NorthStar Battery Company

The Northstar Battery Company specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced VRLA batteries for telecommunications applications. It has the secure backing of Newcastle Industries with net assets exceeding $160m and operates a $40m world-class manufacturing facility in Springfield, Missouri, USA. The company’s standardisation on the Gates battery technology ensures a product with high volumetric power density, rapid recharge, and high cycling ability combined with excellent float performance. The high level of automation in the production lines ensures repetitive manufacturing standards resulting in reliable long life products across large production runs. Strict adherence to the North American environmental standards is exemplified in the design of their modern plant with fully enclosed water and air cycles to contain the potentially toxic production processes inherent in lead production.