{"id":246325,"date":"2026-07-18T01:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/246325\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T01:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:08:09","slug":"east-penn-manufacturing-earns-national-recognition-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/246325\/","title":{"rendered":"East Penn Manufacturing earns national recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Penn Manufacturing Co. has been ranked among America\u2019s best private companies in 2026 by TIME, in collaboration with Statista.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings recognize the top private companies in the United States based on employee satisfaction and company impact, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p>East Penn, a Berks County-based manufacturer of batteries and accessories, ranked 18th among 500 companies selected, with a score of 91.74.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/07\/08\/americas-best-private-companies-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The rankings<\/a> are determined, in part, on an independent evaluation that includes employee satisfaction surveys from approximately 217,000 U.S. employees collected over a three-year period, according to the release. In addition, the assessment considers each company\u2019s impact on society, global knowledge and health, and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis recognition reflects the commitment of our employees and the values that have guided East Penn for 80 years,\u201d Pete Stanislawczyk, East Penn\u2019s chief executive officer of manufacturing, said in a statement. \u201cAs a privately held, family-owned company, we can focus on what matters most: our people, our customers, and long-term success that will benefit all those we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Lyons, East Penn Manufacturing is a leading manufacturer of lead batteries and accessories for the automotive, commercial, marine, motive power, UPS and telecommunication markets. The company employs more than 10,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East Penn Manufacturing Co. has been ranked among America\u2019s best private companies in 2026 by TIME, in collaboration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,60,182,77931,28,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-246325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-business","tag-local-news","tag-lyons","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}