East Penn isn't the original maker for Diehard batteries. I've never seen a Diehard battery made by East Penn, all the ones I've ever seen were obviously Johnson Controls batteries. EDIT: The original maker for Diehard batteries was Globe-Union, a company later purchased by Johnson Controls.
"In Cook County Circuit Court, Sears sued former employee Gary Marks of Lake Zurich, charging that he had accepted bribes to steer the DieHard contract to Exide from Johnson Controls Inc., the original manufacturer of DieHard, a brand created by Sears 35 years ago."
The tangled tale of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and defective DieHard batteries may finally be coming to a close. The Hoffman Estates-based retailer said Thursday it has agreed to pay the federal govern…
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