Aqua Metals Inc. (NASDAQ: AQMS) is a technology-driven environmental company pioneering sustainable battery recycling solutions. The company’s core offering, branded as AquaRefining, utilizes an electrochemical process to recover lead, silver, and plastic components from spent lead-acid batteries without the need for high-temperature smelting. This water-based approach aims to eliminate air emissions and reduce energy consumption compared to conventional recycling methods.
Based in Reno, Nevada, Aqua Metals develops, manufactures, and licenses its proprietary modular recycling systems to industrial battery recyclers and battery manufacturers. The company’s technology allows customers to reclaim high-purity lead and ancillary materials either on-site or through centralized tolling facilities. By focusing on closed-loop recycling, Aqua Metals serves the automotive, stationary power, and material-handling battery sectors, where lead-acid batteries remain the predominant energy storage solution.
Since its founding in 2011, Aqua Metals has advanced from pilot-scale demonstrations to commercial installations, securing partnerships across the United States and exploring opportunities in Europe and Asia. The firm completed its initial public offering in 2018 to support the expansion of its manufacturing capacity, research and development efforts, and deployment of AquaRefining modules. Its demonstration plant in McCarran, Nevada, remains the flagship site for validating process efficiency and environmental performance.
Under the leadership of founder and CEO Dr. Steven Cotton, Aqua Metals is guided by a management team with expertise in electrochemistry, industrial manufacturing, and environmental compliance. The company continues to refine its modular design to meet evolving regulatory standards and growing demand for low-carbon recycling solutions in the global battery market.
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