Yuasa (GS Yuasa Corporation) is created in 2004 by the merger of Yuasa Corporation and Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd., but its history dates back more than a century.
In 1909, Shichizaemon Yuasa establishes Yuasa Iron Works to modernize the family business, founded in 1666 as a coal trading company.
In 1915 Yuasa Battery Manufacturing is created within the Yuasa Iron Works in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan; starting with the production of accumulators.
Yuasa is one of the world's largest manufacturers of lead-acid and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.
For more than 30 years, GS Yuasa Battery Europe Ltd has been Europe's leading battery supplier and the number one choice for quality, performance and reliability.
GS Yuasa Battery Europe Ltd consists of five sales offices (Swindon, Milan, Lyon, Madrid and Dusseldorf) and a battery factory in Ebbw Vale, UK, Yuasa supplies the European markets with a wide range of high-quality batteries and accessories.
