Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co.
Douglas Battery was founded in 1921 by G. Wilson Douglas, Sr.
Shortly thereafter Wilson’s brother, Thomas S. Douglas, Jr. joined
him in the business. The two brothers laid a strong foundation for
the future growth of the company. Integrity and hard work were the
cornerstones of that foundation.
In 1960, Douglas Battery
purchased the assets of Perkins Industrial Battery in York, PA. This
was a small manufacturer with membership in Molds, Inc., a co-op
that provided access to the parts necessary to build an industrial
battery. The equipment was moved to Winston-Salem, and for a period
of time, sat unpacked and unused. With the skill of an extraordinary
craftsman, Brooks Vogler, the first Douglas industrial battery was
built in June of 1963 and sold to Botony Mills in Thomasville, NC.
The battery was a DB6-13-360 and sold for $335.
On January
7, 1966, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company of Winston-Salem issued a
purchase order for an industrial battery and charger. This was the
first industrial battery/charger combination Douglas Battery had
ever sold. The battery was a DB6-13-72 and sold for $435. The
charger, a used Berg-Gibson model J65B, sold for $137.00. With the
confidence of that purchase, space was designated in the automotive
factory for the exclusive use of industrial battery manufacturing.
Douglas Battery Manufacturing, based in Winston-Salem, said
in January 2010 it would be going out of business. It sold its
brands and designs to EnerSys of Reading, Pa., for an undisclosed
price. It stopped making industrial batteries in March 2010,
eliminating 90 of its remaining 125 jobs. EnerSys said they would
maintain the Douglas Battery brand and designs for the line of
industrial batteries and chargers, and retain the existing sales
team, manufacturer's representatives and distributors. Douglas
Battery Manufacturing Co. President Charles T. Douglas bcame the
Douglas Battery brand's vice president of sales for EnerSys.
In June 2012, the bankruptcy of Douglas Battery Manufacturing
Co. was converted into a Chapter 7 case to try to expedite the sale
of most of its properties. The development came about two weeks
after attorneys for Lexington Road Properties Inc., then owner of
Douglas Battery Manufacturing, requesting an additional 60 days to
file a reorganization plan. Lexington Road filed the original
Chapter 11 petition Jan. 27. It was formed to own what was left of
Douglas Battery Manufacturing after the EnerSys sale.
The
company said in a filing Feb. 15 that its real property was worth
$3.94 million, primarily $1.95 million for its 73,800-square-foot
distribution center at 2955 Starlight Drive in Winston-Salem and
$1.4 million for its 45,700-square-foot headquarters and plant at
500 Battery Drive, also in the city.
The bankruptcy does not
affect Douglas Battery & Auto Care, a retail service center with
shops in Winston-Salem and Lexington.
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