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Batteries/Sales 060311
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 The outlook for the battery market should even better in 2006.
Over 128 million automotive batteries will be sold by U.S. manufacturers in 2005. The replacement market will account for over 75 percent of that total, but the fastest growth will be in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) sector. Sales of OEM batteries should rise by more than 9 percent annually through 2006, roughly double the pace expected in the replacement sector.
Rapidly evolving technologies in the consumer electronics market are putting ever-increasing power demands on today’s primary batteries. Price wars have only intensified the competitive pressures in this segment of the industry.
(Information is from “The 2005/2006 Outlook for The Battery Market” by Business Trend Analysis. For prices of the full report, see http://www.bta-ler.com.) +
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 Stationary Power market segments include: Telecommunications, UPS, Miscellaneous Standby Equipment, Security, Control and Switchgear. Motive Power market segments include: Industrial Trucks, Mining Vehicles and Railroad/Locomotives. (Chart is from the presentation, “North American Industrial Battery Forecast, given at the 117th Convention of Battery Council International, 04/2005. Special thanks to the author, Bob Cullen, of Hollingsworth & Vose Company.) +
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 Sales of batteries have turned the corner after declining for four years. There was a four percent increase from 2004 to 2005. Stronger performance is expected in 2006. Some of the companies covered in this study are Spectrum Brands, Johnson Controls, Duracell, C&D Technologies, Energizer Holdings, Ultralife Batteries, and Exide Technologies. (Information is from “The 2005/2006 Outlook for the Battery Market” by Business Trend Analysts, Inc., 08/2005. For information on the complete report, contact [email protected]) +
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