Maxwell Technologies Inc. is an American developer and manufacturer headquartered in San Diego, California. It focuses on developing and manufacturing energy storage and power delivery products for automotive, heavy transportation, renewable energy, backup power, wireless communications and industrial and consumer electronics applications.[2]
History
The company was founded in 1965 as Maxwell Laboratories Inc. by Raymond O'Rourke, Alan Kolb, Bruce Hayworth, and Terrence Gooding in San Diego, California. It was originally a government contractor, providing advanced physics, pulsed power, space effects analysis and other research and development services to the U.S. military and other government agencies.
The company began converting its focus to commercial applications for its technologies and products in the early 1990s, and by 2014, generated all of its revenue from commercial sources.[3] In 1996, Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. changed its name to Maxwell Technologies, Inc.[4]
Maxwell Energy Products, a division that included the Maxwell High Voltage Capacitor product line, was acquired in March 2000 by