1922
EaglePicher's first storage battery technology initiated and developed – its significance is proven in WWII when helping our troops
1941
World’s first pilot plant for Germanium separation and purification – Germanium will later become an essential ingredient in the manufacture of the world’s first transistors
1958
First time that the President’s Christmas message is transmitted from an Atlas missile orbiting the earth – and it was powered by EaglePicher batteries
1965
EaglePicher becomes the first in the diatomite industry to ship in bulk hopper cars, preventing product contamination and improving safety by eliminating potential exposure of employees to DE dust
1970
Apollo 13 is safeguarded and carried safely home thanks to EaglePicher batteries
1976
Enriched Boron available commercially for the first time—resulting in advanced shielding and reduced exposure of power plant and other workers to radioactive materials
1985
Offer both API manufacturing and radiolabeling services—delivers major step change in convenience and efficiency for pharmaceutical drug developers by offering both services in one facility
1987
EaglePicher is named as principal supplier of environmental containers for EPA’s Superfund Cleanup program—allows the EPA to accurately and consistently measure contamination, and with EaglePicher’s super-clean containers, determine when the site is environmentally safe
1990
Patriot anti-missile system and Tomahawk cruise missiles powered by EaglePicher batteries help bolster our nation’s defense system
1990
Nighttime optical devices made with EaglePicher Germanium used in aircraft and armored vehicles in Persian Gulf War—assist our troops to identify and locate appropriate targets
1996
EaglePicher sole source of solar cell substrates for Iridium constellation—application enabled voice, paging, fax, and data capabilities by using a hand-held phone and pager from virtually anywhere in the world
1998
First EaglePicher nickel-hydrogen battery mission to Mars on Mars Pathfinder— operates on the surface of Mars three times longer than expected, returning an enormous amount of valuable information on the Red Planet.
1999
EaglePicher develops and launches isolation barrier technology to handle high potent/cytotoxic compounds—allowing safe handling of Class IV compounds
2000
EaglePicher becomes sole supplier of nickel-hydrogen cells to be installed on the International Space Station—out of the 90 minutes it takes the Space Station to circle the earth, 35 of those are powered by EaglePicher cells while the station is in the Earth’s shadow
2002
First North American supplier to provide secondary micro fluid filtration systems for automotive transmissions—delivers improved performance and durability
2003
EaglePicher announces break-through technology in sealed lead acid batteries—lighter weight, faster charging time will allow increased load capacity for electric vehicles and more operating time between charges.
2006
EaglePicher celebrates its one-billionth hour in space with 100 percent mission success. EaglePicher has supplied over 16,000 cells powering more than 400 spacecraft, including military and commercial communications satellites, Earth imaging and weather satellites, global positioning system satellites, scientific research projects and interplanetary probes.
EaglePicher announces construction of a new 24,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Joplin, MO. for Lithium-ion cell battery manufacturing.
2007
EaglePicher releases world's smallest impantable medical battery. The battery's size and shape enables a device so small that it can be deployed via a minimally-invasive catheter procedure rather than traditional implantation surgery. The device is undergoing clinical trials in Europe.
EaglePicher delivers first lithium-ion batteries to orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) for communications satellite programs.
Dedicated research and development (R & D) center in Joplin, MO. announced. The new R & D center allows for expansion of EaglePicher's new technology research and enhances existing development efforts.
EaglePicher expands operations with a new 30,000 square foot automated thermal battery facility in Pittsburg, KS. EaglePicher is the only company in the world that manufactures thermal batteries on an automated production line.
EaglePicher receives AS9100 certification at its U.S. locations in Joplin and Seneca, MO. and Pittsburg, KS. Certification to ISO 9001:2000 was renewed along with the achievement of the new certification.
EaglePicher's Medical Power successfully completes the annual surveillance audit for its ISO 13485 registration covering the development, manufacture and sale of implantable batteries for the medical device industry. EaglePicher, one of the first battery companies in the world to be registered to ISO 13485, was first certified in September 2004.
