Located in West Covina, California, Concorde is an offshoot of the Interspace Battery Company, formed in 1970, and specializing in the manufacture of battery plates. Battery plates manufactured by Interspace are sold to battery assemblers throughout the United States and many foreign countries.

Concorde Battery Corporation was founded in 1978 to develop and manufacture aircraft batteries for the United States Military. Since that time Concorde has provided the Department of Defense with over 90% of all their lead-acid aircraft batteries as well as many batteries for shipboard use. Over 150,000 military aircraft batteries, manufactured to rigid quality requirements, have been delivered to date. Aircraft batteries are manufactured to the requirements of Mil-B-8565 and Mil-B-83769 and are QPL listed. Concorde has qualified more types under Mil-B-8565 than any other manufacturer and is the only manufacturer qualified to produce all types under Mil-B-83769. Concorde's aircraft batteries have been adopted by the Canadian, British, Australian, and Italian air forces - among others.

Concorde's manufacturing facility is fully qualified under the FAA Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) process and manufactures a full line of batteries for commercial aviation. Original equipment batteries are supplied to Raytheon, Cessna, Fairchild, Learjet, and other airframe manufacturers. The replacement market is supplied through distributors located in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Pacific Rim.

The valve regulated aircraft battery provides the customer with a no maintenance, non-spillable, high reliability product designed to replace existing nickel-cadmium and lead-acid designs. They have been adopted in aircraft such as the Learjet, Citation, F/A-18, F-117A (Stealth), and C-130. In many of these applications, the VRB is a direct replacement for maintenance intensive, expensive nickel-cadmium batteries. The valve regulated design offers the user a tremendous improvement over flooded lead-acid in the areas of vibration resistance, shock resistance, and cold temperature performance.

Concorde valve regulated batteries of the Lifeline, Chairman, Reliant and Sun Xtender series are designed for the marine, electric wheelchair, standby power and photovoltaic industries. These battery types incorporate many of the same design and quality features contained in our aircraft batteries.

Concorde is committed to the proposition that the customer deserves the best performing and highest quality product. Our batteries are tailored to the application rather than make the designer settle for what is available. It is this commitment - to meet the needs of the customer - that sets Concorde apart.

The People -
People are the most important ingredient in the success of a company, and we are extremely fortunate to have many talented and experienced people under one roof. The management group at Concorde represents over one hundred fifty years of battery manufacturing experience. Our President, Research and Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Marketing and Sales personnel are knowledgeable, friendly, and ready to meet any challenge for superior battery technology.

The Future -
It is our belief that there is a growing need for special purpose sealed lead-acid batteries in such areas as inertial navigation systems, stand-by emergency lighting, cable television, computer back-up, and motive power to mention a few. To manufacture quality VRB batteries requires exacting knowledge, expertise, and a commitment to quality needed in few segments of the battery industry. Concorde has the knowledge, skill, people and desire to produce the finest quality batteries.

Concorde's research and development in the valve regulated lead-acid battery continues to bring considerable interest from military, marine, UPS, motive power and medical equipment manufacturers and users. Continued effort from every level of management has contributed to our growth and success.