EnerSys Wins Contract to Make VRLA Batteries Using Thin Plate Lead Technology

EnerSys (NYSE: ENS), the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, announced that it has received a multi-year contract award, with an estimated value of $38.5 million in the first year from the United States Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), to produce valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries using its proprietary thin plate pure lead technology.

The award is for EnerSys' Hawker Armasafe Plus batteries for use by the United States Army and Marine Corps and for EnerSys' Hawker F-16 batteries for use by the United States Navy and Air Force. The contract provides for the DLA to exercise additional equal annual options through 2014.

"EnerSys has supplied approximately one million Hawker Armasafe Plus batteries to the US military and remains a dedicated supplier to our fighting forces both at home and abroad," said John Craig, chairman, president and chief executive officer of EnerSys. "We are pleased that DLA has acknowledged our efforts to support the US military by extending our supplier relationship for several additional years."

EnerSys will continue to produce Hawker Armasafe Plus and F-16 batteries at the company's highly automated facility in Warrensburg, Missouri where batteries for the US Navy nuclear submarines are also manufactured.

"The entire EnerSys team works diligently on a daily basis to manufacture and deliver these premium products to the US military. We are constantly working with DLA to maximize customer satisfaction," remarked Sanjay Deshpande, EnerSys vice president of aerospace and defense. "Over the past several years we successfully met challenging delivery schedules in support of the United States military's worldwide operations. We continue to receive positive feedback regarding our batteries used in tactical vehicles, aircraft and submarines."

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