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couverture_saft_EN_423,5x297mm_vecto.indd 1 15/06/2018 10:52 Celebrating 100 years Message in business CEO from Ghislain Lescuyer, CEO the Welcome to this special issue of Saft and eight months after departing International Magazine, dedicated to Earth. Captain Sullenberger, who our 100th anniversary. Saft was founded performed the Miracle on the Hudson, in 1918 by Victor Herold, a visionary used Saft back-up batteries to restart engineer who was a disciple of Thomas the auxiliary power unit, allowing Edison and involved in the battery him to land the aircraft safely on the industry as early as 1907. He created river and save 155 lives. We built the France’s first nickel-alkaline battery world’s largest battery in 2005, which plant, to address the country’s gasoline gives lifesaving back-up power to shortage after the First World War. From the people of the town of Fairbanks, the beginning, Saft was an early innovator Alaska, who live through extremely cold in mobility - our very first contract was winters. And we are even responsible with SNCF to power luggage trolleys for the discovery of a much-used, Saft Groupe SA around the Gare de Lyon in Paris. We important electrochemistry, lithium- 26 Quai Charles Pasqua are still working with SNCF and the thionyl chloride, used in IoT applications 92300 Levallois - France rail industry today, providing back-up like smart meters. Saft is also powering www.saftbatteries.com — batteries for vital safety functions. But lots of everyday applications that improve Saft International Magazine today, Saft does so much more, making people’s lives. a magazine for Saft’s customers customized batteries for a range of and business partners critical applications and industries. Today’s world is changing rapidly, and our Editor: Elma Peters customers’ requirements are evolving at Managing Editor: Karen Hollington Throughout our 100-year history we’ve a similar fast pace. Saft continues to work Text: Saft and FirstWord played a key role in some of the world’s on technology for the world’s newest Cover: ©Saft most important developments. We markets, always pushing the boundaries Graphic design: powered the Rosetta mission lander, of what is possible. Together with Total, www.freedomprocessstudio.com Philae, after it separated from the we are energizing the world - on land, at Printed by: Graphoprint spacecraft to land on comet 67P/ sea, in the air and in space. And we hope Feedback: Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ten years to continue to do so for the next 100 years. [email protected] SAFT MAGAZINE #100 YEARS 2 8 16 A century The Leclanché battery of railway adventures Part of Saft’s history — — In this 22Transantarctica Expedition 34How batteries Batteries for the most made space travel possible issue extreme conditions 28 Saft America Half a century in the US — — — 4 17 Timeline 10 A family The history of Saft Electric vehicles affair — Back to the future — — 36 How Saft made its first trip to the Moon — 12 24 The evolution Guinness of Saft’s logo World Record battery — — 30Research The bedrock of Saft’s success 37 18Wall of fame Mars attracts — Exploring the Red Planet — 6Saft — France’s battery pioneer 26 14 Some CEOs — Airmail from Saft’s history and the rise of international flight — — 32 38 15 20 Bordeaux We’ve got it factory covered French resistance Key — — from the Ouessant submarine figures — — SAFT MAGAZINE #100 YEARS SAFT MAGAZINE #100 YEARS The history 1974 Creation of 4 Saft America 2005 2012 of Saft Inc., with the Scuderia Ferrari construction 2015 recognizes of a factory Saft with 2012 in Valdosta, Innovation 1991 Multi- Georgia, US Acquisition of Award technology Saft’s major leadership nickel-based around the 1918 1928 competitor Acquisition world of Saft by 1960 for industrial 2013 Franco-Swiss 1975 Inauguration Compagnie Inauguration of batteries, NIFE, of a factory in chemical Générale 1975 a new factory in in Oskarshamn, Bangalore, India, d’Électricité Nersac, France Sweden engineer to support local (CGE), later to Discoveries 2005 Saft becomes nickel-based become Alcatel and growth Victor Herold a Public Limited market Company with — founds 1994 shares listed on Saft America Opening of new Paris Euronext "La Société des 1980 awarded TRP subsidiary in 1946 1965 funds by the Moscow for Accumulateurs Cadmium Saft files its 2004 Saft’s battery US military for Russia and CIS Nickel Batteries first patents on energy storage Fixes et de development markets established in primary lithium system in Diversification of lithium-ion the UK by Henry Fairbanks, Traction" through products 2016 Bissell Ltd. 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Saft’s factory in recognized by Present Poitiers, France 2014 in Romainville, the Guinness Saft’s primary Book of Records lithium battery A new era- France 1995 as "the world’s 2008 powers the 1949 1980 1987 Alcatel Johnson Saft as part Inauguration of most powerful Rosetta Mission Mass production Acquisition of repurchases all Controls - Saft of Total Saft’s Bordeaux 1966 of primary Alcad Ltd, an battery" and Philae Launch of the shares of opens world’s factory in France lithium cells international lander for its Diapason Saft SA that were first production firm based in the historic comet 1A satellite de-listed in 1995 factory for The CGE UK and the US touchdown equipped with lithium-ion 2016 group slowly 2006 hybrid and Saft’s first space Opening of 1952 transitions into electric vehicle Total Acquisition of battery Saft China new Alcatel and batteries in "La Pile factory in Zhuhai acquires Alsthom Nersac, France Leclanché" 1989 2000 to support French explorer Acquisition Saft - Georges CGE decides to domestic market Jean-Louis of Tadiran, Leclanché’s 1969 combine two Étienne and Lithium-thionyl an Israeli revolutionary of its battery his team President Obama visits chloride manufacturer battery subsidiaries into embark on their 2011 Saft America’s advanced 1920 electrochemistry of lithium Inauguration production dates one and creates Transantarctica lithium-ion battery factory (Li-SOCl2) is batteries, with of state-of-the- from 1880 Saft-Mazda mission powered in Jacksonville, Florida, US 1955 invented by Saft operations in art lithium- by Saft batteries Israel, the US ion factory in The making of Concorde and Germany Jacksonville, an international 1955 prototypes 1985 Florida, US group Creation of the make their Sale of Launch of first flights subsidiary Saft consumer ® using Saft Intensium Max Corporation of battery activities 2004 nickel-based The Mars megawatt-scale America to Bernard Tapie batteries Exploration containerized 1924 and acquisition Saft SA shares Rovers energy storage of the industrial listed on the "Spirit" and system battery company Paris Stock "Opportunity" Wonder Exchange land on Mars with Saft batteries 5 SAFT MAGAZINE #100 YEARS SAFT MAGAZINE #100 YEARS Neither the First World War nor the refusal of a patent equipment foreman - were prepared to follow him. Together Saft: was enough to stop Victor Herold from creating the first they created the Société Industrielle des Accumulateurs company producing nickel-alkaline batteries in France. Alcalins (S.I.A.A.), or the Industrial Alkaline Battery Company, 6 France’s in 1913. While a factory was being built in Romainville near Paris, the company rented a workshop in rue Servan in the French battery capital to prepare all the equipment it would need. In May 1914, the factory was ready - however in August, the First World War broke out. The German staff had to leave France, pioneer and the premises were commandeered by the French army Victor before production could even begin. In 1901, the first rechargeable alkaline batteries appeared. They were more efficient and easier to store than their earlier lead-acid counterparts. As with many inventions, the technology was "discovered" by two different parties at almost the same time. On January 21, 1901, a Swedish engineer named Waldemar Jungner filed a patent application, followed on February 6 by Thomas Edison with one for a similar device. It is fair to say that the American inventor supplied much more detail than his Swedish counterpart. When Thomas Edison began selling the batteries in 1902, Jungner took him Victor Herold, Saft’s to court for patent infringement. The lawsuit lasted for five Herold founder, was a disciple years, and in the end the claim was dismissed. Jungner had never fully developed the nickel-iron battery, preferring to bet of Thomas Edison and on his nickel-cadmium one. In the meantime, Thomas Edison Saft’s first customer involved in the battery had equipped thousands of trucks with his own nickel-iron industry as early batteries. The very short story of S.I.A.A. ends there, but Victor Herold’s as 1907. He created own industrial adventure entered a new chapter in 1917. Impressed by this success in Suffering from a gasoline France’s first nickel- the US, one of Edison’s German shortage after three years of alkaline battery plant friends asked for and received — war, France saw a solution in to address the country’s a license to produce and sell S.A.F.T. (Société des the US army electric vehicles, gasoline shortage after the product in Germany and which were powered by Edison the First World War. Austria-Hungary. Sigmund Accumulateurs Fixes et alkaline batteries. The Ministry Bergmann set up his company, of Armaments asked car DEAC, in 1904. DEAC was the de Traction) was created manufacturer Louis Renault firm Victor Herold joined three with one million francs to set up a factory making years later. Born in Paris in rechargeable alkaline batteries. 1883 to Swiss parents, he had in capital from French car Renault turned to Herold with a studied chemistry at the Zurich request to get his plant working Polytechnic School from 1901 manufacturers and the again, and on November 22, to 1905.