Ballard Power Systems
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| Formerly | Ballard Research |
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| Company type | Public |
| TSX: BLDP Nasdaq: BLDP | |
| Industry | Alternative energy |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
Key people | Ian Bourne, chairman of the board of directors Randy MacEwen, president and chief executive officer |
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Number of employees | 630 (Dec 2017) |
Ballard Power Systems Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell products for markets such as heavy-duty motive (consisting of bus and tram applications), portable power, material handling as well as engineering services. Ballard has designed and shipped over 400 MW of fuel cell products to date.
History
Ballard was founded in 1979 under the name Ballard Research Inc. to conduct research and development on high-energy lithium batteries. Since committing to the development of PEM fuel cell technology in 1989, Ballard has delivered PEM fuel cell products worldwide to a number of leading product manufacturers.
Ballard went public in 1993 on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE), and in 1995 was listed on the NASDAQ. Ballard Power Systems opened a fuel cell manufacturing facility in 2000 in Burnaby, B.C.[1]
Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation
On February 1, 2008, Ballard spun out Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) [2] to allow for further expansion of fuel cell technology.[3][4] After the split, Ballard continued as a publicly traded company focusing on non-automotive applications (including buses), while AFCC became a privately held company of 150 employees, developing hydrogen fuel cell stacks for automobiles. AFCC's initial ownership split was Daimler AG (50.1%), Ford Motor Company (30.0%), and Ballard itself (19.9%).[5]
Achievements
Ballard has:
- access to 2,000 patents/applications[citation needed]
- over 400 MW of fuel cell products[citation needed]
References
- ^ "The Practice of Innovation: Seven Canadian Firms in Profile" (PDF). Government of Canada. 2003. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ http://afcc-auto.com/about.php?name=company
- ^ Automotive Tech: "The Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC)" - technologynewsdaily.com - November 8, 2007 - Retrieved November 08, 2007
- ^ "Daimler AG to become majority stake holder in new ”Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation”" - Daimler AG - November 8, 2007 - Retrieved November 08, 2007
- ^ "Daimler, Ford Teaming Up On Fuel Cells". Jalopnik. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2015.