TPPL batteries are a variant of absorbed glass mat (AGM) technology. But, whereas AGM batteries (and all other conventional lead-acid batteries) have cast lead plate grids, which conduct current into and out of the battery, and into which the active material of a battery is pasted, the TPPL batteries have plates stamped out of a roll of pure lead.

ZAF Energy Systems Inc., Columbia Falls, Mont., received a strategic investment from Wirtz Manufacturing, Port Huron, Mich., to expand ZAF’s manufacturing capacity from hundreds of batteries per month to thousands of batteries per month.

ZAF Energy Systems Inc. (ZAF), a Columbia Falls, Mont.-based developer of next-generation battery technology, opened a new production facility in Joplin, Mo.

ZAF Energy Systems Inc., Columbia Falls, Mont., introduced a new rechargeable Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery for commercial trucks, buses and defense vehicles.