Nanfu Battery (), full name Fujian Nanping Nanfu Battery, Co., Ltd., is a Chinese

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manufacturer and supplier. Nanfu Battery is headquartered in

Nanping Nanping; historically known as Yanping ( zh, s=延平, poj=Iân-pêng is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province of China, Province, China, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the sou ...

, Fujian province, China. Nanfu Battery holds the number one position in China's alkaline battery market with over eighty percent of the country's market share. Nanfu Battery products are also available for the American market via online sales platforms such as eBay and Amazon.

History

Fujian Nanping Nanfu Battery, Co., Ltd. was founded in 1988. The company owns over three million retail outlets in China. In August 2003,

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acquired a seventy-two percent stake in the company.

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(P&G) purchased Gillette in 2005 along with Gillette's stake in Nanfu Battery. CDH Investments then purchased P&G's 78.8 percent equity stake in Nanfu Battery in November 2014.

Products

The company's major products are alkaline battery products, including AA, AAA, D, C, and 9V batteries. The company also produces lithium batteries.

References

{{reflist 1988 establishments in China Battery manufacturers Manufacturing companies of China Companies based in Fujian Nanping