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East Penn Ranked by Forbes as one of Pennsylvania’s Best Employers
September 11, 2020East Penn is pleased to announce that the company ranks in Pennsylvania’s Best-In-State Employers for 2020 by Forbes and Statista. This new recognition takes the place of the discontinued America’s Best Large Employers recognition that the company was previously ranked…
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Following is an update on East Penn’s Ecoult Australian Division
July 28, 2020East Penn will be ceasing investment in the Australian operations of its wholly owned subsidiary, Ecoult. East Penn acquired Ecoult in May 2010. Ecoult developed battery management software and complete module solutions for custom integration into energy storage applications. These…
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New Deka® Fahrenheit® Website from East Penn Shows How to Sustainably Avoid Datacenter Downtime with Lower Upfront Cost
July 27, 2020East Penn Manufacturing, makers of Deka Fahrenheit Batteries, unveiled a new microsite (www.dekafahrenheit.com), that demonstrates the industry’s leading solution for the ever-changing datacenter market that needs scalable, sustainable, and highly dependable battery power. This solution also needs to deliver the…
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EAST PENN CANADA AND TERRAPURE WIN ENVIRONMENT + ENERGY LEADER AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRODUCT
July 22, 2020AJAX and BURLINGTON, ONT., July 21, 2020 – Terrapure Environmental® (Terrapure) and East Penn Canada today announced that they received an Environment + Energy Leader Award for Project of the Year for their closed-loop, circular-economy approach to lead battery recycling….
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East Penn Releases New Information to Help Fleets Better Match Truck Types with the Right Batteries
June 18, 2020Putting the right battery in the right application makes all the difference when it comes to uptime and fleet performance. The wrong type of batteries, or ones not equipped for the fleet’s needs, can turn routine maintenance into emergency replacements….
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EAST PENN ADDS NEW CAREER SECTION TO WEBSITE MAKING IT EASIER TO APPLY ONLINE
May 19, 2020East Penn is excited to announce a newly expanded career section. The company has made it easier than ever to apply for jobs online. Visitors to the site will have the option to view and directly apply for open jobs…
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COVID-19 – UPDATE – April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020 COVID-19 – Update – April 3, 2020 – PDF April 3, 2020 Dear Co-Workers: These have been times like none we have ever seen. The types of decisions that needed to be made, in the timeframe that we…
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COVID-19 UPDATE – April 2, 2020
April 2, 2020 COVID-19 Case Notification – April 2, 2020 – PDF April 2, 2020 Dear Employees, In order to have full transparency, we will be reporting the number of employees who have worked in our Berks and Lehigh County facilities…
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COVID-19 UPDATE – Partial Startup – PA Governor’s Orders (affecting PA only)
March 23, 2020 COVID-19 – Partial Startup – March 23, 2020 – PDF March 23, 2020 Dear Employees, Today, Governor Wolf officially approved a waiver classifying East Penn as a life-sustaining business and allowing us to operate. Since last week, a…
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COVID-19 UPDATE PA Governor’s Orders (affecting PA only)
March 20, 2020 COVID-19 – Governor Shutdown – March 19, 2020 – PDF March 19, 2020 Dear Employees, Today at 6pm, Governor Wolf called for a mandatory shutdown of “non life-sustaining” businesses. Although we are uncertain of our status as a…
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