Manufacturing Industry
Polymer suppliers pouring energy into shaping fuel-cell technology.
Plastics News, March, 2001 by Miel, Rhoda
There is a fuel-cell technology race revving up across the globe. The research is in full swing at development centers, on test tracks and in mold shops. What's up for grabs is a market with a total value projected to reach $10 billion by the end of this decade and likely to grow exponentially from there.
For plastics suppliers, the key to hooking into that market is ensuring that polymers will form a base of the fuel cell itself, and become a major player in the fuel-cell market. "It's a technology that is a big priority for us, because we see a big future for it," said Joe Carfora, vice president of business development for Bulk Molding Compounds Inc. "The volume potential is just huge." Fuel cells are not a new concept. The first were developed in...
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