SAFT

History

Year	Detail
1918	The company was founded and began manufacturing nickel-based batteries for industries.
1924	Saft S.A shares were listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
1928	Saft was acquired by Compagnie Generale d Electricity (CGE) (later changed to Alcatel).
1949	Saft's first subsidiary was created in Belgium.
1965	The company constructed a factory in France.
1980	The company's then parent company, CGE, combined two of its subsidiaries into one as Saft Mazda.
1985	The company sold consumer battery activities to Bernard Tapie and acquired industrial battery company Wonder to focus on industrial battery solutions.
1993	The company acquired Gates Aerospace batteries, which produce batteries for satellites.
2000	The company acquired Tadiran, an Israeli manufacturer of Lithium batteries.
2005	The company became a public limited company with shares relisted on the Paris Stock Exchange.
2013	The company inaugurated a manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India, to support the local nickel-based market in power, railway, telecom, and aviation.
2016	TotalEnergies acquired the company.