Overview

Pentadyne Power Corporation designs, manufactures and markets advanced flywheel energy storage systems that provide ride-through power and voltage stabilization for power quality and power recycling applications. Pentadyne is the world's leading manufacturer of flywheel energy storage systems. Designed to provide high power output and energy storage in a compact, self contained package, Pentadyne flywheel products are a long lasting, low maintenance, lightweight, and environmentally sound alternative to flooded and VRLA lead-acid batteries.

The company shipped its first commercial production flywheel in 2004, and has sold and shipped more than 800 more since then.

Pentadyne has been named a 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a 2008 Inc. 500 company, and was named a 2007 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. The Pentadyne flywheel product for UPS systems has won numerous awards (click the stars next to "Awards" at the top of this webpage).

 

Company http://pentadyne.com/ 2009-12-18T18:15:36Z Overview http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/overview.html 2009-12-18T18:15:36Z <blockquote> <p>Pentadyne Power Corporation designs, manufactures and markets advanced flywheel energy storage systems that provide ride-through power and voltage stabilization for power quality and power recycling applications. Pentadyne is the world's leading manufacturer of flywheel energy storage systems. Designed to provide high power output and energy storage in a compact, self contained package, Pentadyne flywheel&nbsp;products are a long lasting, low maintenance, lightweight, and environmentally sound alternative to flooded and VRLA lead-acid batteries.</p> <p>The company shipped its first commercial production flywheel in 2004, and has sold and shipped more than&nbsp;800 more since then.</p> <p>Pentadyne&nbsp;has been named a <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2009-news/pentadyne-ranked-number-110-fastest-growing-company-in-north-america-on-deloittes-2009-technology-fast-500.html">2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500&trade;</a> company,&nbsp;a <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2008-news/082108.html">2008 Inc. 500&nbsp;</a>company, and was named a <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2006-news/120406.html">2007 Technology Pioneer</a> by the <a href="http://www.weforum.org">World Economic Forum</a>. The Pentadyne flywheel product for UPS systems has won numerous awards (click the stars next to &quot;Awards&quot; at the top of this webpage).</p> </blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> Mission http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/mission.html 2007-08-21T12:32:48Z <blockquote>To be the world's leading provider of flywheel power systems.</blockquote> ISO-9001 Certified http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/iso-9001-quality-management-certified.html 2009-09-25T14:24:37Z <blockquote> <p>We are committed to providing the highest quality, best value and on-time delivery of products to our customers. We meet customer requirements and exceed their expectations by continuously evaluating and improving our processes.</p> <p>Pentadyne achieved its <a href="http://www.pentadyne.com/site/2006-news/081506.html">ISO 9001:2000 certification</a> in August 2006 and has maintained four years of continuous ISO certification since.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pentadyne.com/site/2006-news/081506.html"><br /> </a></p> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;<img width="259" height="233" alt="" src="/uploads/18/Image/ISO.ANAB2008.jpg" /></p> Management Team http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/management-team.html 2009-06-09T15:13:55Z <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/site/company/mark-e-mcgough.html"><img alt="Mark E. McGough" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/company/mark_mcgough-tn.jpg" /></a> <a href="/site/company/mark-e-mcgough.html">Mark E. McGough</a><br /> President&nbsp;&amp; CEO</td> <td><a href="/site/company/mark-campion.html"><img alt="Mark Campion" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/thumbCFO-MarkCampionBlueBack.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/company/mark-campion.html">Mark Campion<br /> </a>Executive Vice President &amp; CFO</td> <td><a href="/site/company/richard-newark.html"><img alt="Richard Newark" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/company/Dick_Newark-tn.jpg" /></a><a href="/site/company/richard-newark.html">Richard Newark</a><br /> COO</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/site/company/claude-kalev.html"><img alt="Claude Kalev" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/company/claude_kalev-tn.jpg" /></a> <a href="/site/company/claude-kalev.html">Claude Kalev</a><br /> CTO</td> <td><a href="/site/company/JeffColton.html"><img alt="Daniel Bakholden" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/jeff-tn.jpg" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="/site/company/JeffColton.html">Jeff Colton</a><br /> Senior Vice President,&nbsp;<br /> Sales &amp; Marketing</td> <td><a href="/site/company/chandler-williamson.html"><img alt="Chandler Williamson" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/company/chandler_williamson-tn.jpg" /></a> <a href="/site/company/chandler-williamson.html">Chandler Williamson</a><br /> Vice-President, Business Development</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/site/company/jerry-brown.html"><img alt="Jerry Brown" width="100" height="100" src="/uploads/18/Image/company/jerry_brown-tn.jpg" /></a> <a href="/site/company/jerry-brown.html">Jerry Brown<br /> </a>Director, Quality</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> History http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/history.html 2009-05-07T11:43:53Z <blockquote> <p><img class="right" alt="" width="250" height="234" src="/uploads/18/Image/company/general4mark.jpg" />The development of what today is Pentadyne Power Corporation began in 1993 as a privately funded entity that sought to create a flywheel-based energy storage device for hybrid-electric automotive applications. Then known as Rosen Motors, founded by Harold and Ben Rosen (of Compaq and Sevin-Rosen Funds), the firm spent more than $24 million to develop and successfully demonstrate the world&rsquo;s first microturbine/flywheel powered hybrid vehicle prototype in January 1997.<br /> <br /> While vehicular applications held promise, stationary uses of flywheel energy storage would prove a more lucrative, more immediate source of product sales.&nbsp;Pentadyne Power Corporation was founded in 1998 to do just that. Flywheels were ideally suited to replace conventional lead-acid batteries commonly used in commercial and industrial continuous power quality applications. Paul Craig (former President and CEO of microturbine manufacturer Capstone Turbine) co-founded Pentadyne Power Corporation and acquired the intellectual property to incorporate the specialized flywheel technology into power quality/reliability solutions.<br /> <br /> In 2001, Pentadyne hired its first employees and successfully demonstrated its flywheel technology for such applications. In mid-2002, Pentadyne secured its first venture capital funding &ndash; raising over $13 million &ndash; and moved to a new production facility. During 2003, Pentadyne successfully completed its beta field trials and, by year&rsquo;s end, had sold its first production unit to <a target="_blank" href="/uploads/18/File/casestudyLAB.pdf">NASA&rsquo;s Glenn Research Center</a>.<br /> <br /> In 2004, the Pentadyne clean energy storage system was been named <a href="/site/2004-news/021704.html">Product of the Year</a> by <em>Plant Engineering</em> magazine, won the <em>Frost &amp; Sullivan </em>2005 <a href="/site/2005-news/081105.html">Technology Innovation Award</a>, earned <a href="/site/2006-news/112006.html">A Perfect 10</a>&nbsp; designation in 2006 voted by the readers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine and, as a part of Socomec power certainty solution, earned the <em>Frost &amp; Sullivan</em> <a href="/site/2006-news/100606.html">Product Innovation of the Year</a> award in 2006. <br /> <br /> In 2006, then-CEO/Chairman Paul Craig retired and Pentadyne&rsquo;s Board brought in <a href="/site/company/mark-e-mcgough.html">Mark McGough</a> to establish Pentadyne as a worldwide leader in clean energy storage systems. An energy industry veteran with a 23-year track record of successes, Mr. McGough has led Pentadyne to new heights, with product launches in the European market, key channel partnerships in the US, EMEA and Asia, the first high volume production of its flywheel systems, and the industry&rsquo;s first gross-margin-positive product sales. Shipments just in the month of September 2006 exceeded the total volume shipped in 2003 through 2005.<br /> <br /> Pentadyne has been recapitalized by its leading group of investors, received the <a href="/site/2007-news/051407.html">largest order</a> in company history, increased sales <a href="/site/2006-news/101906.html">backlog to triple-digits</a> &ndash; and successfully completed the design and launch of today&rsquo;s pace-setting next-generation product: <a href="/site/our-products/specifications.html">the VSS+dc</a>.<br /> <br /> In 2007, Pentadyne was designated a <a href="/site/2006-news/120406.html">Technology Pioneer</a> by the World Economic Forum and its products were named <a href="/site/2007-news/031207.html">Backup Power Product of the Year</a> by SearchDataCenter.com, Power Conditioning Product of the Year by EC&amp;M magazine and was a Buildings magazine <a href="/site/2007-news/060407.html">Editors&rsquo; Choice Top Product Pick 2007</a>.</p> <p>In 2008, Pentadyne had shipped its <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2008-news/043008.html">500th flywheel system</a> (currently, more than 750 units shipped) and the installed fleet surpassed 2 million hours of commercial operation (4.5 million now). By mid-year, Pentadyne had <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2008-news/073008.html">surpassed the former market leader</a> in unit shipments to become the world's leading manufacturer of flywheel energy storage systems. Our DoD contractor customer ordered <a target="_blank" href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2008-news/101508.html">nearly $5M in flywheel systems</a> in 2008 for military sites. Due to triple-digit growth in 2006 and again in 2007, Pentadyne achieved a ranking of <a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2008-news/082108.html">#162 on the 2008 Inc. 500 list</a>. The company also ranked #7 among all energy companies nationwide.&nbsp;The Los Angeles Business Journal ranked Pentadyne <a target="_blank" href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2008-news/111908.html">#1 in growth among all private companies in Greater Los Angeles</a>.<br /> <br /> Pentadyne has become the OEM supplier of flywheel clean energy storage systems to several of the world&rsquo;s leading brands of UPS systems, and has achieved its goal to become the world&rsquo;s leading supplier of flywheel energy systems. Its systems are used individually and in arrays (a&nbsp;<a href="http://pentadyne.com/site/2007-news/112907.html">4.5 MW bank</a> of 24 Pentadyne flywheels is the largest to date) in applications ranging from data center/corporate IT to television broadcast, healthcare, laboratory, financial services, education, utility, electronic gaming, manufacturing, transportation, government and the military.</p> </blockquote> Investors http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/investors.html 2008-06-12T08:31:34Z <blockquote>For additional investor information, please contact:<br /> <br /> <strong>Mark Campion</strong><br /> CFO<br /> Email: <a href="mailto:mark.campion@pentadyne.com">mark.campion@pentadyne.com</a> <br /> Phone: 818-350-0370 Ext 203 <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>The Company is backed by leading venture capital groups and industry players including:</strong><br /> <strong></strong><br /> <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nthpower.com/">Nth Power</a></strong><br /> Nth Power is a leading venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to high potential investments resulting from the restructuring of the global energy industry. Nth Power currently manages over $200 million invested in more than 20 companies. Nearly 10 years after its formation, Nth Power continues to provide Energy, Vision and Capital to entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of the high-growth potential that this market now offers.<br /> <br /> <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dteenergy.com/">DTE Energy</a></strong><br /> DTE Energy's subsidiary, Detroit Edison, is the nation's 7th largest electric utility, supplying energy to 2.1 million customers in Southeastern Michigan. Another of its utility subsidiaries, MichCon, is the nation's 10th largest natural gas local distribution company serving 1.2 million customers across Michigan. Together, these operations create a leading energy provider with assets of more than $17 billion. Expanding its reach, DTE Energy also develops and invests in emerging energy technologies such as distributed generation. Its vision is to become the pre-eminent supplier of integrated distributed generation solutions.<br /> <br /> <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.accera.de/english/mvv.html">Energy Innovations Portfolio</a></strong><br /> ENERGY Innovations Portfolio AG &amp; Co. KGaA is an investment fund originally founded by MVV Energie AG, one of the largest utilities in Germany with Euro 1.2 billion in sales and over 3500 employees, and the management firm ACCERA Venture Partners AG. It offers strategic as well as financial investors an opportunity to participate in the changing face of the energy and related sectors. The fund invests in innovative companies in the fields of distributed and renewable energy technology, energy distribution and storage, environmental protection, waste disposal, water, IT/telecommunications and technology-based services. It has currently Germany's largest portfolio of energy technology start-ups and is also an established player on the international venture capital market.<br /> <br /> <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sempraenergy.com/">Sempra Energy</a></strong><br /> Sempra Energy's subsidiary, SoCalGas, is the nation's largest natural gas distribution company, serving 18 million customers throughout Southern California and parts of central California. Another of its utility subsidiaries, San Diego Gas &amp; Electric, is the leading electric utility in San Diego County and southern Orange County. Together, the two utilities serve 21 million customers. Supporting its core utility business, Sempra Energy also identifiies, develops and invests in emerging energy technologies. [Sempra Solutions, Sempra Generation, Sempra Commodities, and Sempra Pipelines &amp; Storage are not the same company as the utility, SDG&amp;E or SoCalGas, and are not regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.]<br /> <br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rusticcanyon.com"><strong>Rustic Canyon Partners</strong></a><br /> Rustic Canyon Partners is a leading West Coast-based investment firm with approximately $700 million under management. With a unique footprint that covers Southern California, Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest, and an extraordinary team with diverse and complementary backgrounds, Rustic Canyon Partners provides the expertise and strategic insight that prudent investment decisions require, and the guidance necessary for sustained growth and superior returns. Rustic Canyon Partners<br /> <br /> <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.edf.com/index.php4?coe_i_id=20403">Electricit&eacute; de France</a></strong><br /> Electricit&eacute; de France (&quot;EDF&quot;) is the world's largest utility, operating a diverse portfolio of 100,000 + megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Mexico, Africa and the Middle-East and serving about 45 million direct customers worldwide in Europe, Argentina, and Brazil notably. EDF invests in emerging technology companies in order to form mutually beneficial long-term partnerships.<br /> <br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.loudwaterpartners.com"><strong>Loudwater Investment Partners</strong></a><br /> Loudwater Investment Partners recently led a $14 million capital round to finance further growth and product development at Pentadyne. Loudwater invests in late stage private growth companies and has offices in London and San Francisco. Approximately half of their investments are in US technology companies. Loudwater is the Investment Adviser to Loudwater Trust Limited, a closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey and listed on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM).<br /> <br /> <strong>Ben Rosen</strong><br /> Ben Rosen is one of the world's most successful venture capitalists and corporate leaders. His credits include co-founder and chairman emeritus, Compaq Computer, co-founder Sevin Rosen Funds (a top-tier venture capital firm with a successful track record of funding early-stage ventures, including Compaq, Lotus Development, Cypress Semiconductors, Citrix, CIENA, and Capstone Turbine), and co-founder Rosen Motors (a developer of hybrid-electric power trains for passenger cars).<br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Forward Looking Statements</strong><br /> This site may include forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as &quot;may&quot;, &quot;will&quot;, &quot;expect&quot;, &quot;anticipate&quot;, &quot;believe&quot;, &quot;estimate&quot;, and &quot;continue&quot; or similar words. Forward-looking statements may also use different phrases. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such statements.<br /> <br /> Pentadyne designs, manufactures and markets advanced flywheel power systems that provide power quality and reliability solutions for power sensitive customers in today's digital economy. The Pentadyne flywheel provides high power ride-through energy storage and differentiates itself on superior product performance and lower life-cycle costs. Pentadyne serves broad markets through strategic alliances with established OEM and value-added reseller distribution channels.</blockquote> Careers at Pentadyne http://www.pentadyne.com/site/company/careers-at-pentadyne.html 2007-10-30T08:42:12Z <blockquote><strong>Pentadyne Power Corporation</strong> is a global leader in the development and marketing of advanced flywheel power systems providing energy storage solutions for diverse markets and applications.<br /> <br /> We are committed to designing and producing economically and environmentally beneficial flywheel power systems to meet the power quality, power recycling and reliability needs of business around the world.<br /> <br /> We offer a competitive compensation package, including stock options and benefits, in a creative and energetic team environment. If you would like to join a company where you can achieve career goals and see the results of your work every day, please contact Pentadyne Power Corporation. We are a growing company with a clear vision and bright future.<br /> <br /> You&nbsp;may email us at: <a href="mailto:HR@pentadyne.com">HR@pentadyne.com</a><br /> </blockquote>