Battery-Biz CEO Named One of Dealerscope Magazines Top 40 Under 40

Battery-Biz CEO Named One of Dealerscope Magazines Top 40 Under 40 in the consumer electronics industry.

Newbury Park, CA July 21, 2004 -- Ophir Marish, CEO of Battery-Biz, was named one of Dealerscope Magazines Top 40 Under 40. This recognition was awarded to the consumer electronics industrys best and brightest under the age of 40 and was featured on the cover of the June edition of Dealerscope.

Marish, 32, started working at Battery-Biz in the shipping department and as a customer service representative in the family owned business at age 17. Since then he has moved up the corporate ladder and cultivated the business into a multi-million dollar company that is the leading manufacturer and distributor of third-party brand rechargeable batteries. My favorite business achievement has been building a superb team of people and watching Battery-Biz grow from a small, garage-based business to a great company, says Marish.

Battery-Biz sells all of its products under the Hi-Capacity brand name and has a B2B customer base of over 20,000 resellers. Battery-Biz also does private labeling for HP/Compaq and MPC, and has been named the exclusive Tier Two distributor for Duracell-brand rechargeable camcorder and digital camera batteries.

About Battery-Biz Inc.
Battery-Biz was established in 1988 and is an original equipment manufacturer of rechargeable batteries in Newbury Park, CA. Battery-Biz has distributors worldwide and sells their products under the Hi-Capacity brand name. The Hi-Capacity line includes batteries, adapters and chargers for laptops, camcorders, digital cameras, cell phones, cordless phones, PDAs, UPS devices and power tools.

For more information about Battery-Biz and Hi-Capacity please visit our websites at http://www.Battery-Biz.com and http://www.Hi-Capacity.com, or contact Jessie Taxe, Director of Marketing, (805) 277-4133.

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