Giner, Inc.

Giner, Inc. operates as Giner Labs, a research and development centre for electrochemical technology. It was established in 1973 and carries out contract research for commercial clients, government agencies and non-profit institutions.

What Giner, Inc. does

• Electrolyzers: Stacks and systems that split water, including designs for space life support.
• Fuel cells and batteries: Work on regenerative and direct methanol fuel cells and lithium sulfur batteries.
• Electrochemical sensors: Water quality and trace gas sensing.
• Advanced materials: membranes, membrane electrode assemblies and antimicrobial fabric coatings.
• Medical devices: projects in cancer detection and cell and tissue preservation.

Who it serves

Start-ups, industrial partners and public bodies. Partners it names include General Motors, 3M, Collins, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, while public funders including NASA, NIH, DARPA and two US departments back its programmes.

Key facts

• Founded: 1973
• Sectors served: Clean energy, medical, aerospace and defence