Exide is Exclusive Supplier to Farm & Home Supply
12 April 2004 - 9:11PM
PR Newswire (US)
Exide is Exclusive Supplier to Farm & Home Supply Retailer is
Newest Exide Customer in the Mid-States Buying Group LAWRENCEVILLE,
N.J., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exide Technologies,
(BULLETIN BOARD: EXDTQ) ( http://www.exide.com/ ) a global leader
in stored electrical-energy solutions, has been named the exclusive
battery supplier to Farm & Home Supply. Exide is supplying a
complete range of batteries to all of the company's seven retail
locations in southern Illinois and northeast Missouri. Farm &
Home Supply, a family-owned business, was founded in 1960 in
Quincy, Illinois. It provides animal care supplies, automotive
products, clothing, farm supplies and sporting goods primarily to
customers in rural markets.The retailer is affiliated with
Mid-States Distributing Company, Inc., a buying organization
serving home, farm and fleet retailers. Mid- States has 52 members
with more than 500 retail locations nationwide. Exide already
supplies other Mid-States members in 20 states in the South,
Midwest, and Western U.S. Exide has begun to supply Farm & Home
Supply with a complete range of automotive, agricultural, light
truck, lawn & garden, heavy duty, motorcycle, marine and golf
car batteries under the Exide Champion(R) and NASCAR Select(R)
brands and the Mid-States Dura-Start private label. The product
line includes a wide selection of batteries to meet various climate
and performance needs as well as applications. "Exide earned the
Farm & Home Supply business through our track record of sales
and service to other Mid-States members," said David G. Enstone,
president of the Exide Technologies Global Transportation Business
Group. "With a singular focus on continuous improvement and
customer service, weare in business to help customers such as Farm
& Home Supply and other Mid-States members live up to their
customer promises." The Exide Salina, Kansas, facility, the largest
automotive battery manufacturing plant in the world, will produce
products for Farm & Home Supply. The batteries will be supplied
through Exide's distribution network in St. Louis, Missouri. About
Exide Technologies: Exide Technologies, with operations in 89
countries and fiscal 2003 net sales of approximately $2.4 billion,
is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid
batteries. The company's two global business groups -- industrial
energy and transportation -- provide a comprehensive range of
stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and
transportation applications. Industrial uses include network power
applications such as telecommunications systems, electric
utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and
uninterruptible power supply (UPS); and motive-power applications
for a broad range of equipment uses, including lift trucks, mining
vehicles and commercial vehicles. Transportation applications
include automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine, as
well as new technologies being developed for hybrid vehicles and
new 42-volt automotive applications. The company supplies both
aftermarket and original-equipment transportation customers.
Further information about Exide Technologies, its financial results
and other information can be found at http://www.exide.com/ .
Certain statements in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. As such, they involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results
of the company to be materially different from any results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These are
enumerated in further detail in the company's Form 10-K. MEDIA
CONTACT: Jeannine Addams or Kristin Wohlleben Tarkenton &
Addams, Inc. 404/231-1132 INVESTOR CONTACT: Doug Morris Gavin
Anderson & Company 212/515-1962 DATASOURCE: Exide Technologies
CONTACT: Media, Jeannine Addams or Kristin Wohlleben of Tarkenton
& Addams, Inc., +1-404-231-1132; or Investors, Doug Morris of
Gavin Anderson & Company, +1-212-515-1962 Web site:
http://www.exide.com/
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