Spectrum Brands to Increase Workforce at Rayovac Plant in Fennimore, WI

  
    
  
  
    
      Spectrum Brands, Inc., (SPC: NYSE) today announced that the Company is 
      increasing its workforce at the Rayovac manufacturing facility located 
      in Fennimore, Wisconsin. The new jobs, which will include both salaried 
      and hourly positions, are expected to increase the total number of 
      employees at the Rayovac facility to approximately 250, from 
      approximately 200 employees currently, by May 12, 2008.
    
    
      Rayovac has recently developed advanced alkaline technologies designed 
      to deliver maximum battery performance in meeting the increasing power 
      requirements of high technology devices. This technology is an outgrowth 
      of a multi-year joint research project between Rayovac and the U.S. Army’s 
      Communications - Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering 
      Center (CERDEC). The selection of the Fennimore plant was based on its 
      ability to produce higher quality batteries than many of those available 
      from China and other developing world economies.
    
    
      “Today’s 
      announcement represents an important next step in the storied 100-year 
      history of the Rayovac brand,” said David 
      Lumley, Spectrum Brands’ President, Global 
      Batteries & Personal Care. “We are 
      particularly pleased to be increasing opportunities at our Fennimore 
      facility, which will be producing among the highest quality batteries in 
      the world.”
    
    
      U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) said, “In these 
      uncertain economic times, I am encouraged and pleased to see that 
      Rayovac and Spectrum Brands are bringing new, good jobs back to 
      Fennimore. It’s yet another example of the 
      Wisconsin way of doing business – a great 
      company making the highest quality products with the highest quality 
      workers. I commend them for making this investment here in southwest 
      Wisconsin.”
    
    
      Representative Kind will be visiting the Fennimore plant today to tour 
      the facility and meet with employees.
    
    
      Information regarding all available positions at Spectrum Brands can be 
      found at www.spectrumbrands.com/careers.
    
    
      About Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    
    
      Spectrum Brands is a global consumer products company and a leading 
      supplier of batteries, portable lighting, lawn and garden products, 
      household insect control, shaving and grooming products, personal care 
      products and specialty pet supplies. Spectrum Brands' products are sold 
      by the world's top 25 retailers and are available in more than one 
      million stores in 120 countries around the world. Headquartered in 
      Atlanta, Georgia, Spectrum Brands generated net sales of $2.0 billion in 
      fiscal 2007 and has approximately 7,100 employees worldwide. The 
      company's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 
      SPC.