12744 SAN FERNANDO RD SYLMAR, CA 91342 Get Directions
12744 SAN FERNANDO RD SYLMAR, CA 91342 Get Directions
Quallion has the broadest and deepest understanding of lithium ion chemistry among US-based companies. Quallion’s CEO and CTO, Dr. Tsukamoto, has been researching lithium ion batteries for over 30 years and is acknowledged worldwide as one of the leading experts on lithium ion battery technology. As the former head of Research and Development at JSB, he was responsible for developing and setting up JSB’s lithium ion battery operations. When he came to the US to establish Quallion, he brought with him from Japan material scientists, battery, manufacturing and process engineers and procurement specialists, all from the lithium ion battery industry.
Leveraging this expertise in lithium ion batteries, Quallion’s has built an intellectual portfolio of enabling technologies that competitors cannot offer including its patented 5A2 Chemistry that exhibits de minimis self discharge and calendar fade, Zero-Volt™ and SaFE-LYTE™ battery technologies.
Quallion is a Delaware LLC. Approximately 85% of the corporation is owned by Alfred E. Mann, a United States citizen. The remaining 15% is owned by Boston Scientific, a US-based company. A limited number of shareholders (US citizens) possess de minimus interests totaling less than 1% of total outstanding shares. Quallion facilities are based in Sylmar, CA, an industrial area outside Los Angeles. Mr. Mann is the sole owner of the buildings and real estate leased by Quallion. Quallion’s manufacturing plant and research facilities currently occupy approximately 47,000 sq. ft., and the company has an option to rent an additional 200,000 sq. ft. in the same compound.
Quallion is advantaged with regard to USG contracting because we design and produce our cells and batteries in Sylmar, CA, making our company one of only two major space battery manufacturers to be truly US-owned and operated and capable of making rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Quallion is also a certified small business and a veteran-owned small business. Quallion has extensive business with the USG, including a $28M contract with the USAF and other contracts with the US Army, NASA and the MDA.
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