Amprius Celebrates Opening of Contract Manufacturing Partner’s New Lines to Meet Rising Demand for Amprius High-Energy Silicon Anode Batteries
October 31 2024 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Showcases 800 MWh Capacity for SiCore™ Cells
with Shipments Beginning October 2024
Amprius Technologies, Inc. (“Amprius” or the
“Company”) (NYSE: AMPX), a leader in next-generation
lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, today
announced one of its contract manufacturing partners has opened new
lines to support increased SiCore™ production. The newly installed
production lines provide Amprius with manufacturing capacity of up
to 800 MWh for its SiCore pouch cells. This expansion marks a
significant milestone in Amprius' global manufacturing strategy,
significantly enhancing its production capabilities to meet the
rising demand for its next-generation, high-performance silicon
anode batteries.
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The newly installed production lines
provide Amprius with manufacturing capacity of up to 800 MWh for
its SiCore pouch cells. (Photo: Business Wire)
The newly established production lines have officially begun
operations at one of Amprius' contract manufacturing partners'
facilities, designed specifically to produce Amprius' SiCore
batteries. This expansion ensures customers have increased access
to the company’s high-energy, high-power silicon anode batteries
for electric mobility applications. Dr. Kang Sun, CEO of Amprius
Technologies, along with representatives from Amprius’ engineering
and quality team, participated in the opening ceremony.
Shipments from these lines began in October 2024, supporting the
various customer orders including the $20 million order for Light
Electric Vehicles the Company previously announced in September.
The facility integrates the latest innovations in battery
manufacturing equipment and processes, leveraging cutting-edge
technology with advanced environmental controls, ensuring optimal
performance and quality for Amprius silicon anode cell
chemistries.
"Amprius is rapidly expanding its global manufacturing
partnerships to meet the growing demand for our advanced battery
technology," said Dr. Kang Sun, CEO of Amprius Technologies. "With
this expanded contract manufacturing arrangement, we’ve secured
gigawatt-hour-scale production capacity for SiCore silicon anode
batteries across our key partnerships. This strategic expansion
enables us to deliver the high-performance silicon batteries that
our customers rely on to power their most advanced electric
mobility applications."
The multi-year, long term agreement with the contract
manufacturer is a key part of Amprius' manufacturing strategy to
secure scalable, high-quality production capacity while minimizing
investment and incremental costs. With over 20 years of industry
manufacturing experience and a total production capacity expected
to exceed 100 GWh in 2025, the partner provides the flexibility
needed to meet Amprius’ high energy density and longevity standards
while supporting future expansion.
Since announcing the SiCore platform in January, customer demand
for large quantities of SiCore batteries has increased,
necessitating the acceleration of SiCore production capacity. These
expanded contract manufacturing arrangements allow Amprius to
efficiently scale operations, ensuring customers have access to its
industry-leading battery performance. Amprius’ contract
manufacturers will supply SiCore pouches in various chemistries and
form factors, including 18650 and 21700 cylindrical cells.
For more information on Amprius, please visit the Company’s
investor relations website at
https://ir.amprius.com.
About Amprius Technologies, Inc.
Amprius Technologies, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of
high-energy and high-power lithium-ion batteries, producing the
industry’s highest-known energy-density cells. The company’s
commercially available SiMaxx™ batteries deliver up to 450 Wh/kg
and 1,150 Wh/L, with third-party validation of 500 Wh/kg and 1,300
Wh/L. Amprius expanded its product portfolio to include the SiCore™
platform in 2024, significantly enhancing its ability to serve
additional customer applications. The company’s corporate
headquarters is in Fremont, California, where it maintains an
R&D lab and a MWh scale manufacturing facility for the
fabrication of silicon anodes and cells. To serve customer demand,
Amprius entered into several agreements to secure over 500 MWh of
contract manufacturing available today. For additional information,
please visit amprius.com. Also, see the company’s LinkedIn and
Twitter pages.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as
amended. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of
words such as “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,”
“expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek” or other similar
expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or
that are not statements of historical matters. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding the manufacturing capacity the new production
lines could create and the aggregate capacity of SiCore batteries
Amprius is able to secure across its key partnerships, customer
demand for Amprius’ batteries, the addressable market and
application of Amprius’ batteries, when the shipments from the new
lines will begin, the expected capacity of Amprius’ partner in
2025, the performance of the batteries manufactured by Amprius’
manufacturing partner, the benefits of the contract manufacturing
arrangements and the type of batteries Amprius’ contract
manufacturing partners will supply. These statements are based on
various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press
release, and on the current expectations of Amprius’ management and
are not predictions of actual performance. Actual results could
differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result
of certain risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including market demands for SiCore batteries; the ability of
Amprius to deliver high performance products to customers at
acceptable prices and meet their demands via the contract
manufacturing arrangements; third-party producers of Amprius
batteries continuing to produce such batteries in the expected
quantities and caliber and at the expected prices; Amprius’
customers continuing to purchase batteries directly from Amprius;
Amprius’ liquidity position; risks related to the rollout of
Amprius’ business and the timing of expected business milestones;
Amprius’ ability to commercially produce high performing batteries;
the effects of competition on Amprius’ business; supply shortages
in the materials necessary for the production of Amprius’ products;
and changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial,
political and legal conditions. For more information on these risks
and uncertainties that may impact the operations and projections
discussed herein can be found in the documents we filed from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”),
all of which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
There may be additional risks that Amprius does not presently know
or that Amprius currently believes are immaterial that could also
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements
reflect Amprius’ expectations, plans or forecasts of future events
and views as of the date of this press release. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing Amprius’ assessments as of any date subsequent to the
date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not
be placed upon the forward-looking statements. Except as required
by law, Amprius specifically disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements.
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Investors Tom Colton, Greg Bradbury Gateway Group, Inc.
949-574-3860 IR@amprius.com
Media Zach Kadletz, Brenlyn Motlagh Gateway Group, Inc.
949-574-3860 Amprius@Gateway-grp.com
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