1400 Union Meeting Road
                                                       Blue Bell, PA 19422
                                                       Phone:  215-619-2700
                                                       Fax:    215-619-7841

Contacts:
Ian Harvie of C&D: 215-619-7835
Joseph Crivelli of Gregory FCA, for C&D: 610-642-8253

                              For Immediate Release

   C&D Technologies Announces Transfer of Electronics Manufacturing Services
                                 from Celestica


Blue  Bell,  PA - April 3,  2006  -C&D  Technologies,  Inc.  (NYSE:  CHP)  today
announced  it  has  jointly  agreed  with  Celestica,   a  leading   electronics
manufacturing  services  (EMS) firm,  to terminate  the existing  Agreement  for
Manufacture  dated 30 September 2004 by which Celestica  manufactures  DC/DC and
AC/DC power supplies for C&D.

This decision has been reached in accordance with C&D's strategy of
consolidating its supply base to companies concentrating on power manufacturing.

C&D  Technologies  plans  to have  completed  the  wind  down  of  manufacturing
operations  with  Celestica  and the transfer of those  operations by the end of
September 2006.

C&D Technologies,  Inc.  provides  solutions and services for the switchgear and
control  (utility),   motive  (material   handling),   telecommunications,   and
uninterruptible  power  supply  (UPS) as well as emerging  markets such as solar
power.  C&D  Technologies  engineers,  manufactures,  sells and  services  fully
integrated  reserve power systems for regulating  and monitoring  power flow and
providing  backup  power in the event of primary  power  loss until the  primary
source can be  restored.  C&D  Technologies'  unique  ability to offer  complete
systems,  designed and produced to high technical standards,  sets it apart from
its  competition.  C&D  Technologies is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA. For more
information about C&D Technologies, visit www.cdtechno.com.

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. SOURCE: C&D Technologies, Inc.