Exide Technologies, is one of the world''s largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The Company''s four global business groups - Transportation North America, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy North America and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World - provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications. Transportation markets include original-equipment and aftermarket automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine applications, and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and forty two-volt automotive applications. Industrial markets include network power applications such as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic i.e. solar-power related and uninterruptible power supply, and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other commercial vehicles.