Year: 2002
Announcing East Penn’s Expanded Web Site
October 28, 2002East Penn Manufacturing introduces an updated and expanded web site highlighting the company’s products and capabilities. The address of the site is www.eastpenn-deka.com and also for the first time at www.dekabatteries.com. This new interactive site allows the user to easily…
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East Penn Introduces New Deka Unigy Battery
October 14, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. introduces the new 12AVR-150ET. This new front access 12-volt battery is rated at 150 A.H. at the 8-hour rate to 1.75 final volts per cell. The new 150ET utilizes space saving absorbed glass mat (AGM)…
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East Penn Manufacturing Introduces the New Deka Powr Mate™ Battery
July 23, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Company Inc. announces the release of the new Powr Mate™ battery. The Powr Mate™ uses four heavy-duty deep cycle golf car type batteries, in series to provide a 24 volt unit which has an on-board, capacity-matched charger….
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East Penn Receives Freightliner’s Masters of Quality Supplier Award
East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. proudly accepted the Masters of Quality Supplier award given by Freightliner Corporation of Portland, OR, on April 24, 2002. East Penn has received the Masters of Quality Supplier award in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001….
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East Penn Announces the Release of OEM-Style “Exact Fit” Battery Cables
July 22, 2002East Penn Manufacturing recently introduced 20 new OEM-Style “Exact Fit” battery cables with quality construction and superior performance. These cables eliminate the need for cutting, stripping, and crimping and are ready to install straight from the package. The “Exact Fit”…
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East Penn Manufacturing Introduces the Deka Valve-Regulated Battery Series
July 10, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Company recently announced the release of the Deka Valve-Regulated (VR) Battery Series in 125, 250, and 375 ampere hour capacities in two or four volt configurations. There are four batteries in this series 2AVR250E, 2AVR375E, 4AVR125E and…
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East Penn & Banner GmbH Announce Joint Venture
July 9, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Company of Lyon Station, PA USA and Banner GmbH of Linz, Austria have announced the formation of a joint venture company: Banner/East Penn Battery Services GmbH. The primary purpose of this new joint venture company, located in…
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East Penn Receives Federal Mogul Award for Quality
June 24, 2002East Penn Manufacturing is proud to receive Federal Mogul Corporation’s Quality Award for 2001. For two consecutive years, Federal Mogul has presented this award and both times East Penn has been a recipient. East Penn has repeatedly met the strict…
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East Penn Names Perrini Vice President Sales, Automotive Batteries and Director Sales, Cables and Diversified Product
May 1, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Company recently announced the promotion of Glenn V. Perrini to the position of Vice President of Sales, Automotive Batteries and Director of Sales, Cables and Diversified Product. In this new capacity Mr. Perrini will increase his involvement…
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East Penn Achieves Certification for Quality and Environmental Management System Standards
April 12, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Co. is pleased to announce that in two separate audits East Penn achieved certification to three separate management system standards. On December 4-7, 2001, an audit was conducted by East Penn’s chosen registrar NQA-USA. The audit resulted…
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