Exide Technologies to Present Updated Global Identity at Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week 2003
October 31 2003 - 3:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
Exide Technologies to Present Updated Global Identity at Automotive
Aftermarket Industry Week 2003 PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 31
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exide Technologies, (BULLETIN BOARD:
EXDTQ) ( http://www.exide.com/ ), a global leader in stored
electrical-energy solutions, will have a strong presence next week
in Las Vegas at Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (AAIW) 2003,
the automotive industry's largest international aftermarket trade
gathering. AAIW is composed of two separate but related exhibitions
that run concurrently. The Aftermarket Automotive Products Expo
(AAPEX) 2003, housed at the Sands Convention Center, is the largest
automotive aftermarket trade show in the world, sponsored by the
Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) and Motor
Equipment & Manufacturers' Association (MEMA). The SEMA Show
2003, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center and sponsored by the
Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA), is the premier
automotive specialty products trade event. A third trade
organization, the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association
(AWDA), hosts supplier/buyer meetings in conjunction with the
exhibitions. A 35-member team from Exide's global Transportation
Business Group will exhibit under the powerful theme It All Starts
Here to accompany its presence at the event. Exide's futuristic
AAPEX exhibit, located on the Automotive Parkway in space #5600 on
the upper level, will feature the Company's innovation and progress
in products and aftermarket services, present the impact of
technological partnerships, as well as Exide's solid turnaround
accomplishments as the Company prepares to emerge from Chapter 11
restructuring later this year. In addition, Exide will host a press
conference to discuss significant customer wins, contract
extensions with key business partners, and the status of Chapter 11
restructuring. Exide press materials also will be available at the
Company's exhibit as well as in the AAPEX and SEMA press rooms. The
theme will be carried further at SEMA, where the Exide exhibit,
located in the Mobile Electronics section in space #20025, will
feature the leading Exide Select Orbital XCD battery as well as a
1948 Chevrolet Fleetline low rider automobile. The car, the
Lowrider Magazine "Bomb" of the year for 2002 and 2003, is equipped
with 10 Orbital XCD batteries that power the hydraulics, audio and
video systems -- showing the many uses of this
technologically-advanced battery for both audio and specialty
applications. "Exide's presence at AAIW 2003 is of threefold
importance," said David G. Enstone, Exide Technologies President -
Transportation Global Business Unit. "It positions our Company as
both the partner of choice for our aftermarket customers as well as
a systems solutions supplier on the forefront of technological
leadership. And, it presents Exide's transformation into the
unified, efficient global producer and service provider that it has
become." AAIW 2003 opens in Las Vegas on November 4 and runs
through November 7. More information is available at
http://www.aaiwshow.com/ , http://www.aapexshow.com/ ,
http://www.semashow.org/ , as well as at http://www.exide.com/ .
About Exide Technologies: Exide Technologies, with operations in 89
countries and fiscal 2003 net sales of approximately $2.4 billion,
is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid
batteries. The company's two global business groups -- industrial
energy and transportation -- provide a comprehensive range of
stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and
transportation applications. Industrial uses include network power
applications such as telecommunications systems, electric
utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and
uninterruptible power supply (UPS); and motive-power applications
for a broad range of equipment uses, including lift trucks, mining
vehicles and commercial vehicles. Transportation applications
include automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine, as
well as new technologies being developed for hybrid vehicles and
new 42-volt automotive applications. The company supplies both
aftermarket and original-equipment transportation customers.
Further information about Exide Technologies, its financial results
and other information can be found at http://www.exide.com/ .
Certain statements in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. As such, they involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results
of the company to be materially different from any results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These are
enumerated in further detail in the company's Form 10-K. MEDIA
CONTACT: Jeannine Addams or Kristin Wohlleben Tarkenton &
Addams, Inc. 404/231-1132 INVESTOR CONTACT: Doug Morris Gavin
Anderson & Company 212/515-1962 DATASOURCE: Exide Technologies
CONTACT: Media, Jeannine Addams or Kristin Wohlleben of Tarkenton
& Addams, Inc., +1-404-231-1132; or Investors, Doug Morris of
Gavin Anderson & Company, +1-212-515-1962 Web site:
http://www.aaiwshow.com/ http://www.aapexshow.com/
http://www.semashow.org/ http://www.exide.com/
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