Cadenza Innovation Inc. is an American developer and designer of

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technologies and

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solutions. The company was founded in 2012 by

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and battery researcher

Christina Lampe-Önnerud Maria Christina Lampe-Önnerud (born 4 February 1967) is a Swedish inorganic chemist, battery-inventor, and entrepreneur. She has founded the companies Boston-Power Inc. (2005–2012) and Cadenza Innovation (initially called CloTeam, 2012). Sh ...

. Cadenza licenses its lithium ion cell architecture to global manufacturers for various energy storage applications.

History

Lampe-Önnerud founded Cadenza Innovation while working as a member of the senior management for the

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Bridgewater Associates. The company operates a facility in Wilton, Connecticut and has a research unit at the

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headquarters in

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. The corporate headquarters is located in

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inside

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office complex. In 2021, Cadenza announced a partnership with Rockwell Automation to establish high performance battery cell production lines.

Technology

Cadenza Innovation's supercell battery architecture is designed to stop propagation during thermal runaway. The design of the batteries combines properties from wound jelly rolls and large prismatic cells to form highly dense lithium-ion battery structures.

References

External links

Official website
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