Saft is a French company involved in the design, the development and the manufacturing of batteries used in transport, industry and defense. Headquartered in France, it has an international presence.[1][4]
The company was established in 1918 and was public from 1924 to 1995 and again from 2004 to 2016 when it became a subsidiary of energy company TotalEnergies.
History
Beginnings
The Société des Accumulateurs Fixes et de Traction (Saft) was founded in 1918, mainly by Victor Hérold, which since 1913 had been manufacturing batteries for the luggage carts that were used in railway stations and for the lighting of the locomotives from the Paris-Lyon-Marseille Company (PLM).[5]