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EnerSys Announces Strategic Manufacturing Restructuring: Monterrey, Mexico Facility Closure and U.S. Production Expansion
READING, Pa., April 01, 2025--EnerSys (NYSE: ENS), a global leader in stored energy solutions, today announced a strategic manufacturing realignment to enhance operational efficiency and align with the accelerating market shift toward its proprietary higher performance maintenance-free battery technologies such as Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) and lithium-ion. As part of this initiative, EnerSys will close its flooded lead-acid battery manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico, and transition pr
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