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EKPO sets the pace in automated stack production

EKPO sets the pace in automated stack production

by | Jun 8, 2022 | Germany

At IAA Mobility 2021, EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies presented various next-generation fuel cell stack platforms with improved design and higher performance, © EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies

EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies at IAA Mobility 2021, © EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies

The joint venture between ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium has built up a production capacity of 10,000 stack units per year at the Dettingen site. According to chief finance officer Dr. Gernot Stellberger, the fuel cell manufacturer from Baden-Württemberg has a lead of about two years over the competition in the area of industrial stack design. The company is aiming for a sales revenue of up to one billion euros by the end of the decade. In addition to the commercial vehicle sector, there is great interest from the maritime and rail industry. In the joint venture Aerostack with Airbus, EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH is developing a stack for use in aviation. (more…)

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Back in hall 13 for Hannover Messe

Back in hall 13 for Hannover Messe

by | Apr 17, 2022 | Germany

Hydrogen + Fuel Cells Europe, according to the current status, will take place May 30th to June 2nd in person on the Hannover Messe fairgrounds. There, industry representatives will be able to network in the dependable corporeal format again. That’s the assumption of Tobias Renz anyway, the organizer of this trade fair. The space booked for stands may be similar to the last time, in 2019, before the corona pandemic. Renz hopes to be able to present around 200 exhibitors once again. (more…)

Back in hall 13 for Hannover Messe

ElringKlinger + Plastic Omnium = EKPO

by | May 15, 2021 | Germany

In early March 2021, ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium declared their intention to give fresh impetus to the production of fuel cell stacks and components with their new join venture – EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies. According to company reports, the aim of EKPO, in which ElringKlinger holds a 60 percent ownership stake, is to manufacture fuel cell components at competitive prices “at first mainly for commercial vehicles and buses and then also for cars.” A production figure of up to 10,000 stacks a year is forecast. Company bosses explained that there is sufficient production capacity available to be able to realize a sales volume of between EUR 700 million and EUR 1 billion by the year 2030 which equates to a market share of 10 percent to 15 percent.

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New Business-Institution Co-Op for Intralogistics

New Business-Institution Co-Op for Intralogistics

by | Dec 1, 2017 | Germany

CINNOW has established a new organization to support the fuel cell industry in Germany. Wolfgang Axthammer, one of the company’s two managing directors and head of its Special Markets program, confirmed that the first general meeting of the Clean Intralogistics Net, a network of fuel cell businesses (more…)

World of Energy Solutions 2015 in Stuttgart

World of Energy Solutions 2015 in Stuttgart

by | Feb 4, 2016 | Europe, Germany

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In 2016, STORM Pulse should start its global tour.

When the World of Energy Solutions took place in Stuttgart from Oct. 12 to 14, 2015, the emission scandal surrounding Volkswagen was still a fresh memory. The #dieselgate was the topic of many conversations and even an issue in a lot of the presentations held at the trade show. During his opening speech, Franz Untersteller, Baden-Wurttemberg‘s Minister of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, was confident (more…)