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Exide Batteries 91,000sq ft distribution centre in Pontypool closed around 2002 with the loss of 170 jobs,
Exide was founded by W.W. Gibbs in 1888 and was then called Electric Storage Battery Company. Gibbs purchased the ideas and patents of inventor Clement Payen to make the storage battery a commercial product. Gibbs targeted electric lighting companies so they could use the storage batteries to provide services to their customers
In 1900, the company developed a product of greater capacity and less weight for elecric taxicabs. This battery was the first to bear the name Exide, short for "Excellent Oxide"
Exide entered the dry-cell battery industry in 1957 when it acquired the Ray-O-Vac Company, then the second largest producer of dry-cell batteries in the US. Following the acquisition of the Wisconsin Battery Company, Exide started producing motorcycle and specialty batteries
In 1987, it acquired General Battery Corporation and in 2000 Exide acquired GNB Technologies, a leading North American supplier of automotive batteries, Two years later Exide filed for bankruptcy after compiling a debt of $2.5 billion as a result of the recent acquisitions.
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Exide Batteries 91,000sq ft distribution centre in Pontypool closed around 2002 with the loss of 170 jobs,
Exide was founded by W.W. Gibbs in 1888 and was then called Electric Storage Battery Company. Gibbs purchased the ideas and patents of inventor Clement Payen to make the storage battery a commercial product. Gibbs targeted electric lighting companies so they could use the storage batteries to provide services to their customers
In 1900, the company developed a product of greater capacity and less weight for elecric taxicabs. This battery was the first to bear the name Exide, short for "Excellent Oxide"
Exide entered the dry-cell battery industry in 1957 when it acquired the Ray-O-Vac Company, then the second largest producer of dry-cell batteries in the US. Following the acquisition of the Wisconsin Battery Company, Exide started producing motorcycle and specialty batteries
In 1987, it acquired General Battery Corporation and in 2000 Exide acquired GNB Technologies, a leading North American supplier of automotive batteries, Two years later Exide filed for bankruptcy after compiling a debt of $2.5 billion as a result of the recent acquisitions.
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