new delhi nov 6 battery manufacturer exide industries on wednesday reported a 1557 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to rs 24718 crore in the september quarter the company had posted a consolidated net profit of rs 21387 crore in the same quarter last fiscal exide industries said in a regulatory filing revenue from operations during the period under review stood at rs 377851 crore as compared to rs 363295 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal a growth of 4 per cent the company said storage batteries and allied products posted revenue of rs 269586 crore in the second quarter as against rs 278488 crore in the same quarter a year ago life insurance business recorded a revenue of rs 10753 crore as compared to rs 83354 crore in the yearago quarter commenting on the financial performance exide industries md and ceo g chatterjee said while demand of automotive batteries for oems original equipment manufacturers remains under pressure there is growth in replacement sales segment solar as well as other infrastructure segments other than telecom continued to do well during the second quarter he added the company said it is focussing on cost control and technology upgradation as strategies to improve bottomline rkl ruj ruj