Nexergy Managers Earn Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

August 6, 2007

Company Drives Business Improvement with Commitment to Better Value
(Columbus, OH) – Nexergy, a leading designer, integrator, and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers, announced today that two of its manufacturing and quality engineers have earned the Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. These engineers have demonstrated, both by passing an examination and by completing a successful improvement project, that they possess the level of knowledge and experience to be awarded the Black Belt designation. The Six Sigma program originally was created at Motorola to dramatically improve processes by using data and statistical analysis to systematically eliminate defects and improve overall business performance.

Jon Krug, Quality Manager

Mitch Matheny, Mfg Engineer

Jon Krug, quality manager and senior manufacturing engineer for Nexergy, completed his Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Mitch Matheny, who was hired this summer by Nexergy as manufacturing engineer, earned his certification prior to joining the company. Both participated in the rigorous Six Sigma education process that includes many hours of classroom training as well as work on an applied project.

“This demonstrates our company’s commitment to continual improvement,” Phil Glandon, Nexergy’s president and chief executive officer, stated. “We look to Jon and Mitch to help implement Six Sigma methods in all areas of our business as we work to bring better value to our customers and help them dramatically improve their competitive positions.”

“Nexergy’s products are used to power portable electronic devices that are often critical to a person’s health, safety, and well being, so it’s extremely important that we supply battery packs and chargers that are of unquestioned quality and reliability” Glandon continued. “In addition, our customers compete in a global economy, so we must continually improve our processes to deliver products with better value.”

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About Nexergy: With more than 20 years of experience, Nexergy is a leading designer, integrator and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers that enable electronic products to be more dependable, smaller, lighter, and longer-running.

Nexergy is based in Columbus, OH (USA), and operates additional design and assembly centers in Gainesville, GA and Escondido, CA. Through its strong international partnerships, the company also manufactures product in the Asia/Pacific region. Nexergy is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. For more information, please visit www.nexergy.com.