IntriPlex Technologies

Precise and economical battery technology has become imperative as the increasing impact of climate change pushes nations toward renewable energy. However, despite the skyrocketing demand for innovative battery products, most cell manufacturers need help meeting production commitments due to limited production capacities and reliance on legacy processes that drive additional costs and delays.

IntriPlex Technologies is flipping this script with its precision metal stamped battery components that allow manufacturers to build better, faster, and more economical batteries. The company is adding critical component supply capacity to the market while leveraging extensive manufacturing expertise and advanced R&D capabilities for North America and around the world.

From a portfolio standpoint, IntriPlex is a key business within MMI, an established global technology company and manufacturer headquartered in Singapore. Known best for its dominance in the data storage industry, MMI is a global leader of manufactured products, assemblies, and factory automation equipment. MMI was publicly listed in Singapore before an acquisition by KKR in 2007, providing IntriPlex with significant parental backing.

Over its 35-year history, IntriPlex has been well known for providing very economical stamped and formed component solutions in applications where the prevailing thought was that only machined components would suffice.

One prime example is in the computer Hard Drive industry where IntriPlex has replaced many tens-of-billions of machined components with lower-cost precision stamped solutions. As testimony, every large cloud data center and over 60% of all global personal computers built to date use IntriPlex products.

Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, IntriPlex has manufacturing locations in North America and Southeast Asia. Recognizing the growing need for battery components outside of China, the company is an emerging leader in advanced battery solutions, focusing on adding capacity for critical mechanical components and lid assemblies for lithium-ion batteries from their existing factories as well as capacity expansion where needed.

“IntriPlex is focused on providing localized component manufacturing capacity to support the growing North American and global lithium-ion battery cell market, where world-class capability in extremely high volumes will be needed.” says David Dexter, President and CEO of IntriPlex Technologies.

IntriPlex has developed vital processes that allow them to maintain production dimensional tolerances down to ±7 microns over billions of parts produced per year.

Today, IntriPlex supports a global customer base manufacturing components and assemblies for hard disk drives, telecom fiber optics, automotive and lithium-ion battery cells. Renowned for precise capability, quality and innovation, IntriPlex is a key supplier and partner to many of the largest technology companies in the world.

As the market witnesses an increase in the demand for battery component manufacturers, IntriPlex is capitalizing on the imminent opportunities with its advanced and precise stamping operations in North America and SE Asia. Moving forward, IntriPlex aims to continue developing custom-stamped battery component solutions for high-volume production that raise the bar for efficiency, performance, and advanced cell designs.