Energy Products Inc
| Wholesale Batteries, chargers, industrial utility vehicles and recycling services | |
| Founder | Kurt Smith |
| Headquarters | Madison Heights, MI, U.S. |
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| Website | energyprod |
Energy Products Inc. is a privately owned company based in Madison Heights, Michigan. They are a provider of batteries, chargers, industrial utility vehicles, scrubbers/sweepers and recycling services. They sell and maintain industrial batteries and charging systems for forklifts, material handling equipment, AGV’s and utility vehicles used primarily in manufacturing and warehousing. Energy Products is also a wholesale distributor of automotive, deep cycle and sealed lead acid batteries as well as batteries and chargers for consumer electronic devices. In 2012 Energy Products started engineering, furnishing and installing backup power systems, service testing and provides removal services for a wide range of customers including banks, hospitals, property managers and the telecommunication industry. Energy Products offers a comprehensive recycling program for all battery chemistries. In 2013 they announced they recycled over 2,000,000 pounds of batteries in 2012 for customers located throughout the United States.
Energy Products represents manufacturers East Penn/ Deka batteries, Trojan, Taylor Dunn, Club Car, Advance Scrubbers & Sweepers, Ametek and others.
The company was founded and is wholly owned by Kurt H. Smith, also the founder of Battery Giant – a retail battery store franchise.
Energy Products operates out of 5 facilities in the Midwest. Headquartered in Madison Heights, MI, they also have operations in Grand Rapids, MI, Toledo, OH, New Castle, PA and Windsor Ontario, Canada.
In August 2013, Energy Products announced the purchase of a 117,000 square foot building in Madison Heights, MI. Energy Products completed the move to their new facility in May 2014.
Energy Products was founded in 1991 and represented East Penn Manufacturing / Deka batteries, Hobart Battery Chargers and Materials Transportation Company throughout Michigan and Ohio. Their main function was designing, furnishing and installing battery rooms. They are a primary supplier to automotive companies and other large warehouses that utilize battery powered material handling equipment. In 1992, Energy Products was awarded a contract with two of the three major automotive companies based in Detroit to supply and service forklift batteries, chargers and to coordinate the battery recycling throughout the United States. As of 2013, Energy Products is still the primary supplier with two of the three automotive manufacturers and for several years was the primary supplier to all three automotive manufacturers. Energy Products services and supplies many non-automotive accounts with all there battery and charger needs as well.
In 1998, Kurt Smith co-founded Energy Products and Services (EP&S). The company, based out of the headquarters of Energy Products, focused on engineering furnish and installation of stationary UPS systems and building and maintaining the wireless infrastructure for the telecommunications industry. Customers included Nextel, Cingular, AT&T, Centennial Wireless and other wireless carriers. The company experienced rapid growth and quickly opened offices in Chicago, IL, Cleveland, OH, Atlanta, GA and Dallas, TX. Energy Products and Services sold to a group of outside investors November 2006.
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