BASF to realign fuel cell business
BASF to focus competencies at BASF Fuel Cell Inc. in Somerset, New Jersey, USA
BASF is realigning its business for the fuel cell market. In the future, competencies for the production of high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) will be concentrated in Somerset, New Jersey. Operational activities at the BASF Fuel Cell GmbH site in Frankfurt, Germany, will be discontinued effective December 31, 2009. BASF plans to close the Frankfurt site in the course of 2010.
At the Somerset site, BASF Fuel Cell produces both high-temperature MEAs and important pre-products such as electrodes. Thus, Somerset is the only site that covers the entire production process for MEAs.
“In addition to integrated production, the Somerset site offers us the advantage of being closer to our customers and to key future markets, such as fuel cells for residential combined heat and power systems”, said Stefano Pigozzi, head of BASF’s Inorganics division to which BASF Fuel Cell belongs. “We are strengthening our overall competitiveness by concentrating the competencies of the two sites.”
The restructuring will result in the loss of 43 positions in Frankfurt. “We will work closely with the employee representatives to find socially responsible solutions for the employees,” said Dr. Horst-Tore Land, CEO of BASF Fuel Cell GmbH in Frankfurt.
In addition to the activities in Frankfurt and Somerset, BASF has operated a laboratory in Yokkaichi, Japan, since May 2008. This laboratory is responsible for the application-specific support of local customers.
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