German-based Proton gears up for 15% annual growth in fuel cell market

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Proton Motor Power System's latest fuel cell stack module is ready for volume production in anticipation of 15% compound annual growth rate in global demand for hydrogen fuel cells, the UK-listed, Germanybased manufacturer said Aug. 18. An automated manufacturing line was installed at the company's headquarters in Puchheim near Munich in May last year, with the goal of increasing capacity up to 10,000 fuel cell units a year. This it said could be increased to 30,000-50,000 units with further investment in automation. The AIM-listed company, which had modest first-half sales of GBP6.5 million ($8.56 million), has just designed a multi-stack system for power demands over 100 kW for larger trucks, trains, ships and stationary back-up power applications.