U.S. Battery has reached a major milestone, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Throughout the company’s history, its products have earned a reputation for quality, reliability, and performance. As a result, they have become the high standard the Global Cleaning Industry depends on.
Founded in 1926, U.S. Battery Manufacturing was one of several battery builders/assemblers located in San Diego, California. Long-time industry entrepreneur John Anderson and his partner, Cliff Richards, were in a position to acquire the company. After doing so in 1972, they relocated operations to Signal Hill, California, where U.S. Battery merged into their existing company and operated under the name Battery Plates. At that time, Anderson knew the industry was changing and growing rapidly. To remain competitive in battery manufacturing, the company focused on the deep-cycle Flooded Lead-Acid (FLA) battery market, which had the most growth potential.
This shift brought the company great success in serving markets like the floor cleaning industry, golf cars, aerial lifts, marine, and other industrial markets. The company’s deep-cycle, FLA battery products soon earned worldwide recognition for reliability and for maintaining the highest quality standards.
U.S. Battery then expanded in 1987 with a new plant in Evans, Georgia, to reach East Coast customers and a growing worldwide customer base. With production facilities across the country, the company still needed to expand and modernize. In 1989, the company built a new facility in Corona, California, which became its official headquarters. At the same time, Anderson bought out his partner, Cliff Richards. He became the sole owner of U.S. Battery Manufacturing Company as it exists today, with the next generation of family members owning the company.
U.S. Battery’s reputation continued to grow worldwide, prompting the company to build another plant in Augusta, Georgia, in 2000. This plant would also build an Oxide Mill in 2008 to create lead battery plates with higher efficiency and improved cell plate structure, for greater capacity and faster charging.
The quest to constantly improve battery design and performance was John Anderson’s main legacy at the company, and it continues today. U.S. Battery continues to explore various technologies that keep FLA batteries at the top of the list for cost-effectiveness, recyclability, and reliability. The company’s later advancements in AGM deep-cycle batteries and its investment in its Essential Li® line of Lithium-ion batteries have propelled the company into the future, carrying on Anderson’s desire for product improvement and providing customers with the best-performing battery power on the market.
