for multi-national and local industry. Franco-Swiss chemical engineer Victor Hérold founds “La Société Industrielle des Accumulateurs Alcalins” (S.I.A.A), based on Edison and Jungner technology, in Romainville, France. World War I prevents production from starting. S.I.A.A production starts. Name change to “La Société des Accumulateurs Fixes et de Traction” (S.A.F.T), which manufactures and distributes nickel-based batteries for industrial applications. Some of the first Saft batteries are used to power luggage trolleys in Paris railway stations. Cadmium Nickel Batteries established in the UK by Henry Bissell Ltd Creation of Saft America Inc., with the construction of a factory in Valdosta, Georgia Mass production of primary lithium cells (Li-SOCl2 and Li-MnO2) Acquisition of the Gould Battery Company, representing Saft’s first manufacturing capability of nickel-based portable cells in North America Sale of consumer battery activities to Bernard Tapie and acquisition of the activities of the industrial battery company Wonder Acquisition of Alcad Ltd, an international firm based in the UK and the US. Saft’s first significant entry into the American industrial standby market. Saft China created in Hong Kong and Shekou, the site of a factory. They produce and sell portable accumulators French explorer Jean-Louis Etienne and his team embark on their Transantarctica mission for seven months, powered by Saft batteries. Saft America awarded TRP funds by the US military for development of lithium-ion products Saft aquires Ferak, once part of Prague Accumulors, based in Raskovice, Czech Republic. The company has been producing nickel-based batteries since 1934 under licence from DEAC, the company that produced Thomas Edison’s first battery. Acquisition of Tadiran, an Israeli manufacturer of lithium batteries, with operations in Israel, the US and Germany. Disposal of some product lines to focus on the Lithium Thionyl Chloride technology A new technology, the Pulse Plus, introduced by Tadiran is the main reason for the rapid growth of the company Acquisition of the German company Friemann und Wolf Batterietechnik GmbH (Friwo), and the assets of Emisa and Centra, from Exide, producer of industrial nickel-based and lithium batteries for the defense industry and torpedoes. Saft becomes a Public Limited Company with shares listed on Paris Euronext Creation of joint-venture between Saft and Johnson Controls Inc. to develop, produce and sell advanced-technology batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) Saft takes control of AMCO Power Systems Ltd of Bangalore, the nickel-based battery business of Amalgamations private Ltd. The entity is called AMCO-Saft India Ltd. EADS and Saft America combine their expertise in thermal batteries via ASB to form a new subsidiary, Advanced Thermal Batteries Inc., located in Cockeysville, Maryland