AMETEK Prestolite Power celebrates its 100th year

AMETEK Prestolite Power (Booth 3674) is celebrating its 100th year of manufacturing battery chargers for the materials handling industry. Originally manufactured by the Hobart Brothers Battery Charger Division, Prestolite Power industrial battery chargers have set the industry standard worldwide since 1917.

“Since its inception, Prestolite Power has sought to provide innovative, industry-leading products that help its customers maximize productivity in their environments,” said Jim Lichtenberg, business manager. “From the beginning, when the concept of battery charging was new to the world, up until today, when battery chargers now include capabilities that never could be imagined a century ago, AMETEK Prestolite Power was and remains on the leading edge of battery charging technology.”

A unit of AMETEK, Inc., AMETEK Prestolite Power offers the industry’s broadest range of industrial motive power chargers and is the only industrial battery charger provider able to custom tailor a system that combines the full range of conventional, opportunity and rapid charging solutions.

Modex 2016 is scheduled to be held April 4-7, 2016 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Conference Center. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the material handling and logistics industry. Modern’s complete Modex coverage.