C&D Technologies Names New Power Electronics Division Vice President and General Manager

September 30, 2005, Tucson, Arizona - C&D Technologies (NYSE: CHP), a leading global producer and marketer of electrical power storage and conversion products used in telecommunications and industrial applications, today announced that William Bachrach, Ph.D., has joined C&D as Vice President and General Manager, Power Electronics Division.

Dr. Bachrach spent over 10 years of his career at General Electric leading global business teams across a number of GE's industrial businesses, and was involved in the assessment and due diligence of strategic acquisitions for GE's financial business unit. He later led a global partnership between GE and Toshiba Corporation in Japan for GE's Energy Division. Dr. Bachrach left GE in 2000 to found a company called InphoMatch that is a global leader in the mobile messaging services industry. FORTUNE Magazine recently reported that this company has revenues of over $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, following a merger to form the new Mobile 365 Corporation. Mobile 365 was also recently named to FORTUNE Magazine's list of "top 25 breakout companies for 2005." Most recently Dr. Bachrach was the General Manager of Products and Manufacturing for a start-up company called WAY Systems, which is a leader in the mobile point of sale solutions industry with manufacturing operations in Asia.

Dr. Bachrach holds a BS in Engineering from Purdue University, a MS and PhD in Physics from Northwestern, and a Masters degree from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

"Bill will make an excellent addition to the C&D leadership team," says Dr. Jeffrey Graves, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. "He shares my passion for customer focus and execution, and has a tremendous track record of success in building high performance teams. Bill's global mindset and entrepreneurial spirit, combined with the world-class assets that C&D now possesses in power electronics, will enable our success in this highly competitive and fast paced industry."

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Editor’s Note

C&D Technologies, Inc. is a technology company that produces and markets systems for the conversion and storage of electrical power, including telecom/industrial batteries, rectifiers and electronics. This specialised focus has established the company as a leading and valued supplier of products in two major categories - reserve power systems and electronic power supplies. Corporate headquarters are in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA and the company is traded on the NYSE under the symbol ‘CHP’.

The Power Electronics Division of C&D Technologies, Inc. has its headquarters in Tucson, Arizona, USA, with manufacturing in USA, Mexico, UK and China plus sales locations in the USA, UK, France, Germany, China and Japan. The division designs, manufactures and distributes DC/DC converters, AC/DC power supplies and magnetics, and offers these products in custom, standard and modified-standard variations. These products, which are built to exacting requirements in ISO9000:2000-approved facilities, are typically used worldwide by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) within telecommunications, computing, industrial and other high-tech applications.

In 2004 the product portfolio as well as the global design and manufacturing capabilities of the Power Electronics Division were significantly enhanced as a result of three key acquisitions.

In May 2004, C&D acquired UK-based Celab Limited, a designer and manufacturer of power conversion products for military, cable television and high-end telecommunications applications. In June 2004, the company acquired Datel, Inc., a US-based producer of medium-power DC/DC converters, data acquisition products and digital panel meters. In September, C&D completed the acquisition of CPS, the former Power Systems Division of Celestica, Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of DC/DC and AC/DC power supplies.

Further editorial information from:

Pippa Hall, Global Media Relations Manager, C&D Technologies – Power Electronics Division

Tel: +44 (0) 1908 619886 Fax: +44 (0) 1908 617545

E-mail: phall@cdtechno-ncl.com

Contact details for publication:

C&D Technologies, Inc.,

Tel: (800) 547-2537 Fax: (520) 295-4197

Product URL: www.cd4power.com

e-mail: info@cdtechno-ncl.com

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Simon Krelle, Pinnacle Marketing Communications Ltd

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September 2005 Ref. CDNCL173/A