Gold Peak
GP Industries Ltd. GP Batteries International Ltd.
Gold Peak is an Asian electronics company. He is known mainly sold by the same name brand among the cells and batteries.
The Gold Peak Group of Companies was founded in 1964 in Hong Kong. The Company's growth is due to the economic opening of the People's Republic of China. After the opening of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Gold Peak moved there towards the production. Since 1984 its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Gold Peak Holding owns the GP Industrial Limited, which is listed in Singapore Exchange. The GP Industrial Limited develops, manufactures and sells electronic products and is the mother of GP Batteries International Limited, the manufacturer of the batteries.
By 2002, the group employed about 15,000 people with a turnover of 5.5 billion Hong Kong dollars (about € 0.5 billion ). The group has operations in over 10 countries.
GP Industries Limited
The developed GP Industrial, produces and distributes electronic products and components. The Electronics business includes professional as well and home electronics, precision parts and components for the electronic industry, as well as Speaker of the British traditional company KEF & Celestion. Another division supplies wiring harnesses for the automotive industry. The division batteries being legally independent as GP Batteries International Limited.
GP Batteries International Limited
GP Batteries is one of the largest battery manufacturer. The product range includes standardized primary cells and batteries, as well as customized solutions. The production locations are Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and mainland China. In 1991 a conversion into a public limited company, which is listed on the Singapore Exchange.
GP Batteries has been responsible for a long time more than half of the turnover of the Gold Peak Group; In 2004 GP Battteries contributed almost 40 % of operating profit.
In 2003 it was announced that among factory workers increased cadmium levels were found in the blood. There followed a years -long battle between the workforce and the management on improved health and safety, medical monitoring and compensation.
2009 took over GP Batteries electric scooter manufacturer Vectrix.