Aqua Metals Inc., Alameda, California, has been named a Platts Global Metals Awards finalist in three categories: Breakthrough Solution of the Year, Deal of the Year and Industry Leadership – Base & Specialty Metals category.
Platts Global Metals Awards honor the top performers, leaders and innovators in the metals industries. In 2016, Aqua Metals won the Rising Star award and was recognized in the Industry Leadership – Base & Specialty Metals category.
Aqua Metals executives are set to attend the awards ceremony, where winners of the 2017 Global Metals Awards will be announced at a black-tie celebration May 18, 2017, at the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London.
Aqua Metals was recognized for its innovations in lead recycling with its AquaRefining process, which it says is the industry’s first environmentally friendly lead-acid battery recycling technology. Additionally, the company is being honored for securing a strategic partnership with Johnson Controls, the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive batteries.
“It is an honor to once again be nominated for such a prestigious industry award,” says Stephen Clarke, chairman and CEO of Aqua Metals. “This is an exciting time for Aqua Metals and for the lead-acid battery industry as we ramp up production at our first facility and expand to continue to meet our partner needs.”
Aqua Metals says its patented AquaRefining process is a closed loop, room-temperature electrochemical process that emits virtually no harmful byproducts. The modular design of the AquaRefining technology enables deployment flexibility, according to the company, allowing for the co-location of lead-acid battery manufacturing, distribution and recycling.
Aqua Metals says it is rapidly expanding its production capabilities as it scales up its first facility and plans additional facilities. As Aqua Metals scales up capacity, it plans to hire hundreds of employees for existing and future operations across the United States.
Additionally, the company chose a launch customer for the AquaRefining licensing business through the deal with Johnson Controls. Together, Johnson Controls and Aqua Metals plan to deploy AquaRefining in Johnson Controls facilities throughout North America, China and Europe, per a blueprint the companies will announce in the future.
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