Achievement marks firm's commitment to guarantee maximum quality standards of its goods and services to customers

Milan / Cambridge, Mass., September 24, 2002 – Nuvera Fuel Cells today announced that its European subsidiary, Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe SrL, has been recognized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for its high-quality operations in "research and development, design, fabrication, and servicing of fuel cell stacks." The company was certified according to UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 for its commitment to quality management systems by ICIM, an ISO-approved organization based in Milan, Italy. UNI EN ISO 9001: 2000 (also called "Vision 2000") represents the newest ISO-approved industry standard.

The achievement marks a major milestone for both Nuvera and the fuel cell industry to guarantee high-quality standards in the delivery of goods and services to customers. Quality assurance certification is the process through which qualified independent third parties (such as ICIM) validate that a company's quality assurance system complies with the provisions of the relevant standards.

"We are very proud of this accomplishment as it represents our ability to meet the industry's toughest quality standards to date," said Alessandro Delfrate, Sales Manager of Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe. "Our goal is to ensure complete customer satisfaction in every phase of our operation, from analyzing and understanding their needs, to purchasing materials, to our engineering, manufacturing, and testing processes and post-sales assistance."

About Nuvera
Nuvera Fuel Cells (www.nuvera.com) is a leading designer and developer of fuel cell power systems, fuel processors, and fuel cell stacks for the automotive, distributed generation, commercial, and industrial markets. Since 1992, its fuel processors and PEM fuel cell stacks have been successfully tested and evaluated by major automobile and appliance manufacturers, research institutions, telecommunications organizations, and industrial and energy companies. Nuvera's fuel processors have demonstrated the ability to extract hydrogen from a number of liquid and gaseous fuels, including gasoline, ethanol, methanol, natural gas, kerosene, propane, butane, home heating oil, and diesel.

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Robert Derby
Director, Marketing Communications
Nuvera Fuel Cells

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