Nilar

History

2000 – Nilar was founded by Lars Fredriksson and Neil Puester and the first patents were filed. Lars was formerly the president of Optima Batteries worldwide, and Neil the lead engineer for Optima Batteries, Inc. The founders assembled a team with extensive experience in industrial and military battery development. The team focused on the development of a bipolar battery construction and NiMH electrode manufacturing processes and began building the patent portfolio.

The parent company, Nilar International AB, is incorporated in Sweden. The wholly owned US subsidiary, Nilar, Inc, was founded at the same time with operations in Centennial, Colorado. Production and research was initially planned for Sweden. However, as the Company has matured, research and manufacturing have been primarily located in the U.S., and Nilar has successfully developed prospective clients in North America and Europe.

2003 – Nilar expanded and moved into larger premises with improved R&D and production facilities, including a semi-automatic electrode production line, also in Centennial, Colorado.

2007 – Nilar began the development of the modular pack design and battery management systems.

2008 – Nilar delivered the first Nilar Hybrid Power System for field trials.

2010 – A Swedish management team was recruited and all management functions were moved to Sweden. Nilar Svenska AB was founded and the process of starting up production in Gävle was initiated to industrialize the existing battery module based on existing R&D. The reason for this was that Sweden is geographically closer to both the main vendors and the most important customers.

2011 – All production and manufacturing was moved from Denver to Gävle. The US subsidiary is now primarily focusing on sales but also retains certain R&D functions.