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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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East Penn Manufacturing Introduces a Premium Line of Deka AGM Power Sports Batteries
East Penn Manufacturing Co. recently introduced a premium quality line of Deka Power Sports AGM (absorbed glass mat) batteries for ATVs, snowmobiles, watercraft and motorcycles. The advanced generation AGM technology delivers superior performance, durability and life and is non-spillable and…
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East Penn Named Among Best Places to Work in PA
April 1, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc. was recently honored as one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania and the 1st Best Place to Work among manufacturing companies. The award was presented in Harrisburg on November 29. The award, created…
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East Penn Pairs with Akins Motorsports for NASCAR Busch Series
March 22, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Co. proudly announces its Associate Sponsorship in the 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division with Akins Motorsports and Great Clips car #38 driven by Christian Elder. The Great Clips car #38 uses Deka brand batteries and…
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East Penn Manufacturing Receives the 2001 CARQUEST BWP Supplier of the Year Award
March 4, 2002East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. proudly accepted the 2001 CARQUEST BWP Distributors Supplier of the Year award given at BWP’s 2002 Annual Business Conference in Tarrytown, New York on January 26, 2002. East Penn started providing CARQUEST branded batteries to…
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East Penn Manufacturing Introduces a New Deka Telecommunications, Valve-Regulated Battery line
November 15, 2001East Penn Manufacturing Company introduces the Deka pure lead, positive grid, telecommunications battery line. This 12-volt, 125 ampere-hour valve-regulated battery was specially created for applications with fluctuating temperatures, large loads, and extended back-up times. It has been successfully field-tested in…
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