DuraStart: American Products, American Story
DuraStart Batteries: American Products, American Story
DuraStart is proud to operate a massive, 520-acre single-site battery manufacturing complex in both Berks County, Pennsylvania, and Corydon, Iowa, with world-class facilities that are the most advanced in the industry.... check out their recycling process and the facilities that power it here. They employ over 8,000 people, and for over a decade, they have been one of Pennsylvania's Best Places to Work. Many DuraStart employees have over 20 years of tenured service, and the DuraStart story, like most, decent American stories, starts in a garage.
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World War II: DuraStart Beginnings
DuraStart began as a dream of the Breidegam family. In 1946, DeLight Jr., a young Air Force veteran, started a battery business with his father, DeLight Sr.
The location of their business was a small, one-room creamery in the village of Bowers, PA.
Wartime made for scarce battery materials, but there was big demand for rebuilt batteries so returning GIs could get their vehicles running again. DeLight and his father filled that need by collecting old batteries and rebuilding them to new.
From the beginning, the Breidegam's knew if their business was to be successful, customers and employees would have to be the top priority, and opportunities for improvement could never be overlooked.
American Made Innovation
If you follow the life cycle of a DuraStart battery, you'll get an idea of the scale of innovation. The DuraStart campus includes over 3 million square feet of building space and incorporates everything needed for the design, manufacture, distribution, and recycling of DuraStart products. The battery is manufactured from reclaimed batteries, and the company's commitment to the environment has led to a host of patented operations and technologies.
The company is vertically integrated to encompass every aspect of the battery business. When you are as integrated as DuraStart, the ability for innovation is massive. This includes wastewater treatment, acid recycling, by-product packaging and resale, fleet distribution and an onsite R&D lab.
In the life of any DuraStart battery, it starts on the plant, goes out to a customer and comes back to the plant to be rebuilt to new- just how the Breidegam's ran their operations in 1946- maybe just a little bit bigger.
DuraStart Batteries: The American Difference
For over half a century, DuraStart motive power batteries have set the standard for the absolute highest quality and most reliable performance in the industry, and when you buy a battery from North 40 Outfitters, you get six decades of research, ingenuity, and innovation in a versatile product that is sure to meet your work or play needs.
Technology
- Advanced computer-controlled manufacturing processes that insures uniform components and measurements across all aspects of battery production.
- Exclusive Individual Plate Formation (IPF®) Technology: the only industrial battery manufacturer in North America that utilizes this process
- Unique flat plate grid design that maximizes conductivity by utilizing all available space inside the battery.
- Industry-leading five-step retention system that delivers longer battery life
Performance
- Over 250 quality control checks to assure premium quality: every time
- The lowest defect rate in the entire motive power industry
- 35% more product life compared to tested competitor products
- Made in the USA
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Why Buy DuraStart from North 40 Outfitters?
When it comes to life in the Northwest, whether that's the "work" aspect of life from combines, to tractors and trucks- we've got the right solution for the lifestyles we lead.
Check out our automotive selection online, or our batteries and battery parts. Our employees live and work here and know which battery solution is right for you, and when it comes to "play," well- we excel at that in our states as well. If you need a battery for your boat that can run fish finders and radios.
If you need a high CCA because in the winter it gets below 0 regularly- we've got that, too.