EaglePicher Technologies Opens R&D Center

EaglePicher Technologies LLC has opened a dedicated R&D center in Joplin, Missouri, to expand its new technology research and enhance existing development efforts. The center employs 15 scientists and engineers and expects to double by mid-2008.

The center has focused technical resources, both manpower and equipment, dedicated to key research and development activities including engineering designs, battery electrochemistries and affiliated technologies such as energy devices for land, sea, air and space applications.

The dedicated technical team will work with project managers, engineers and quality assurance groups across EaglePicher Technologies to identify development opportunities for primary, secondary and reserve batteries, as well as energetic devices. The team will also evaluate emerging technologies such as ultracapacitators and fuel cell applications and explore the incorporation of nanotechnology and nano-materials into new and existing products.