Prestolite Electric Incorporated is a global manufacturer and supplier of alternators, starters, electrical equipment, and services to the transportation, industrial, military, marine, agricultural and construction industries. The company sells its products to United States defense agencies,
OEMs, and aftermarket suppliers under the Indiel, Leece-Neville, and Prestolite Electric brand names. The company operates production and engineering facilities in China, Europe and the United States. Prestolite Electric is privately owned by Broad Ocean Motors.
1990 filed bankruptcy and new entity established. The Prestolite name was taken thru the process as the name had market value
History
The Prestolite name
The following companies have been spun off under the Prestolite name and are no longer controlled by Prestolite Electric:
*Prestolite (spark plugs) "
Autolite" name sold in 1961 to the Ford Motor Company (who in turn is forced to sell it to
Bendix by the early 1970s).
*Prestolite Welding Equipment, formally
Hobart Brothers of
Troy, Ohio
Troy is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 26,305 at the 2020 census, making it Miami County's largest city and Ohio's 55th-largest. Troy lies along the Great Miami River about north of Da ...
.
*Prestolite Wire, division was sold in 1985.
*Prestolite Battery sold to
Exide
Exide was originally a brand name for batteries produced by The Electric Storage Battery Company and later became Exide Holdings, Inc. doing business as Exide Technologies, an American lead–acid battery, lead-acid batteries manufacturing com ...
in 1997.
The following Prestolite divisions were sold to
Ametek
AMETEK, Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate and global designer and manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with headquarters in the United States and over 220 sites worldwide.
The company was founded in 1 ...
in 2000:
*Prestolite Motors (specialty direct current motors).
*Prestolite Switch (instruments, switches & contactors).
*Prestolite Power (power systems & battery chargers).
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Auto parts suppliers of the United States
Motor vehicle battery manufacturers
Manufacturing companies based in Michigan
Companies based in Wayne County, Michigan
Electronics companies established in 1911
1911 establishments in Michigan
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