DGAP-News: SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG: Fuel Cells integrating SFC technology win Important Competition of U.S. Government for Reliable Mobile Power Supply

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06.10.2008 

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• Portable M-25 Fuel Cell Prototype wins 1st place and 1 Mio. US$ prize
money against 170 competing systems
• Commercial portable Jenny 600S fuel cell wins 3rd place and 250,000 US$
prize money
• SFC expands into the United States with the opening of a sales and
technical service office

Brunnthal/Munich, Germany, October 5, 2008 – SFC Smart Fuel Cell, leading
supplier of fuel cell products for mobile and off-grid power applications
today announced that two portable fuel cell systems integrating SFC
technology won first and third prizes in the U.S. Defense Department’s
Wearable Power Competition. The Department of Defense Research and
Engineering established the Wearable Power Competition in 2007 to
en-courage innovation in energy systems carried by personnel during field
missions. At-tached to a standard military vest, the systems were required
to provide 20W of average electric power for 96 hours, meet brief
peak-power demand of up to 200W and weigh no more than 4 kg (8.8 pounds)
and pass a simulated field use.

The two fuel cells integrating SFC technology competed with nearly 170
entries in the inaugural Wearable Power Competition. In a team effort with
DuPont, the new ground-breaking SFC electrical power system, the M-25
Portable Fuel Cell, won the $1 million first prize. The company’s JENNY
fuel cell, entered SFC’s partner Capitol Connections LLC of Middleburg,
Va., won $250,000 for third prize in the competition. The
M-25, which combines DuPont’s direct methanol technology with SFC’s
commercially proven fuel cell systems, products, and integration expertise,
was deployed for limited use in the field for the U.S. Army earlier this
year.

In both systems, the hybrid battery was still fully charged, with
substantial amounts of fuel left in the cartridge at the end of the
demanding 96-hour test protocol. This shows that both systems had still
plenty of capacity even in these harsh test scenarios.

'We are extremely proud our portable power systems have performed so well
in this rigorous Department of Defense competition against so many
competing technologies,' said Dr. Peter Podesser, CEO of SFC Smart Fuel
Cell. 'Fuel cells are the portable and off-grid power sources of the
future, and SFC has established its leadership in providing systems that
meet a wide range of defense, industrial and consumer applications.'

SFC further expands U.S. market position
In addition to the two prizes in the Department of Defense Competition SFC
has further strengthened its presence in the U.S. with the opening of a
sales and technical service office in Atlanta, Georgia. With this office
the company is reacting to the growing interest of U.S. industry and
defense customers.

'The United States is a key and fast-growing market for SFC and our new
office is in-tended to be our first step towards establishing full U.S.
operations. Establishing a team of SFC experts on the East Coast will
enable us to work even more closely with our de-fense and commercial
partners,' said Podesser. 'The new headquarters in the U.S. will serve to
further enhance our collaboration with our technology partners as well as
help us to increase our market penetration into the U.S.'

About SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG 
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG (www.sfc.com) is market leader in fuel cell
technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications serving the
leisure, industrial and defense markets.  As one of Ger-many’s technology
pioneers, SFC has won numerous innovation awards.  SFC has alliances with
leading companies in a wide range of industries.  Unlike most other fuel
cell manufacturers, who are in the research and development phase or run
subsidized demonstration projects, SFC has shipped more than 10,000 fully
commercial products to industrial and private end users for more than four
years, and has created a convenient fuel cartridge supply infrastructure.
SFC is DIN ISO 9001:2000 certified. SFC is based in Brunnthal, Germany, and
has a U.S. sales and technical ser-vice office in Atlanta, USA.


SFC Investor Relations
Barbara v. Frankenberg 
Investor Relations Manager
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
Eugen-Sänger-Ring 4
D-85649 Brunnthal 
Tel. +49 89 673 592-378
Fax. +49 89 673 592-369
barbara.frankenberg@sfc.com
www.sfc.com


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Language:     English
Issuer:       SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
              Eugen-Saenger-Ring 4
              85649 Brunnthal
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (89) 673 592 - 100
Fax:          +49 (89) 673 592 - 169
E-mail:       info@sfc.com
Internet:     www.sfc.com
ISIN:         DE0007568578
WKN:          756857
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
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