From the JCI web site:
"The wound cell technology of OPTIMAŽ Batteries was first used in 1969 for the US space programme to power the Lunar Rover. In 1972 this technology was bought by Gates Rubber, and in 1983 the firm began to develop it for automotive applications. The Gylling Group of Scandinavia bought OPTIMAŽ in 1994, opening a factory a year later in Colorado. In 2000 OPTIMAŽ was acquired by Johnson Controls. In 2007 JCI laid the foundation stone for a new production site in Monterrey, Mexico, enabling it to keep pace with global demand." Guess when the quality toilet flushed?

A friend who does battery chemistry says that lead purity is everything....the USA sends batteries to China because their lead is crap.....sounds like Autoloc could be in the Chinese battery business......