Yutaka Wakai Joins Blue Current as Head of Manufacturing
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Blue Current, an innovator in solid-state battery technology, has named Yutaka Wakai as Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing.
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- Blue Current, an innovator in solid-state battery technology, has named Yutaka Wakai as Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing.
- Wakai joins Blue Current following a $30 million investment from Koch Strategic Platforms to accelerate commercialization of the companys technology and build its first megawatt-scale factory in Hayward, California.
- Yutakas expertise is integral to the development and production of our silicon elastic composite battery, and eventual adaptation to high volume manufacturing, said Blue Current CEO Ben Eiref.
- Prior to Blue Current, Wakai was the Senior Director of Process Engineering at Desktop Metal.