Sunpower, Inc

Employee Size

11-50

Organization Type

Public Company

Headquarters

Athens, OH

Founded

1974

UEI

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CAGE

64737

Athens, Ohio’s Sunpower traces its roots to 1974, when Ohio University professor William Beale founded the company to advance the free-piston Stirling engine he had developed in the early 1960s. Now part of AMETEK, Sunpower remains known for this specialized technology, applying it to CryoTel® cryocoolers and related engineering work from its 40,000-square-foot facility.

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