Global Exide Technologies CEO Visits Petone Smelter

Global Exide Technologies CEO Visits Petone Smelter

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Jim Bolch, President and Chief Executive Officer for Exide Technologies, is in New Zealand for his first visit to the Exide smelter in Petone.

“I am pleased to have the opportunity to visit our New Zealand smelter and talk with our employees and those in the community,” said Bolch. “In my nearly one year with Exide, I have had the pleasure of visiting hundreds of customers, suppliers, employees, government officials, shareholders, investors and potential investors around the world and look forward to adding Lower Hutt, New Zealand, to this list.”

The Exide Petone smelter is the only spent lead-acid battery recycling smelter in New Zealand .

“We have invested in this facility to ensure it meets all of the applicable environmental standards,” Bolch said. “And we continue to focus on being good corporate citizens for our employees as well as the community in which we operate.”

During the visit, Mr. Bolch hosted Ray Wallace, Mayor of Hutt City, for a tour of the smelter. “I would like to thank Mayor Wallace for his support of the efforts we have taken in ensuring the smelter remains environmentally compliant and his support of the technologies we are using to provide this valuable recycling capability to the citizens of Lower Hutt and all of New Zealand ,” Bolch said.

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About Exide Technologies
Exide Technologies, with operations in more than 80 countries, is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The Company’s four global business groups – Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americas and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World – provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications.

Transportation markets include original-equipment and aftermarket automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine applications, and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and automotive applications. Industrial markets include network power applications such as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other commercial vehicles.

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