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The History of Deka. In 1947, a new partner joined forces with the Breidegam family and a brand was born. Karl Gasche, a former associate of DeLight, Sr. teamed up with the Breidegam’s. Karl became vice president of East Penn and remained so until his retirement in 1966. In fact, the name “Deka” is a combination of “DeLight” and ...
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East Penn Manufacturing Co. | 15,247 followers on LinkedIn. A PASSION TO EMPOWER As a family-owned company, our mission is to help make lives better, one battery at a time. We are proud to have a ...
- Founding The Company After World War II
- Company Perspectives
- Ongoing Expansion: 1960–90
- Key Dates
- New Markets: 1990 and Beyond
- Further Reading
East Penn was founded by DeLight E. Breidegam, Jr., and his father, DeLight R. Breidegam, Sr. The elder Breidegam had little formal education, having left school after third grade, but he gained a practical education and became something of a jack of all trades, at one time earning his living as a farmer, salesman, painter, upholsterer, brass polis...
East Penn Manufacturing makes thousands of different sizes and types of lead-acid batteries, battery accessories, and wire & cable products for virtually any application. Since 1946, we have developed an enviable reputation for world-class quality products made in our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.
East Penn continued its geographic expansion in the 1960s. A warehouse was opened in North Carolina in 1964, and a year later four warehouses were opened in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore area. Then, in 1966 East Penn opened a new warehouse in New York. That year also saw the retirement of Karl Gasche, but while the company lost a brilliant en...
1946:
1. The company is founded by DeLight Breidegam, Sr., and DeLight Breidegam, Jr.
1947:
1. Engineer Karl Gasche joins the company.
1954:
1. Federal Battery is opened in Florida.
By the start of the 1990s East Penn was doing about $200 million in annual sales and each day its 2,000 employees produced about 20,000 car batteries and 1,400 industrial cells. By 1992 the company was producing five million batteries a year. East Penn continued to stay in the forefront of battery technology. In 1990 it introduced the Deka Dominato...
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In 2007, East Penn Manufacturing obtained a global head license to manufacture and commercialize UltraBattery technology for motive and automotive applications (in various territories) and for stationary energy storage applications (globally, outside Japan and Thailand, where Furukawa Battery is the head license holder).
Sep 26, 2022 · East Penn Manufacturing is a privately-held, family-owned company. DeLight Breidegam’s daughter, Sally (Breidegam) Miksiewicz was named CEO of East Penn Manufacturing in 2000, but passed away in ...
