Cooper Bussmann Transportation Products Appoints Battery Direct Inc. as Authorized Distributor in Canada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Calgary Alberta – AUGUST 11, 2009—Battery Direct has added the Cooper Bussmann line of circuit protection and power distribution products.  Battery Direct now offers an even more comprehensive range of transportation power monitoring and management products in Canada.

Cooper Bussmann Transportation Products (CBT) is a leading manufacturer of innovative products focused on safe and reliable power systems in transportation vehicles. Battery Direct Inc. and it’s Stored Energy Solutions Division is Canada’s leading Battery and Battery-Related Products Company. The Cooper Bussmann product portfolio now available to Battery Direct customers, further expands the breadth of power management product offered through the Stored Energy Solutions Division of Battery Direct Inc.

Cooper Bussmann Transportation products, under the Cooper Bussmann and Sure Power brand names, are categorized in three primary areas: Circuit Protection, Power Distribution, and Power Conversion, Monitoring and Management.  Products under the Cooper Bussmann brand name include automatic, manual, and switchable reset circuit breakers, fuses, fuse blocks/fuse panels and holders, power distribution panels, junction blocks, and disconnect switches used in automotive, commercial and recreational vehicles.

Cooper Bussmann plays a key role in developing custom solutions for vehicle power distribution applications. “There are more electrical configurations and power demands than ever before put on the transportation industry. With the addition of the Cooper Bussmann products we will be able to provide cutting edge circuit protection, power distribution, monitoring and management components in our Battery and DC management solutions for our customers,” says Shawn Sauer, President of Battery Direct Inc. 

About Battery Direct® Inc. Company
Battery Direct® Inc. (www.batterydirect.com) is an independent industry leader in design, manufacturing, sales and service of batteries and battery related products, headquartered in Calgary, AB, Canada. Battery Direct Inc. has a national distribution network of eighteen factory warehouses across Canada that sells and services batteries and battery related products for all major applications. Battery Direct’s® Stored Energy Solutions® division provides power management products and service to major industry, government and general consumer markets.

About Cooper Bussmann
Cooper Bussmann is a wholly owned division of Cooper Industries, Inc (NYSE: CBE) and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. With a more than 90-year history of innovation, the company has set the standard for circuit protection in the global market.

Cooper Bussmann manufactures a wide variety of North American and European-styled fuses for the electrical, electronics and transportation industries, plus inductors and transformers for power quality in electronic applications. Cooper Bussmann also offers engineering, training and testing services focused on downtime reduction, workplace safety and Code compliance.

To see the new line of products pleases visit
http://www.bussmann.com/pdf/fdee239d-3e78-4df3-832f-fea4236a26bf.pdf

Press Release Contact:
Lehann Wallace: lehann.wallace@batterydirect.com