EnerSys is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries. The Company also manufactures markets and distributes related products, such as chargers, power equipment and battery accessories, and it provides related after-market and customer-support services for industrial batteries. Industrial batteries generally are characterized as reserve power batteries or motive power batteries. Reserve power batteries are marketed and sold principally under the PowerSafe, DataSafe, Hawker, Genesis, Odyssey, Varta and Cyclon brands. The motive power batteries are marketed and sold principally under the Hawker, EnerSys- Ironclad, General Battery, Fiamm Motive Power, Uranio, Oldham and Express brands. On May 18, 2007, the Company acquired approximately a 97% interest in Energia AD, a producer of industrial batteries, located in Targovishte, Bulgaria. On January 1, 2007, the Company acquired the lead-acid battery business of Leclanche SA based in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
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