HbT-Visteon Alliance Aims to Speed Fuel Cells to Market

    RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif.--March 7, 2001--Hydrogen Burner Technology (now doing business as HbT) and Visteon Corp. have formed an exclusive engineering, development and manufacturing alliance to commercialize HbT's hydrogen fuel processors for use in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems.
    The production of hydrogen in an efficient and economic form is one of the last challenges for the continued progress and practical application of fuel cells on a mass-market basis.
    The agreement calls for Visteon to provide engineering, design and support services to HbT for its fuel processors, including design and manufacturing for HbT's facility in Rancho Dominguez. Visteon will concurrently provide contract manufacturing, as HbT's customer volume grows, to deliver commercial hydrogen fuel processor systems as an exclusive supplier to HbT.
    "Visteon's vast experience in manufacturing will significantly accelerate our efforts to accomplish targeted unit cost reductions in order to achieve large-scale commercial production of our fuel processors," said HbT President and CEO David Moard.