Powertex Limited, Blantyre Branch

Powertex Limited, Blantyre Branch is a battery shop in central Blantyre, Malawi, run by Powertex Limited, a Malawian importer and distributor of batteries and solar equipment. The company's website gives the branch's location as Claim Building on Glyn Jones Road, opposite Metro. The company's contact page lists five branches: this one; a shop on Churchill Road in Limbe; two outlets in Lilongwe, at the Simso filling station in Area 13 and by the Total filling station opposite Nissan Malawi in Area 4; and one at the Total filling station next to KIPS in Zomba. It also names certified dealers in Nchalo, Chikwawa, Limbe, Blantyre, Zomba, Balaka, Mzuzu, Mwanza, Ntcheu, Dedza and Mangochi. Powertex Limited was established in October 2013. It describes its core business as the importation and distribution of industrial and automotive batteries under the PowerStart brand. According to the company: - its car batteries come in JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) and DIN (German standard) types, including maintenance-free versions - its industrial range covers UPS, forklift, traction, telecoms and standby batteries - its solar division sells panels, inverters and other solar equipment, singly or as systems, for home or industrial use, as back-up power or full solar installations The company's battery disposal guidelines ask customers not to dump dead batteries in rivers or on abandoned land, and offer a 10% discount when an old battery is handed in against a new one. Blantyre is Malawi's main commercial and industrial city. It grew from a Church of Scotland mission founded in 1876 and named after David Livingstone's birthplace in Scotland, and it was joined with neighbouring Limbe as a single municipality in 1956. The branch's number, as given on the company's website, is +265 887 626 530; the company's main line is +265 883 742 305 and its email address powertexmw@gmail.com. Prices and the stock held at the branch have not been published online.

Claim Building, Glyn Jones Road, Blantyre, Malawi
Blantyre

Opposite Metro

15°47′16″S 35°0′33″E