Here's how a North Augusta chemical plant will be helping U.S. Navy on $8 million project
(Editor's note: A previous edition of this story included a less-detailed description of Halocarbon's products. The Augusta Chronicle regrets the error.)
A North Augusta producer of fluorinated chemicals is subcontracting on an $8 million project for the U.S. Navy.
Halocarbon will assist Lithion, a manufacturer of battery packs and modules for noncivilian use.
The contract is with the Naval Sea Systems Command, the biggest of the Navy’s five systems commands, which builds, acquires and maintains the Navy’s fleet and its combat systems.
The fixed-price contract will fund "research and development activities associated with advancement and improvement in current and future shipboard electric power and energy systems," Lithion said in a statement May 9.
Halocarbon built its North Augusta plant in 1982, and by the end of the decade was shouldering all the company’s production. The facility has expanded several times since 1990.
Halocarbon is a "global leader in specialty fluorochemistry, including fluorinated additives for lithium-ion batteries and nonflammable and chemically-inert engineered fluids,” according to the company.
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Navy picks North Augusta plant to help improve shipboard power systems
