CHASKA, Minn., Jan. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTG) has released a new High Temperature Plate to help manufacturers improve fuel cell performance. With more than 40 years of polymer material science and manufacturing experience, Entegris is a leading provider of advanced fuel cell materials, components, sub-assemblies and services used by fuel cell system developers to control contamination, improve reliability and lower costs.
"Today's applications require a higher performance plate material that can perform up to 200 degrees Celsius in flow battery and fuel cell state-of-the-art equipment," said Owen Hopkins, Managing Director. "The new plate material exemplifies why many of the top developers rely on Entegris for solutions that custom molders cannot provide. With the recent addition of Poco Graphite, Entegris will continue to raise the bar in materials development and help drive the fuel cell industry from concept to commercialization."
The High Temperature Plate helps meet the industry's increasing demand for higher performance and uniform compression-molded bipolar plates used in portable, stationary and transportation fuel cell stacks. Manufacturers using Entegris products benefit from improved plate consistency and conductivity when compared to traditional bipolar plates. Product testing shows that Entegris Plate products have the unique ability to be sealed with less than a 50 um discrepancy, while still maintaining the product-exclusive flow fields many OEMs require. The High Temperature Plate is manufactured by Entegris using a highly conductive carbon-loaded composite which aims to help manufacturers increase stack reliability and decrease development costs.
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Entegris is a leading provider of a wide range of products for purifying, protecting and transporting critical materials used in processing and manufacturing in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries. Entegris is ISO 9001 certified and has manufacturing, customer service and/or research facilities in the United States, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Additional information can be found at www.entegris.com.