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Mathews Associates, Inc. was founded in the spring of 1980 as a limited
partnership by Herman Mathews and other former government contractors. In 1993, Dan
Perreault assumed company ownership and forged a new vision of expansion into the world
market place with emerging power technology. The company has enjoyed a 25% per year growth
rate with Dan at the helm. This growth has been due both to Dan's philosophy,
reinvestment into the company and employees alike. Quality is engrained from system
design, through manufacturing to final product delivery.
BATTERY FIRM FINDS MILITARY A GOOD SOURCE FOR BUSINESS
Battery assembling operation Mathews Associates Inc. first built a reputation for making hearty power sources for the military.
And when the U.S Army called in May 2003 seeking even more specialized batteries, the company proved it was up to the production challenge as well.
In four weeks, the operation delivered 32,000 battery systems. Military-grade batteries are more complex than the ones in your remote control. "Every piece has electronics" Phil Perreault says. The circuitry Mathews builds into its batteries help regulate the juice flowing from the power cells as well as provide safety features.
Mathews doubled its work force and ran 21/2 shifts to meet the Army's demand. Even getting the components for its military-specification batteries was a challenge. "We had to process 1 million feet of wire," says Phil Perreault, the company president.
Mathews delivered. And that work has the operation looking to expand further.
June 3rd 2003, AWARD by
General Tommy Franks of the United States Central Command.
  
BATTERY COMPANY'S BUSTLING BUSINESS SPARKS MANY MOVES
Mathews Associates gets new digs, expands international business JAN 2005
Dan Perreault has a lot to be charged up about these days. Not only did the chief executive officer of Sanford's Mathews Associates/Battery Assemblers Inc. preside over a 25 percent revenue increase in the past year to top out at nearly 20 million, he recently opened an office in Paris, started manufacturing in Algeria, joined a global partnership with British firm MIL Power Limited for the supply of military batteries & charger systems and received an export achievement certificate from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Last, but not least, Perreault is moving his employees from their cramped, 20,000-square-foot battery assembling facility on Hickman Circle to a new facility around the corner on Power Court that's almost four times bigger.
"It's giving us breathing room," Perreault says about the 78,000-square-foot building he bought on 6.2 acres. "It allows us to have a manufacturing line for each large contract."
MAI FACILITY / MANUFACTURING
 
Mathews Associates/Battery Assemblers is known primarily for the rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries it supplies to the U.S. military, as well as the military forces of other countries. While government contracts very often look for the lowest-priced supplier, Mathews builds batteries using patent-protected methods that simply don't have competition. They also supply the military with battery boxes and alarms that alert soldiers in case of chemical attacks. In addition, the company recently began offering a new service to the military that provides electronic testing for various types of batteries.
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