Exide Technologies is one of the largest producers of lead acid batteries. Through its four business segments the company provides power for, auto’s, trains, boats, lift trucks, golf carts, farm vehicles and space craft.  Military uses include naval vessels, aircraft, tanks, missiles and submarines.

Exide also manufactures batteries that supply standby power to industries that require uninterrupted power sources, such as the internet, utility and telephone companies, computers and wireless communications.

Over  time, Exide Technologies has had some very interesting milestones.

In 1969 NASA’s first Luna landing module used the stored energy of Exide’s solar-recharged batteries. NASA took silver-Zinc Exide batteries to the moon on all of the Apollo space missions.

In 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, Exide supplied starter and tank batteries for the US Army.  Exide continues to provide ordnance batteries for the US Army today.

The companies’ technology advances extend from the deepest oceans to deepest space.

Exide batteries can be found providing the primary or secondary power for the submarines of virtually every navy in the free world, for NATO country tanks, for US Army’s HMMWV (HUMVEE) utility vehicle, for the space shuttle to the US Marine corps’ Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle.

In 2001, Exide Technologies announced that its advanced technology batteries would be in the X-38, the prototype for the emergency Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station.

The vehicle and its batteries must stand at the ready for as long as three years and be able to evacuate a crew of seven from the space station within three minutes.

Exide Technologies remains committed to providing advanced solutions for all applications that encompass more than batteries alone.

During 2008 Exide Technologies entered into an agreement with Ballard Power Systems to develop an on-board hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and lead acid battery energy system for the materials handling market.

The system will use Exide’s Element  valve regulated lead acid battery in conjunction with Ballard’s Mark 1020 ACS hydrogen fuel cell stack to provide on-board charging capabilities.  Exide believes that this system will significantly reduce the time necessary to recharge or switch out batteries in lift trucks used for material handling.

In addition to its role as a leader in lead acid battery manufacturing, Exide Technologies continues to be a leader in battery recycling.  More than 97% of all battery lead is recycled into secondary lead.  When this volume is compared to recycling rates of 55% of aluminium cans, 45% of newspapers, 26% of glass bottles and 26% of tyres, the numbers suggest that no other industry is as proficient at recycling its spent products.

In fact Exide Technologies is the largest recycler of lead in North America and the second largest recycler of lead in the world.

Today Exide Technologies continues to develop new innovative products and solutions to benefit its customers and the environment.