Founded in 24 August 1894; 125 years ago in Czech Republic, Bata Limited (also known as the Bata Shoe Organization) is a multinational footwear and fashion accessory manufacturer and retailer based in Lausanne, Switzerland . A family-owned business, the company is organized into three business units: Bata, Bata Industrials and AW Lab. The company has a retail presence of over 5,300 shops in more than 70 countries and production facilities in 18 countries. Tomáš Baťa was the founder of Bata.
Bata India was incorporated as Bata Shoe Company Pvt. Ltd in 1931 and went on to become Bata India Ltd. in 1973. The Batanagar factory was the first Indian shoe manufacturing unit to receive the ISO 9001 certification in 1993.