Valence Technology

Valence Technology

Infobox_Company
company_name = Valence Technology Inc.
company_
company_type = Public
foundation = 1989
location = Austin, Texas, US
key_people = Robert Kanode, CEO & President
industry = Batteries
products = Large format Lithium Phosphate Rechargeable Batteries Battery Management Systems
homepage = [http://www.valence.com/ www.valence.com]

Valence Technology, Inc. sells various types of phosphate-based lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, including N-Charge and U-Charge, and has recently introduced a new type called Epoch. [cite journal | url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?symbol=VLNC | title = Companies Section | journal = Business Week ] The Epoch power system is Valence’s third generation of lithium-ion battery, making its debut at the EVS-23 show in Anaheim in December 2007. [cite journal | url = http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/12/valence-technol.html | title = Valence Technology Premieres First Intelligent, Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery System at EVS-23 | journal = The Energy Blog December 03 2007] These batteries are intended to replace lead acid batteries.

They have many uses including in electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), wheelchairs, robotics, at sea, remote power, military, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and various other devices; and some portable electronic devices, such as a notebook computer, cell phone, and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

Founded in 1989 as a research and development company by Lev Dawson [cite journal | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_May_13/ai_85878295 | title = Valence Announces Retirement of Lev Dawson | journal = Business Wire] Valence has its headquarters in Austin, Texas, and facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mallusk, Northern Ireland, and Suzhou, China. [cite journal | url = http://www.zibb.com/all/theme/cq/Valence+Technology+Incorporated | title = Valence Technology Incorporated | journal = ZIBB] Carl E. Berg is Chairman and principal stockholder of Valence Technology and in March 2007, Robert L. Kanode was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer. [cite journal | url = http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=16823 | title = Valence Technology Appoints Robert L. Kanode as CEO and President | journal = PowerPulse.net] Valence is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Markets under the ticker symbol VLNC. [cite journal | url = http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=VLNC%60&selected=VLNC%60 | title = NASDAQ Summary Quotes | journal = NASDAQ ] The company holds an extensive, international patent portfolio of issued and pending lithium phosphate patents. [cite journal | url = http://www.valence-tech.com/technology/patents.php | title = Extensive and International Patent Portfolio | journal = Valence Web Site with links to USPTO site]

Companies deploying Valence's battery technology include Segway in their Segway Personal Transporter. [cite journal | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3864/is_200501/ai_n9476848 | title = AValence and Segway Develop Technology Program | journal = Advanced Battery Technology] [cite journal | url = http://www.segway.com/personal-transporter/lithium_ion.html | title = Technology Innovations | journal = Segway Corporate Site]

In 2004 Valence was honored as a Top 100 Innovator by Red Herring, chosen for the high-performance, safe, low-cost and environmentally friendly attributes of its energy storage solutions. [cite journal | url = http://powerelectronics.com/news/valence-top-innovator/ | title = Valence Technology Named as Top 100 Innovator| journal = Power Electronics]

See also

* Silicon Valley Leadership Group

References

External links

* [http://www.e-articles.info/e/a/title/Charging-the-Lithium-Ion-Battery/ Charging the Lithium Ion Battery] .
* [http://www.valence.com/ Valence Technology] Corporate web-site
* [http://www.valence.com/technology/safety_video.html Video of safety aspects of lithium phosphate technology compared to traditional metal-oxide battery technology]


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