In order to accelerate the introduction of commercial products to the marketplace, Nuvera announced last month that it will introduce its own line of hybrid fuel cell products for forklifts.  Nuvera will continue to supply fuel cell systems to East Penn Manufacturing for the Deka ReadyPower product.

It is exciting to see the growing interest in fuel cells from the material handling sector, and we look forward to providing solutions to the market as quickly as possible.

To learn more about Nuvera’s forthcoming hybrid fuel cell product for forklift trucks, click here!

As we announced several weeks ago, Nuvera, in addition to working with East Penn on the ReadyPower unit, will be launching its own motive power fuel cell product in the coming weeks.

We will be updating our website with information on our new product, highlighting some of its key features.  To check out the first installment, click here, and check back often for updates!

Nuvera and East Penn announced today the successful deployment of 20 ReadyPower units at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in New Cumberland, PA.  DLA provides logistical support for the Department of Defense.  To read the press release, click here.

By Roberto Cordaro, President and CEO
Nuvera Fuel Cells

In light of today’s announcement of the successful conclusion of the joint development agreement with East Penn Manufacturing, I wanted to take a few moments to discuss Nuvera’s path forward in the coming months.

Nuvera is now moving to the next phase of its own development as designer, developer and manufacturer of industrial products that are clean, safe and easy to operate and maintain. We are now moving to directly supply end use customers and provide the high level of support these customers demand and deserve.

This is a landmark for our young company. We have early adopted Customer Focus as one of our company values. We talked to dozens of forklift trucks owners and operators before deciding to pursue this market back in 2004. We solicited their input and used them to design and develop our product. We tested several iterations of our product in normal duty by operators of our partner’s forklift trucks, for tens of thousands of hours and thousands of refueling events. With our suppliers involvement we were able to meet, and in some cases exceed the customers’ requirements.

It has been a long haul the last four years. Moments of frustration followed by a few moments of joy. This could not have been done were it not for the tenacity and dedication of the Nuvera people and our partners at East Penn Manufacturing. My many, many thanks.

And now we move to show time. Let’s make our customers successful so we earn our place under the sun in the new energy world.

Sincerely,

Roberto

Jim Rubright of East Penn Manufacturing sat down with DC Velocity’s James Cooke to talk about fuel cells, expanding their Deka battery product line and running “crisp.” The article, in this month’s DC Velocity, covers the rigorous testing that East Penn is conducting on its ReadyPower unit, co-developed with Nuvera, at their 180,000 square foot distribution center. Cooke’s grasp of the overall picture of the fuel cell material handling market is quite solid, and he gives a good overview of East Penn and Nuvera’s stake in the game. The only slip up? The PowerTap hydrogen refueler used at the Topton Distribution Center dispenses gaseous hydrogen, not liquid as he indicates.

Click on the picture to read the entire article.