YEAR BY YEAR INC.

Company Description

YEAR BY YEAR INC. / MANADA Since 1975 A manufacturing & trading company. 1980 Developed Video/Camcorder Accessories division and registered its own brand "MANADA". 1985 Set up battery division, firstly developed and made camcorder battery (Model No. V-0501, 12V-2300mAh) as a pioneer in Taiwan. 1988 Set up assembly operation factory. 1989 Set up the first battery plant, specialized in the manufacturing of Camcorder / Video Batteries, Rechargeable Sealed Lead- Acid batteries for Full-size VHS, VHS-C and 8mm. Became a supplier of Gates Energy Products, U.S.A. / MILLENNIUM for Full-size VHS Camcorder Batteries (V-0501, V-0508, V-0515 and V-0567). 1993 Became a supplier of THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS / RCA for Full-size VHS Camcorder Batteries. 1994 Became a supplier of EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. / ENERGIZER (Transferred from GATES / MILLENNIUM). 1995 Set up the second battery plant – Manada Battery Mfg. Corp. as a main battery producer and R & D division of batteries for Camcorders, Cellular-phones, Cordless Phones and others 1996 ISO 9002 approved in September. Set up " Top Charge Program / Warehouse in San Diego, U.S.A. to offer best service for customers. 1997 Developing OEM / ODM business. 1998 OEM / ODM for TCE / RCA BP200SP 12V-4.5Ah Cordless Speaker Battery. ODM for LENMAR ' Pocketable' Travel Charger for Li-ion batteries (Model No. 7218 / OmniSource Traveler II) as an exclusive item. Developing the “Digital Power”Universal Battery Pack for most popular Digital Still Cameras of Today's market to get up to Hundreds / Thousands shots. 1999 Developed High Capacity, "4-in-1" type, Universal Battery Pack, 6V-3800mAh NiMH for TCE/ RCA. Became a supplier of Saft America, Inc. for Universal Battery Chargers / Dischargers. 2002 Became a supplier of Hitachi / Japan.