EaglePicher Technologies
EaglePicher Technologies is a leading producer of batteries and energetic devices. For more than 75 years, we have been serving the mission-critical aerospace, defense, aviation and medical battery markets. EaglePicher’s batteries are a key component of the U.S. space program; our batteries provided the emergency power that successfully brought the Apollo 13 crew home. Today, EaglePicher batteries power the International Space Station, Mars Rovers, commercial jets and helicopters, life-saving medical implants and more than 85 percent of U.S. missile platforms.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Aerospace & Air Transport - Airports
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Employees:
- 101-1000
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
From cells and batteries to complete power systems, you can trust EaglePicher’s comprehensive energy solutions to deliver power where you want it, when you need it. We bring the newest technology innovations, and we offer custom battery development. What's more, we fully support our customers — from concept through final production — through our facilities on the East and West coasts, in the Midwest and in Canada.
Whether it's our cutting-edge research on lithium ion technology or the world’s smallest implantable battery developed by our affiliate company, EaglePicher Medical Power, we continue to set new standards. With state-of-the-art equipment and ample funding in research and development, EaglePicher stays on the leading edge of battery innovation. We are the industry leaders, offering decades of expertise!
Mission, Vision & Values
EaglePicher Technologies will be the recognized leader in innovating and manufacturing power solutions — creating products of exceptional quality that provide value for our customers, superior return to our shareholders, and a great place to work for our employees.
OUR MISSION- World-class quality and customer service
- Innovation and product development to solve problems for new and existing customers
- Technology stewardship and industry leadership
- Operational excellence driving competitive advantage
- Management to grow a fiscally strong and morally responsible company
- Consistent and sustaining support for existing customers and products
- Perpetuate the company’s legacy of contributing to the human condition, exploration and ambition
- Honor, integrity and honesty
- Respect for our customers, our shareholders and for each other in the company
- Ambition to be the best operationally by perpetuating a culture of continuous improvement and highest quality
- Commitment to our company objectives
- Regard for invention and the application of innovation
- Reverence for our legacy and desire to perpetuate that heritage
- Dedication to promote a healthier planet
- Faith, family, country, community and company — we hold these in high regard and desire to build and sustain a company worthy of respect
Business Units at EaglePicher
EaglePicher Technologies offers fully integrated power system solutions to meet various applications in a range of markets. We have a rich heritage in the power industry, going all the way back to 1843. Each of our divisions has a distinct history and specialty, with each division focused on a specific group of customers, ensuring that EaglePicher meets our customers’ needs as efficiently and quickly as possible.
EaglePicher’s locations span the breadth of the country, with facilities in Rhode Island, Missouri, Kansas and California. We are headquartered in Joplin, Missouri, which is also the main manufacturing center for reserve, primary and secondary cells and batteries. Yardney has a strong heritage in space and aviation, while Lithiumstart is the center of our rapid prototyping and battery management system solutions.
Diehl & Eagle PicherDiehl & Eagle Picher GmbH – a joint venture of Diehl and EaglePicher Technologies, USA – manufactures defense battery systems. The product portfolio ranges from thermal batteries for missiles and ammunition to activatable lithium thionyl chloride batteries (fuze batteries) and battery packs for military and civilian applications.
Quality, Testing and Certifications
Mission-Critical Quality and Reliability
EaglePicher Technologies is committed to achieving the highest level of customer loyalty by delivering reliable, mission-critical battery solutions and services. We attain this through:
- Commitment to ZERO quality defects
- Uncompromising focus on process execution
- Achieving superior, measurable results through continuous improvement
QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS
At EaglePicher, our hardware production is supported by industry-leading quality systems that ensure an uncompromising focus on process execution and continuous improvement. Our systems meet or exceed all applicable industry regulatory requirements. Our defense and aerospace facilities are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified and our medical facilities are ISO 13485:2016 certified.
AS9100
This aerospace standard is based on the ISO 9001 quality system requirements. AS9100 supplements the ISO 9001 requirements with additional requirements established by the aerospace industry to meet DoD, NASA and FAA quality requirements. AS9100 is the result of an international effort to establish a single quality management system for the aerospace industry.
EAGLEPICHER'S AS9100 CERTIFICATES:
- AS9100:D and ISO 9001:2015 - Lithium ion/Crossroads - 8230 East 23rd Street, Joplin, Missouri, 64804, USA
- AS9100:D and ISO 9001:2015 - 2000 South COunty Trail, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 02818, United States
AS9100D certification denotes that EaglePicher conforms to the high quality requirements of the standard and operates in a manner that promotes continuous process improvement in the design and manufacture of specialty-purpose batteries and energetic devices for aerospace applications.
ISO 13485
ISO 13485 is an international standard that lays out the requirements for a quality management system for the medical device industry. It applies to companies that design, produce, install and service medical devices, which are defined as instruments, machines or implants that are used to treat disease or other medical conditions.
EAGLEPICHER'S ISO 13485 CERTIFICATES:
EaglePicher has met the requirements of the ISO 13485:2016 standard, indicating that we have demonstrated the success of our quality management processes. This means that we follow best practices in the development and manufacture of our batteries for implantable medical devices.
IN-HOUSE TESTING CAPABILITIES
At EaglePicher, development and production projects require diversified testing capabilities. Several test areas are equipped with state of the art systems which can accomplish most any type of environmental, chemical, electronic and dynamic testing. Eagle Picher enjoys the benefit of a dedicated Electronics Group capable of the design and fabrication of unique peripheral devices to meet constant current, constant power, and constant resistance load requirements along with very high speed data acquisition and computer controlled test systems. Eagle Picher has the resources and personnel dedicated to a wide variety of test capabilities providing the expertise required to improve product design and meet the procedural requirements of our customers.
These capabilities include:
- Vibration testing
- Shock testing
- Altitude testing
- Acceleration testing
- Temperature and humidity testing
- Li Ion conditioning
EaglePicher’s analytical labs have the capability to fully characterize materials with analytical chemistry techniques and equipment such as DSC, TGA, LFA, BET, Particle Size Analyzers, ICP-MS, MP-AES, SEM with EDS, and calorimeters. The analytical labs are responsible for testing raw, in-process, and finished materials as well as supporting failure analyses and the development of new materials. The labs are devoted to providing the most accurate test results to ensure the highest quality materials are used in EaglePicher’s batteries.