Peaker Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of a Distribution Agreement with MLB Industrial, manufacturer of lithium-ion starting batteries designed to replace lead-acid batteries for locomotives. This agreement designates Peaker Services as the exclusive Sales and Technical/Service Support Channel for Locomotives in North America.
As part of a long tradition of supplying high quality and unique sustainable solutions for the market, Peaker will be developing locomotive installation kits for quick shop retrofits and CAN Battery Management System interfacing with a Digital Locomotive Smart Governor (DLSG), AESS and other existing on-board locomotive data capture systems.
Ian Bradbury, President and CEO of Peaker Services, Inc. said, “We are excited to bring this proven battery technology to North America and help the rail industry significantly improve locomotive idle time reduction, which will: reduce engine CO2, PM and NOx exhaust emissions; fuel consumption and locomotive battery related maintenance, while improving locomotive reliability.”
Nathan Leech, Founder and CEO of MLB Industrial added, “The proven success of our product in the Australian market to help the issues that lead based batteries pose for idle reduction systems is now available in the North American market. We couldn’t be happier to have an industry trusted companion in Peaker Services, Inc. to offer sales and integration support to our lithium starting battery technology.”