Lithiumstart: San Francisco energy firm bought by Missouri battery company

EaglePicher Technologies LLC, a battery company owned by St. Louis-based Vecta, said Friday it has acquired Lithiumstart Inc. of San Francisco. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Lithiumstart designs and builds lithium ion energy storage systems for marine, motorsport, aerospace, industrial and government customers. With the acquisition, it has been renamed EaglePicher Lithiumstart, officials said. EaglePicher, based in Joplin, Missouri, provides mission critical batteries for the aerospace,...