Exide agrees to build water treatment plant, storage tank
Exide Technologies, the battery maker with plants in Laureldale and Muhlenberg Township, has agreed to build a 400,000-gallon storm water treatment plant and an 800,000-gallon storage tank to collect lead-tainted storm water that has been running off into an unnamed tributary of Bernhart's Creek, state officials said Friday.
Exide Technologies a leading producer and recycler of lead-acid batteries said Monday it has adopted a shareholder-rights plan to protect investors in the event of a takeover bid, but the company didn't say if it has received an offer.