Stryten Energy Receives Rural King “Vendor of the Year” Award

Posted 9:30AM on Thursday, March 13, 2025

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 13, 2025--

Stryten Energy LLC, a U.S.-based energy storage solutions provider, has been named Vendor of the Year by Rural King, a family-owned retailer dedicated to the rural lifestyle. Rural King is a long-time customer of Stryten Energy. Stryten Energy is the exclusive provider of automotive, marine, lawn and garden and heavy-duty batteries to Rural King’s 140 retail stores in the United States.

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Pictured left to right: Steve Barbarick, Rural King CEO; Parker Domzalski, Rural King Associate Buyer; James Kellerman, Rural King Category Manager; Bill Nonnamaker, Stryten Energy Vice President of Sales, Transportation; John Lawrence, Stryten Energy Strategic Accounts Manager; Joe Dimeo, Rural King Vice President of Merchandising; Josh Gordon, Rural King Vice President of Inventory Planning & Replenishment; John Leonauskas, Rual King Executive Vice President of Merchandising; Alex Melvin, Rural King Owner & Chairman (Photo: Business Wire)

The winner of Vendor of the Year demonstrates outstanding sales performance, exceptional customer service and reliable supply. Stryten has helped Rural King grow their business and evolve consumer’s battery needs by providing high-quality and advanced battery technologies such as Enhanced Flooded Batteries (EFB).

“We are honored to be recognized by Rural King for this award,” said Bill Nonnamaker, Vice President of Transportation Sales at Stryten Energy. “This achievement reflects the hard work, dedication and collaboration of our entire team and our incredible partners. We’re excited to continue delivering excellence and innovation that Rural King has come to expect from Stryten.”

“We are proud to present Stryten Energy with the Vendor of the Year award,” said James Kellerman, Rural King Category Manager. "Our partnership with Stryten Energy, along with their dedication to excellence, has been instrumental in our success. We value their support and look forward to achieving even greater milestones together."

About Stryten Energy

Stryten Energy helps solve the world’s most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world’s most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more at stryten.com.

About Rural King

Rural King, also known as RK Holdings, LLP, is America’s Farm and Home Store, a General Merchandise Store, providing essentials to the communities they serve. More specifically, Rural King provides a broad range of necessities, essential goods, food, feed, seed and other farm and home products. Rural King planted its roots in Mattoon, Illinois in 1960. Since that time, Rural King has added over 130 stores in a thirteen-state area (Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia). The heart of Rural King is the corporate office, distribution center and flagship store, located in its city of origin, Mattoon IL. Learn more at ruralking.com.

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SOURCE: Stryten Energy LLC

PUB: 03/13/2025 09:30 AM/DISC: 03/13/2025 09:32 AM

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