appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message maxwell technologies type corporation industry energy storage founded 1965 headquarters 3888 calle fortunada san diego ca 92123 united states key people franz fink president and ceo products ultracapacitors high voltage capacitors engine start module esm backup power systems power modules number of employees 367 website maxwell.com maxwell technologies is an american developer and manufacturer headquartered in san diego california . the company focuses on developing and manufacturing energy storage and power delivery solution related products for automotive heavy transportation renewable energy backup power wireless communications and industrial and consumer electronics applications . 1 contents 1 history 2 facilities and employees 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1965 as maxwell laboratories inc. by raymond c. o rourke alan kolb bruce hayworth and terrence c. gooding in san diego california . maxwell laboratories 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 now generates all of its revenue from commercial sources . 2 in 1996 maxwell laboratories inc. changed its name to maxwell technologies inc. 3 maxwell energy products a division that included the maxwell high voltage capacitor product line was acquired in march 2000 by general atomics eventually merging into general atomics electronic systems inc. in 2003 . in 2007 maxwell technologies won 3 million contract from astrium satellites to supply computers for european space agency s gaia astronomy mission . maxwell supplied seven maxwell scs750 sbcs to process images and data gathered by the satellite s camera . 4 in november 2013 maxwell technologies opens manufacturing facility in peoria arizona . 5 in december 2013 maxwell technologies signed a memorandum of understanding mou with sk innovation to develop the next generation energy storage solution with maxwell s ultracapacitors and sk s lithium ion batteries . 6 in april 2016 maxwell completed its sale of the microelectronics product line to data device corporation . 7 facilities and employees edit maxwell technologies is headquartered in san diego california and principal operations are currently located in both san diego california and peoria arizona . the company also has european bases of operations in rossens switzerland and m nchen germany and asia base of operation in shanghai china and seoul korea . currently the company employs approximately 360 people worldwide . references edit 1 about maxwell technologies website accessed 5 february 2014 2 dr. alan c. kolb 77 ; co founded maxwell labs in san diego u t san diego accessed 5 february 2014 3 business summary yahoo finance maxwell technologies mxwl accessed 5 february 2014 4 maxwell technologies wins 3 million contract from astrium satellites to supply computers for european space agency s gaia astronomy mission 5 maxwell technologies creating 26m facility in peoria phoenix business journal accessed 6 february 2014 6 maxwell and sk to jointly develop ultracap battery combo charged electric vehicle magazine accessed 6 february 2014 7 maxwell technologies completes sale of microelectronics product line to data device corporation for 21 million accessed 4 may 2016 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to maxwell technologies . maxwell official website maxwell blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maxwell technologies & oldid 743674919 categories technology companies of the united statescompanies based in san diegoprivately held companies based in californiahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from december 2015articles needing additional references from december 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial blog not in wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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