U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visits the NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES)

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visits the NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES) Dry Room and Battery Facility on a tour lead by President Harvey Stenger, Nobel laureate and NECCES director M. Stanley Whittingham and Shailesh Upreti, the CEO of Charge CCCV (C4V) a lithium-ion battery technology company based in Endicott. PhD student Isiksu Buyuker, left, shows Sen. Gillibrand a pouch cell that was made in the facility as Upreti and Whittingham look on.