August 1, 2009

 

H&T Waterbury, Inc. (H&T Waterbury DBA Bouffard Metal Goods) is pleased to announce that the National Energy Technology Laboratory has confirmed an award of $5 million in federal stimulus grant money under the U.S. Department of Energy Recovery Act – Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.     

 

H&T Waterbury was one of 30 successful applicants in the category of U.S. based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components.  H&T Waterbury, located in Waterbury, CT, is the headquarters of H&T Battery Components, a division of the Heitkamp & Thumann Group, a privately held company headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.  The Group employs approximately 2,000 people worldwide and has global sales of US$500 million. 

 

H&T Battery Components is the world’s largest producer of deep drawn cylindrical cans for the consumer battery industry.  H&T Waterbury operates in a 128,000 square foot plant located in Waterbury, CT employing 120 skilled employees, and did business as Bouffard Metal Goods, Inc. prior to a name change in 2006.  H&T’s total investment of US$10 million, subsidized by the US$5 million award, will be used to expand manufacturing capabilities for new battery technologies and increase employment at the Waterbury Connecticut site.  In addition to its Connecticut facility, H&T Battery Components has manufacturing plants in Germany, China and Singapore.  H&T Waterbury is proud to be a part of this rapid expansion of U.S. based battery manufacturing infrastructure.