Exide To Supply Batteries To Goodyear Service Centers.

Exide Technologies, through an alliance with its customer, Parts Plus, will begin supplying batteries to Goodyear Service Centers.

The company signed a three-year agreement to be the primary battery supplier for the 605 Goodyear company-owned auto service centers throughout the United States.

Parts Plus and Goodyear enjoy a 20-plus year parts supply relationship, which is one of the longest in the automotive aftermarket. Goodyear Service Centers offer tires, batteries and automotive repairs backed by nationwide warranties.

Exide, which has been a supplier to Parts Plus for 13 years, will provide the private-label AutoSaver and the branded Exide NASCAR Select and Exide Select Orbital products for the program.

"This collaborative effort is significant in that it will allow all three partners to increase the speed of new product and service introductions that will benefit our customers as well as their customers," said Craig H. Muhlhauser, Chairman and CEO of Exide Technologies.