BLUE BELL, Pa., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- C&D Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CHP), a leading producer and marketer of batteries, battery systems and integrated standby power systems, today announced the award of a contract to supply back-up power to the Beijing Metro as the system is expanded through the latest Lang Fang, Fang Shan, Da Xin and Yi Zhuang projects.

In this newest expansion phase, over $1 Million of high-rate uninterruptable power supply batteries will be employed to ensure that communications, security, central control and fire systems, all essential components of metro system management, will still function should a loss of main power occur in the Beijing Metro system.

Building on C&D Technologies' success as a supplier of back-up power to the Shanghai Metro system, the Beijing Metro award further establishes C&D as a supplier of choice for future metro and light rail expansion in China, and more broadly throughout Asia as governments invest heavily in transportation infrastructure for the future. The Beijing Metro is the oldest and busiest subway in China carrying over five million passengers a day, and is the second longest in China, after the Shanghai Metro system. The Beijing Metro, like the Shanghai Metro system, is expanding rapidly, and the entire network is planned to double in size by 2012.

C&D is investing in new product and manufacturing capacity for the Asian market at its state-of-the-art battery manufacturing plant in the Pudong region west of Shanghai. The plant, which was completed in early 2008 and includes world-class environmental systems, is one of the largest and most modern industrial battery manufacturing plants in the world.

"This contract award for the Beijing Metro reaffirms C&D Technologies as the energy storage system of choice for critical infrastructure applications in Asia, one of the fastest growing and most demanding markets in the world today" said Dr. Jeffrey Graves, President and CEO of C&D Technologies. Dr. Graves continued, "This flagship project will provide a showcase for other new and expanding metro and light rail systems throughout Asia as these governments continue to aggressively invest in infrastructure to support their future growth."

For additional information please contact a C&D Representative or contact C&D at 800-543-8630.

C&D Technologies, Inc.

C&D Technologies' provides power solutions and services for the telecommunications, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), switchgear and control (utility), and emerging markets. C&D Technologies engineers, manufactures, sells and services fully integrated reserve power systems for regulating and monitoring power flow and providing backup power in the event of primary power loss until the primary source can be restored. C&D Technologies' unique ability to offer complete systems, designed and produced to high technical standards, sets it apart from its competition. C&D Technologies is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA. For more information about C&D Technologies, visit http://www.cdtechno.com.

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SOURCE C&D Technologies, Inc.