Sepahan Battery Industrial Complex (SBIC), as the most hi-tech enterprise in automotive battery manufacturing in Iran, was founded in 1999 in a total land area of 65,000 m² with an investment in excess of 60 million USD. SBIC's annual production capacity is 5 million batteries, and it is planned to be increased further by the introduction of a number of capacity alignment activities. In 2020, SBIC expanded its product range and launched UPS and solar batteries with gel technology. The company designs and manufactures all types of batteries from 35 to 220 AH capacity for OEM and after-market applications and also EFB batteries which are used for cars with start-stop technology according to world-class standards.Moreover, SBIC is equipped to produce all battery components such as battery plates and lead oxide to support approximately one hundred percent of its production needs without relying on any external sources.