The Power Company

Press conference may 20th 2010.

· The 2009/10 financial year sees Banner strengthen its market position
· Production capacity expansion
· Well-equipped for the future
· The contribution of lead-acid battery technology to hybrid vehicles

Banner Batteries looks back to a very successful financial year 2009/10 thanks to record sales of 3.8 million starter batteries. This year will see investments of EUR 15 million in additional plant and warehousing capacity. These innovations will add up to 20 per cent more production capacity, needed for AGM batteries for micro-hybrid drives. The European automotive industry is currently putting great faith in this technology helping to decrease fuel and CO2 emissions.

The 2009/10 financial year sees Banner strengthen its market position.

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Picture (from left to right): Thomas Bawart - Technical CEO, Andreas Bawart - Commercial CEO, Günther Lemmerer - Marketing and company spokesman