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Integral’s 12-volt, lead acid bipolar battery prototype made with ElectiPlast plates weighs about half that of costly lithium ion batteries currently used in many electric and hybrid vehicles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ElectriPlast Corp.<\/a>, a unit of publicly held Integral Technologies Inc., has spent the past 15 years developing electrically conductive, hybrid resin materials that combine the ruggedness and conductive properties of metal<\/a> with the advantages of plastic<\/a>. Its core, patented material \u2013 also dubbed ElectriPlast \u2013 provides effective EMI shielding while being both moldable and lightweight. The company says it has formulated more than 80 blends of the compound covering thousands of applications.<\/p>\n

In November Integral proclaimed its most recent success, demonstrating a prototype, 12-volt, lead acid bipolar battery made with ElectriPlast plates. The bipolar plate design is based on a plate core made of highly conductive, loaded resins and with metal\/lead-covered surfaces. The result? A battery that weighs about half that of the costly lithium ion<\/a> batteries more commonly used today in electric and hybrid vehicles, according to Integral Technologies President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Bathauer.<\/p>\n

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On Nov. 16 Integral reported that it had entered into an agreement in principle with an unidentified ‘global manufacturing company’ regarding its existing ElectriPlast technology.”<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One big advantage, in addition to offering the same electrical output despite being a lot smaller in size, is that the moldability of the plastics means the batteries can be made in different shapes and sizes. These characteristics will make the bipolar technology suitable for other uses such as in motorcycles, golf carts and forklifts. And Integral also sees it being applied to stationary uses, such as grid storage and fuel cells for baseload power.<\/p>\n

Bathauer, a former charter pilot and financial executive, joined Integral in 2009 and became its CEO in November 2012. In an interview at the NPE show in Orlando last March, he explained that the firm originally was set up as an intellectual property company, with the aim of developing and licensing technology.<\/p>\n

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Integral Technologies President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Bathauer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cNow,\u201d he said, \u201cwe\u2019re acting more like a plastics company. The big change came when we brought engineering into the picture\u201d a few years ago. \u201cWe\u2019re not a commodity, we needed electrical knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Integral hired Mohamad \u201cMo\u201d Zeidan from Tier 1 automotive supplier Lear Corp., where he was chief technology officer for Lear\u2019s Electrical Division. Zeidan became Integral\u2019s CTO, and then in February 2014 the company dipped into Lear\u2019s talent pool again and recruited Slobodan (“Bob”) Pavlovic to serve as vice president of engineering at Integral\u2019s Detroit-area technical center in Canton, Mich.<\/p>\n

Strategically, Integral also has now aligned itself with bigger partners such as chemicals giant\u00a0BASF Corp<\/a>. and molder\u00a0Delphi Automotive plc<\/a>, and in March 2015 completed relocating its North American manufacturing from molder\u00a0Jasper Rubber Products Inc<\/a>. in Jasper, Ind., to custom compounder and extruder\u00a0Nova Polymers Inc<\/a>. about 50 miles away in Evansville, Ind. The move is allowing Integral to scale up production of its ElectriPlast pellets. Bathauer said in early December that Integral is about \u201chalfway there\u201d with its previously announced plan to boost pellet production by tenfold in Evansville. \u201cWe\u2019re still short a little tooling,\u201d he acknowledged. Nova also has five additional acres adjacent to the site that it can develop, as demand warrants.<\/p>\n

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In its latest news, Integral on Nov. 16 reported via an 8-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission that it had entered into an agreement in principle with an unidentified \u201cglobal manufacturing company\u201d regarding certain exclusive and non-exclusive licensing rights to its existing ElectriPlast technology. Both companies\u2019 boards must still approve the deal, which is why Bathauer could not discuss it in more detail as of Dec. 18. \u201cThe agreement would provide [Integral] with a global partner to extend the sales and application development reach of the ElectriPlast technology,\u201d according to the filing.<\/p>\n

\"ElectriPlast
ElectriPlast Corp’s core patented technology,\u00a0ElectriPlast, provides effective EMI shielding while being both moldable and lightweight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Integral also is poised to officially move its headquarters from Bellingham, Wash., to Evansville very soon, Bathauer confirmed on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n

The firm is active in Asia, as well, with a wholly owned subsidiary called Integral Technologies Asia in Seoul, South Korea, and since fall 2014 it also has partnered with a pair of South Korean companies \u2013 compounder Han Wha L&C and injection molder Chang Rim Eng Inc. that are assisting with application development in that region.<\/p>\n

Back stateside, Integral has been working closely with Conductive Composites Co. LLC <\/a>in Heber City, Utah, to ramp up production of nickel-plated carbon-fiber <\/a>manufacturing capacity. Integral supplied the equipment and Conductive Composites \u2013 which works closely with the U.S. Air Force \u2013 is using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to apply precise nickel coatings that make the carbon fibers conductive.<\/p>\n

In addition to beefing up its engineering capabilities, two other factors have been key to making ElectriPlast more commercially viable \u2013 the automotive industry drive toward lightweighting, and the sharp drop in carbon fiber <\/a>pricing. \u201cNow we can compete on a cost basis, and certainly on a process basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Integral says ElectriPlast incorporates what it calls Flexible Content Technology, or FCT. This simply means, Bathauer said, \u201cthat we can dial conductivity up or down to suit the customer,\u201d usually with conductive material loadings ranging between 5 and 25 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus now,\u201d he added, \u201cis much more narrowly focused,\u201d in terms of applications and relationships. \u201cWe\u2019re taking a rifle shot now, as opposed to the shotgun approach.\u201d After years of investment and development, Bathauer and his team are hoping they\u2019re finally closer to hitting the conductive-plastics bulls-eye.<\/p>\n

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: This is the second of two stories looking at the very different approaches that two firms are taking when it comes to developing electrically conductive plastics. The first, published Dec. 13, focused on how tiny research firm Mackinac Polymers<\/a> has found a way to make plastics conductive without having to go through a compounding process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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