C&D Technologies, Inc. (C&D Technologies) has introduced a new DYNASTY TRUE FRONT ACCESS High Rate Max battery system. The new battery system is an advanced valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) battery for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications. The new batteries combine reliability of the DYNASTY High Rate Max product line and use a TRUE front access configuration optimizing performance and reliability to provide a product that addresses UPS market.

The continued focus of UPS market on high density solutions, with greater power and lower cost of ownership, has raised the need for highly reliable, increasingly energy dense, easy to maintain, and cost efficient battery storage solutions.

These new batteries will set a new standard of performance in the industry, supporting the growth of new higher density data centers, and will be an ideal fit for locations where space is at a premium and more power is required. Under development for over two years, the company’s new DYNASTY TRUE FRONT ACCESS batteries have been designed in collaboration with the major North American UPS companies, through focused Voice of the Customer product design reviews.

Based on the positive customer feedback on the battery features and its excellent fit for UPS customer applications, C&D expects favorable market acceptance and expansion of market share in this increasingly vital portion of the UPS market. The product will be produced at the company’s facility at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and will be available for shipment in spring 2009.

Recognizable by their front terminal features (patent pending); these new DYNASTY TRUE FRONT ACCESS batteries offer customers the advantages including:

TRUE Front access terminals, ensuring system reliability and connection versatility.

TRUE High Energy Density, offering the highest energy solution in the market for its size.

TRUE Performance, 100% out of box ratings compliance at installation.

TRUE Lower Maintenance – convenient front access terminals with C&D OHMIC RIN.

The introduction of C&D’s newest products, the DYNASTY(R) TRUE FRONT ACCESS High Rate Max UPS battery further strengthens C&D’s #1 North American market share position in stationary energy storage solutions, said Jeffrey Graves, president and chief executive officer of C&D Technologies. Graves continued, We are proud to offer these new products which will address the rapidly increasing power backup needs for UPS customers, setting a new benchmark in battery performance and allowing customers to address the growing needs of higher power in the same footprint. In addition, we will use this design as a platform to more aggressively penetrate the rapidly developing markets outside of North America as we now set our sights on expanding from our market leading position in North America to become the global leader in energy storage solutions.