The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells storage batteries in Japan and internationally. The company offers lead-acid storage batteries for automobiles, motorcycles, electric powered vehicles, stationary use, trains, aircrafts, portable use, ships, solar power generation system, and others. It also provides alkaline storage batteries for use in cordless type electric appliances, stationary type products, space satellites, fire alarms, aircrafts, trains, etc. In addition, the company offers power supply systems, such as DC power supply systems for the control of electric operated machinery and equipment, communications, emergency lighting, and disaster prevention instruments; switching type DC power supply systems; AC uninterruptible power supply systems; and power supply systems for gas leakage and fire alarm devices. Further, it provides other products, such as converters, automatic charge control systems, automatic charge/discharge devices, chargers for automotive and motor-cycle batteries, molded plastic products, battery testers, and magnesium air batteries. The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.