Brisbane-based Novonix has won Canada’s most prestigious award for new technology and innovation for its work in the field of lithium-ion battery testing and development.
Its wholly-owned subsidiary Novonix BTS was the winner of the Award for Innovation at the 17th Annual Discovery Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, beating more that 1200 other companies for the prize.
“We had an opportunity to start a business around new testing technology and have now grown to so much more with development of new equipment, cell assembly and consulting work and new materials development with the team at PUREgraphite as well as our contract research with Dr Mark Obrovac’s lab at Dalhousie University,” Novonix BTS chief executive officer Dr Chris Burns says.
Novonix managing director Phil St Baker says the recognition of the accomplishments and capabilities of the Novonix BTS team demonstrates the importance of BTS to Novonix and its anode production business PUREgraphite.
“Novonix BTS is our center of excellence which we are encouraging to continue to develop and evaluate new materials, work with major battery makers and OEMs and potentially incubate new technologies for commercialization, all while continuing to provide industry leading charger equipment to companies around the world,” he says.
Novonix is an integrated developer and supplier of high-performance materials, equipment and services for the global lithium-ion battery industry with operations in the USA and Canada and sales in 14 countries.
It is a majority-owner of the PUREgraphite battery anode material joint venture, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
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