CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) issued the following statement from Robert B. Toth, President and Chief Executive Officer: "Typically, the company does not comment on industry news. Polypore has no new news to report. We remain confident in the premises used to justify the lithium batte...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) announced today that the time of its presentation to the investment community at the 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York has been changed to 4:10 pm ET on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, to accommodate a Needham request. A link to the webcast a...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) announced today it will make a presentation to the investment community at 9:30 am CT on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at the Robert W. Baird 2011 Industrial Conference in Chicago, Illinois. A link to the webcast and a copy of the Company's presentation wil...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) will release its third quarter 2011 financial results after U.S. markets close on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Robert Toth, President and CEO, and Lynn Amos, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to review and discuss those results beginning...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) today announced that it has approved additional capital expenditures of approximately $105 million to expand its lithium-ion battery separator capacity for Electric Drive Vehicles ("EDVs"). This expansion is expected to be at the Company's facility in Concord...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 11, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) today announced that David A. Roberts has joined the Board of Directors, replacing David A. Barr from Warburg Pincus LLC. Mr. Roberts will serve on the Company's Compensation Committee and its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Roberts is ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 12, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) announced today it will make a presentation to the investment community at 11:00 am ET on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at the 2nd Annual Needham and Company's Cleantech Conference in New York. A link to the webcast and a copy of the Company's presentation will b...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) will release its first quarter 2011 financial results after U.S. markets close on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Robert Toth, President and CEO, and Lynn Amos, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to review and discuss those results beginning at ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 17, 2011-Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE: PPO) today announced the public offering of an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock by certain selling stockholders of the Company, including Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and Warburg Pincus International Partners, L.P. ("Warburg Pincus"), and cert...

Sales increase 12% to $169.5 million Adjusted EBITDA increases 15% to $53.5 million Adjusted EPS increases 17% to $0.42 CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 23, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended January 1, 2011. Sales were $169.5 million compared wi...