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E-TEK News
PEMEAS Fuel Cell Technologies Purchased by BASF
October 2006 - PEMEAS, E-TEK Division Newsletter
October 2005 - PEMEAS and E-TEK merger complete
July 2005 - PEMEAS and Gruppo De Nora announce merger (Milan)
PEMEAS and Gruppo De Nora, Milan, intend to merge their fuel cell components businesses. De Nora will contribute its fuel cell business E-TEK into PEMEAS and will in return receive an equity stake in the enlarged company. The merger is still subject to approval by the respective corporate boards and regulatory agencies.
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January 2005
New E-TEK product catalog adds ePurchase capability and expanded lines of machine-made and handmade products. E-TEK's updated online product catalog now allows customers to place secure online orders for many select product configurations. Please visit ePurchase Products for more about E-TEK's latest lines of machine-made Standard high-volume products and handmade Custom products for specific applications, and ePurchase products-select configurations of GDE, GDL, carbon cloth, carbon paper and catalysts that are available for rapid online ordering.
May 2004
E-TEK announces a new line of high-performance, machine-made commercial products for fuel cell, electrochemical, and sensor applications. The E-TEK HP (High Performance) platinum catalysts deliver higher power to fuel cell assemblies. E-TEK reinvented its process chemistry to achieve more uniform catalyst distribution and boost electrochemical activity. The new-generation machine-made gas-diffusion layers and gas-diffusion electrodes employ the HP catalysts for outstanding performance in multiple applications. They are available in commercial quantities with volume discounts. Based on the new HP catalyst and optimized ELAT? structures, E-TEK's new commercial membrane electrode assemblies are the best value in 5-layer MEAs for power devices. The Series 14 is a general-purpose MEA capable of generating power over a wide range of conditions up to 80?C. For more information, please see E-TEK's online Standard Products catalog.
May 2004
Management Changes Support Global Expansion of Commercial Sales. DeNora North America has announced senior management changes that give E-TEK greater access to DeNora's global resources to support increased sales of E-TEK's gas diffusion products. Mr. Franco Ladavas, was named president of DeNora North America, where he will direct the expansion of DeNora North America's commercial activities. Dr. Emory DeCastro was promoted to Executive Vice President of E-TEK. DeCastro will continue to guide E-TEK's expanding commercial product line and automated manufacturing capability, supported by the worldwide resources of Industrie DeNora. "DeNora management recognizes the viability and potential of the emerging commercial fuel cell market," said DeCastro. Their support will help E-TEK build on its commercial success in the electrochemical market to become a volume supplier to the fuel cell industry. E-TEK will continue to introduce new advanced commercial products and reduce costs."
April 2004
Lower Prices, Higher Quality for Gas Diffusion Layer Products. E-TEK has significantly reduced the price of its new-generation ELAT 1000 series gas diffusion layer (GDL) assemblies while substantially improving product quality and consistency. Available in commercial quantities, these GDLs are engineered for outstanding performance over a wide range of operating conditions in fuel cells, sensors, and industrial electrochemical processes. By increasing process efficiencies, E-TEK has reduced the price of its machine-made GDLs by an order of magnitude in less than four years. Improved fabrication processes have enhanced GDL product quality and consistency by reducing variation in basis weight. E-TEK offers a variety of GDLs for multiple applications including high-temperature duty in PEM fuel cells. See Standard Products page for a complete product listing.
November 2002
E-TEK launches on-line Technical Literature Database. The comprehensive E-TEK Literature Database is one of the premiere public access database sites that deals exclusively with fuel cell technology. Users can easily access bibliographic references to articles on a full range of fuel cell-related topics. Find performance curves, exact conditions profiles, detailed reports on new catalyst alloys, methods for making your own MEAs, experimental methods for evaluating fuel cell components, and much more.
June 2002
Bob Allen, co-founder of E-TEK and one of the key inventors of platinum on carbon black, the standard for fuel cell catalysts, was named Visiting Scientist at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Mr. Allen joins the catalyst nanotechnology research group of Professor Sanjeev Mukerjee. Prof. Mukerjee's group, Du Pont, and Nuvera Fuel Cell are teaming partners on De Nora's DOE Energy Efficient Science and Technology Cooperative Agreement.
March 2002
Mr. Luciano Iacopetti, former Executive Vice President of De Nora North America, Inc., is named Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Iacopetti was head of De Nora's Design Group in Milan, Italy. While leading the design group, Mr. Iacopetti was responsible for not only new chlor-alkali cell electrolyzers, but also developed one of the first "all metal" PEMFC stacks. Mr. Iacopetti was also instrumental in designing special electrolyzers that are capable of utilizing fuel cell gas diffusion electrodes in large scale industrial electrochemical processes.
January 2002
E-TEK embarks on a capitalization program to support an expanded electrode structure/formulations group. Over $200,000 of specialized instruments were acquired to both support R&D and QC activities.
November 2001
In order to further develop gas diffusion electrodes for use in recovering chlorine from waste hydrochloric acid, DE NORA TECNOLOGIE ELETTROCHIMICHE S.r.l., BAYER AG, and the E-TEK division of De Nora N.A., Inc. form a three way joint developmental program to advance the manufacturing of E-TEK's patented catalyst and ELAT? for this process. The use of gas diffusion electrodes in industrial electrochemical processes provides significant energy savings.
July 2001
Mr. Greg Morris, formerly of Dow, is hired as interim President. Mr. Morris's experience ranges from installation and startup of complex chemical plants to pioneering a high speed membrane production line.
July 2001
Department of Energy Invests over $85 Million in Energy Efficient Science and Technology. De Nora North America was selected for a $13.3 million cost-shared contract to develop improved cathodes and high temperature membranes for PEM fuel cells. Advanced MEA fabrication methods will also be developed. The objective of this award will be to develop the next generation of fuel cell stack components to provide high performance at lower cost.
June 2001
Former President Luca Buonerba was promoted to Regional Director for Asia, and is responsible for Gruppo De Nora business development and operations in Asia. Mr. Buonerba will also be responsible for developing the E-TEK product line throughout Asia. He will be based at the De Nora Far East Pte. Ltd. at Telephone + 65 834 9563.
November 2000
E-TEK purchases an additional coating machine, specially designed to allow the automated production of custom gas diffusion media and gas diffusion electrodes based on the patented ELAT® architecture. The new machine is designed to operate on a variety of web materials, including carbon cloth, carbon paper, and metal webs. The flexibility of this machine allows E-TEK to pursue the automated production of many of their gas diffusion products for PEM Fuel Cells, and metal air batteries or similar structures. Start-up for the coating machine is expected by March, 2001. This additional machine will supplement the current automated coating line for commercial product production.
November 2000
The ELAT coating line at De Nora North America was upgraded with a modification to the coating station. These modifications were performed for the purpose of increasing product uniformity, to lower rejection rate, and to implement changes in fluid handling systems. To denote the ELAT manufacturing changes, electrodes produced using the improved coating station design will have a designation of V 3.1 Previous ELAT designation was V 3
July 2000
Tokyo, Japan: E-TEK announces the formation of an Alliance between Permelec Electrode Ltd, and the E-TEK Division of De Nora North America, Inc. Permelec Electrode Ltd. (PEL) is the sole Japanese distributor of all E-TEK catalog and web-based products for the Fuel Cell and Industrial Electrochemical markets.
PEL's reputation in the field of commercial electrodes for Industrial Electrochemical applications, and E-TEK's standard-setting product line of gas diffusion electrodes, catalysts, and specialty components make a good team for those developing Fuel Cells (polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM-FC) and phosphoric acid fuel cell); novel applications of gas diffusion electrodes for industrial processes; and sensors.
To contact Permelec Electrode Ltd., please address inquiries to Mr. Takuo Ito, TEL (0466) 87-8841 FAX: (0466) 87 88 52, or Email: ito@permelec.co.jp
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