- Full Time Employees
- 259
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Electrical products
- Address
- Pazardzhik Bulgaria
- IPO Date
- Dec 5, 1997
- Business
- Elhim-Iskra JSC is a Bulgaria-based industrial manufacturing company specializing in the design, development, and production of lead-acid storage batteries and electrochemical power solutions. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, the company operates as a key subsidiary of the Bulgarian industrial conglomerate Stara Planina Hold AD. Elhim-Iskra JSC serves diverse automotive, industrial, logistics, and energy storage sectors across domestic and international markets, exporting a substantial portion of its output across the European Union, the Balkans, and neighboring regions. The company's core product and service portfolio includes lead-acid starter batteries for passenger vehicles, light commercial trucks, heavy-duty transport vehicles, buses, and agricultural machinery; industrial traction batteries and traction cells, including DIN- and BS-standard PzS and PzB series engineered for electric forklifts, reach trucks, pallet lifters, and warehouse material handling equipment; semi-traction batteries designed for floor cleaning machines, golf carts, marine vessels, and leisure utility vehicles; stationary batteries and backup energy storage cells tailored for telecommunications infrastructure, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, electrical sub-stations, and emergency safety networks; and specialized battery casings, electrolyte solutions, modular cell assemblies, and technical battery testing and maintenance services. In recent developments, Elhim-Iskra JSC has advanced significant operational modernization and sustainability programs under the strategic oversight of Stara Planina Hold AD, including capital investments in on-site photovoltaic solar power installations to optimize energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint; technological upgrades to automated plate-casting, pasting, and battery formation lines to enhance manufacturing precision and product reliability; the rollout of extended-life, low-maintenance traction battery lines to address expanding electric material handling requirements; and the ongoing adaptation of raw material procurement and production planning workflows to manage lead commodity price volatility and changing European industrial demand.