Exhibit 99.1



                                                         1400 Union Meeting Road
                                                         Blue Bell, PA 19422
                                                         Phone:  215-619-2700

Stockholder Contacts:
Stephen E. Markert, Jr. of C&D: 215-619-7835
Joseph Crivelli of Gregory FCA, for C&D: 610-642-8253 Ext. 23

                              For immediate release

              C&D TECHNOLOGIES NAMES NEW POWER ELECTRONICS DIVISION
                       VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER

Blue Bell, PA--September 14, 2005--C&D Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CHP), a leading
global producer and marketer of electrical power storage and conversion products
used in  telecommunications  and industrial  applications,  today announced that
William  Bachrach,  Ph.D., has joined C&D as Vice President and General Manager,
Power Electronics Division.

Dr.  Bachrach  spent  over 10 years of his career at  General  Electric  leading
global  business teams across a number of GE's  industrial  businesses,  and was
involved in the assessment and due diligence of strategic  acquisitions for GE's
financial  business  unit.  He later  led a global  partnership  between  GE and
Toshiba  Corporation in Japan for GE's Energy Division.  Dr. Bachrach left GE in
2000 to found a company called  InphoMatch that is a global leader in the mobile
messaging  services  industry.  FORTUNE  Magazine  recently  reported  that this
company has  revenues of over  $80,000,000  for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2005, following a merger to form the new Mobile 365 Corporation.  Mobile 365 was
also recently named to FORTUNE Magazine's list of `top 25 breakout companies for
2005.'  Most  recently  Dr.  Bachrach  was the General  Manager of Products  and
Manufacturing  for a start-up  company called WAY Systems,  which is a leader in
the mobile point of sale  solutions  industry with  manufacturing  operations in
Asia.

Dr. Bachrach holds a BS in Engineering from Purdue  University,  a MS and PhD in
Physics  from  Northwestern,  and a  Masters  degree  from the  Sloan  School of
Management at MIT.

"Bill will make an  excellent  addition  to the C&D  leadership  team," says Dr.
Jeffrey Graves, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. "He shares
my passion for customer focus and execution,  and has a tremendous  track record
of success in  building  high  performance  teams.  Bill's  global  mindset  and
entrepreneurial  spirit,  combined  with  the  world-class  assets  that C&D now
possesses  in  power  electronics,  will  enable  our  success  in  this  highly
competitive and fast paced industry."

Forward-looking Statements:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of
Section 27A of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and  Section  21E of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934), which are based on management's  current expectations and
are subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Words and expressions
reflecting  something  other  than  historical  fact are  intended  to  identify
forward-looking  statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such
statements.  Factors that appear with the forward-looking  statements, or in the
company's   Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  filings  (including  without
limitation  the  company's  annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2005, or the  quarterly  and current  reports filed on Form 10-Q and
Form 8-K  thereafter),  could  cause  the  company's  actual  results  to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made herein.