A method of manufacturing a battery plate grid includes the steps of applying a layer of conductive material onto a mould, inserting a conductive battery plate lug having an extension integral therewith into the mould, filling the remainder of the mould with particles of a sinterable, thermo-plastic synthetic resin material, heating the synthetic resin material until the resin is fully sintered, the extension of the lug thereby being trapped by the sintered resin and the conductive material from the mould thereby becoming firmly adhered to the lower surface of the sintered resin as a continuous, conducting layer, cooling the sintered resin until it hardens, and then removing the resultant grid from the mould.