Polaris Battery Labs and Carestream Tollcoating Form Alliance

PORTLAND, Ore. & MEDFORD, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polaris Battery Labs, LLC, a prototyping and process development resource for lithium ion battery products, and Carestream Tollcoating, a premier provider of precision contract manufacturing coating services, are joining forces to help customers accelerate the launch of new battery materials and technologies. The collaboration leverages the capabilities of both companies for customers interested in anode and cathode electrode development and processing, as well as new separator membranes.

“Together we will serve the needs of customers from the early development phases into full production.”

Working together, Polaris and Carestream Tollcoating will help customers overcome common roadblocks to commercializing their inventions, including:

Generating samples for investors, customers and internal engineering evaluation and optimization;
Reducing time to market; and
Minimizing capital and operational risks in building battery component manufacturing facilities while gaining product and quality system approval.

The partnership will make it possible for Polaris and Carestream Tollcoating to help battery startup companies and material developers expedite the commercialization process. Polaris Labs is focused on providing lab scale electrode and cell assembly processing services and battery testing to companies developing core technical advances in lithium ion batteries. By utilizing flexible processing equipment and methods, Polaris can accelerate early optimization efforts, experiment with different formulations and create samples for testing and customer evaluation.

“The partnership between Polaris and Carestream Tollcoating makes sense because we offer complementary services,” said Doug Morris, CEO of Polaris Battery Labs. “Together we will serve the needs of customers from the early development phases into full production.”

Carestream Tollcoating provides contract coating services to aid in the development and manufacturing of novel battery components, including precision coating on foils and in casting advanced membrane materials. Carestream Tollcoating will be instrumental in bringing the new product recipes developed by Polaris to commercial scale-up and manufacturing quantities for their customers.

“Carestream Tollcoating utilizes precision coating methods and high-speed, wide web assets and technologies developed for other industries to bring high yield and cost advantages to the battery and capacitor industry,” said Rick Daniels, General Manager of Carestream Tollcoating. “We are proud to collaborate with Polaris in getting customers’ products to market quickly.”

About Polaris Battery Labs

Polaris Battery Labs is a sample making and process development lab for optimizing new advances in lithium ion batteries. Their goal is to accelerate commercialization of new technologies by offering their lab facilities, advisory services, and extensive battery expertise to developers and start up companies. For more information about Polaris, visit http://www.polarisbatterylabs.com/.

About Carestream Tollcoating

Carestream Tollcoating offers precision toll coating (contract manufacturing and development) services specializing in the application of aqueous and solvent coatings on flexible substrates for display component, battery component, membrane, medical device, inkjet and other imaging products, OLED and other lighting components, nanocoatings, and other advanced materials. Carestream Tollcoating’s professional staff of engineers builds on more than 100 years of coating leadership to deliver a wealth of knowledge and problem-solving expertise in precision coating applications, fluid design and preparation, converting and packaging. State-of-the-art pilot coaters also make Carestream Tollcoating an ideal partner for product development, scale-up and small volume products. For additional information, please visit http://www.tollcoating.com. Follow Carestream Tollcoating on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Tollcoating or on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/2684941.

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