Founding of Caro Electrical Services by Filipino Engineer Don Ramon Caro, marking the birth of the automotive lead-acid storage battery industry in the Philippines.

Birth of RAMCAR Incorporated and the advent of the first locally manufactured battery in the market under the brand name Oriental.

Introduced Motolite brand in the Philippines.

Acquisition of Leelin Battery Corporation, the second-largest battery manufacturing plant in the Philippines.

Established Lead Smelters Inc. (later Philippine Recyclers Inc).

Established Supercharge Battery Pty Ltd. to handle Ramcar’s battery distribution in the Australian market.

Acquired Estee Batteries Inc of Los Angeles, California, and renamed it as Ramcar Battery Manufacturing arm in the US.

Invested in Ramcar Technologies Inc. (self-produced molds and tooling fabrication of own equipment).

Pioneered development of maintenance-free batteries.

Merging of Ramcar Inc and C.C. Unson Inc. into “Oriental & Motolite” Corporation.

Startup of the Philippines Batteries Inc. facility, the company’s technologically advanced battery manufacturing plant.

Established Malaysian subsidiary Century-Motolite Sdn. Bhd.

Established Evergreen Environmental Resources Inc. (EERI), which handles lead smelting operations.

New overseas acquisitions: MNA Smelters Malaysia, Exide Australia, and Exide New Zealand.

Acquired Yokohama Industries Bhd, the leading lead acid battery manufacturer in Malaysia with their smelter operations

Acquired Enirgi Power Storage Australia (Recycling unit).

Started operation in India under the name Motolite Ventures India Pvt Ltd with brands Yokohama Batteries and Motolite.