To successfully commercialize fuel cell technology, Ballard is actively engaged with industry-leading partners that are integrating our fuel cell products into end-use products. These products deliver the benefits of clean, efficient, and reliable power in key strategic applications.
AFCC Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp.
AFCC Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. (AFCC) is a private Vancouver, Canada-based automotive fuel cell technology company founded in 2008 and owned 50.1% by Daimler AG, 30% by Ford Motor Company and 19.9% by Ballard Power Systems. AFCC was created to focus on fuel cell research, development and design specifically for automotive applications.
AFCC will work closely with Daimler and Ford to evolve automotive fuel cell technology. AFCC will continue to be positioned for success in automotive fuel cell technology development over the longer term, with management and program funding provided by Daimler and Ford.
Ballard’s relationship with AFCC, and our minority ownership position in that company, confer important benefits to us, including –
AFCC is an important Ballard customer, to which we provide contract technical services and fuel cell manufacturing services on a profitable basis;
Ballard is permitted to use automotive fuel cell intellectual property owned and developed at AFCC, Daimler and Ford in non-automotive applications.
Ebara Ballard Corporation Ballard has partnered with Ebara Corporation – a Japanese company that is globally recognized as a major developer, manufacturer and distributor of fluid machinery and systems, precision machinery and environmental engineering systems – to develop fuel cell cogeneration systems for the Japanese residential market.
We have positioned our joint venture company, Ebara Ballard, to take our cogeneration products to the next stage of commercialization in Japan, in concert with major energy providers such as Tokyo Gas and Nippon Oil.
