Company Profile

Polestar Technologies Inc
Profile last edited on: 11/18/2019      CAGE: 02MQ8      UEI: CW9GKK95L7Y8

Business Identifier: Optical sensing approaches for environmental, biotechnology, and medical applications
Year Founded
1993
First Award
1993
Latest Award
2018
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

220 Reservoir Street Suite 3
Needham Heights, MA 02494
   (781) 449-2284
   info@polestartech.com
   www.polestartech.com
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 04
County: Norfolk

Public Profile

Having both commercial and government divisions, Polestar Technologies, Inc. offers a variety of products and services, including optical monitoring, sensing, and probes. The company produces a 4 channel monitoring system that allows the sensing of oxygen (O2), pH, and carbon dioxide (CO2) using one monitor. Polestar also provides technology consulting and chemical process optimization consulting and scientific research for a variety of clients. The company's primary area of focus is sensing technologies for a variety of difficult industrial and government applications such as; Oxygen (O2), pH, and carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors, Oxygen sensors in fuel tanks in military aircrafts, Carbon dioxide sensors, Remote detection and identification of explosives, Sensors for monitoring ethylene, and others. The company's technologies have resulted in products that monitor critical conditions in labs, bioprocess vessels, food & beverage packaging, and contaminated environmental sites, and provide fast, non-invasive analysis for medical applications.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
25-49
Revenue Range
2.5M-5M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
15-19

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2018 1 DHS $149,976
Project Title: Wearable Fentanyl Analog Sensor
2017 2 DOC $519,862
Project Title: Carbon Nanotube Array-based Nanosensor for Autonomous and Direct Measurement of Carbonate
2016 1 NASA $124,127
Project Title: Miniaturized Sensor Array Platform for Monitoring Calcium, Conductivity, and pH in Urine Brine
2016 1 DOE $140,052
Project Title: Solar Powered Dewvaporation Desalination System
2015 2 DARPA $1,635,302
Project Title: Oxytocin: Improving measurement sensitivity and specificity

Key People / Management

  Philip "Rusty" Warren -- President of Polestar Products, a division of Polestar Technologies

  Armand A Balasco -- Vice President, Technology Consulting

  David Allen Bergstein -- Engineering Manager

  James Biagioni -- Chief Operating Officer

  Ric Bowen -- Director, Technology Consulting

  Karen K Carpenter -- Founder; Chief Executive Officer

  Douglas Collins

  Stephen Grant -- Vice President, Global Sales

  James A Kane -- Vice President, Technology & Product Development

  Yufeng Ma

  Bill McGee -- VP of Operations

  Ronald H Micheels

  Ranganathan Shashidhar -- Senior Vice President, Research & Technology

  Qingwu Wang