Corporate | 27 July 2009 11:10
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG / Miscellaneous
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Brunnthal/Munich — July 27, 2009 — SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG, SFC Smart
Fuel Cell AG, technology and market leader for mobile and off-grid power
solutions based on fuel cells, has secured an order for the supply of more
than 130 EFOY Pro fuel cell systems in 2009 from the Mercedes Benz
Cologne/Leverkusen branch of Daimler AG.
Daimler AG will be using the EFOY Pro 1600 systems to provide an onboard
power supply for professionally used vehicles. Most of the systems will be
retrofitted to existing official Mercedes Benz Sprinter vans. Others will
be fitted in new Sprinters.
'This order confirms SFC's market leading position for onboard fuel cell
power supply of special-purpose vehicles', said Dr. Peter Podesser, CEO of
SFC Smart Fuel Cell. 'Especially for professional users there is great
demand for reliable long-term energy supply far from the grid. In this
field we see one of the core growth areas for our company'.
These special-purpose vehicles, fitted with fuel cells, are to be used by
officials non-stop for eight or more hours as a mobile office, to access
important data. Therefore the vehicles need to support a high level of
equipment functionality. Until now, it has been extremely problematic to
provide a reliable power source for the equipment in these special-purpose
vehicles with no access to an electrical outlet. The vehicles are often far
from the grid, the engine cannot be kept running to provide the power as it
is too costly and bad for the environment, and generators are out of the
question for hours of use, as the noise and exhaust fumes are a strain on
the vehicle occupants. The onboard EFOY Pro fuel cell solves this problem
in an eco-friendly manner: it charges the batteries automatically, silently
and without producing any emissions. This means there is no need to
recharge from the grid or at the depot and the vehicles can be used
flexibly, with no need to make special trips to the depot to recharge the
batteries.
This repeat order for SFC to equip special-purpose vehicles means that by
the end of the year, almost 400 official vehicles will be on German roads
using EFOY fuel cells. The cartridges for this application will be sold at
the sales points run by a large distributor, ensuring that there is blanket
coverage. In Europe, the EFOY cartridges are already available at more than
1,200 sales points.
The EFOY Pro 1600 is in SFC's EFOY fuel cell range. SFC's fuel cells are
coming into increasing use for recreation, industry, mobility and defense,
wherever there is a need for reliable, convenient and eco-friendly power
supply independently of the grid. The company has already sold over 14,000
EFOY fuel cells to international industrials and consumers.
About SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG (www.sfc.com) is market leader in fuel cell
technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications serving the
leisure, industrial and defense markets. As one of Germany's technology
pioneers, SFC has won numerous innovation awards. SFC has alliances with
leading companies in a wide range of industries. Unlike most other fuel
cell manufacturers, who are in the research and development phase or run
subsidized demonstration projects, SFC has shipped more than 14,000 fully
commercial products to industrial and private end users for more than five
years, and has created a convenient fuel cartridge supply infrastructure.
SFC is DIN ISO 9001:2000 certified. SFC is based in Brunnthal, Germany, and
has a U.S. sales and technical service office in Atlanta.
SFC Investor Relations - Barbara von Frankenberg - Head of IR and PR -
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG - Eugen-Saenger-Ring 4 - D-85649 Brunnthal
Tel. +49 89 673 592-378 - Fax. +49 89 673 592-169
Email: barbara.frankenberg@sfc.com
27.07.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
Eugen-Saenger-Ring 4
85649 Brunnthal
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (89) 673 592 - 100
Fax: +49 (89) 673 592 - 169
E-mail: info@sfc.com
Internet: www.sfc.com
ISIN: DE0007568578
WKN: 756857
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
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