Collaboration with a charge. (Battery Technologies Inc. and University of Ottawa forge deal for privatization of Electrochemical Science and Technology Center)(New Briefs)

Canadian Chemical News, July, 1995

After eight years as a non-profit research institute on the cutting edge of alternative energy development, the University of Ottawa's Electrochemical Science and Technology Centre is becoming a commercial venture. A new company - ESTCO Energy Inc./Energie ESTCO Inc. - is being created through an agreement between the University and Battery Technologies Inc., (BTI), a firm based in Richmond Hill, ON.

ESTCO Energy Inc. will conduct advanced research and development (R&D) for batteries and other types of electrochemical energy conversion and storage, with an emphasis on the development of practical electric vehicles (EV).

BTI, a partner in the new company, will share its extensive technical and marketing experience in this field. Since 1986, BTI has developed...

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