Feintool and SITEC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify cooperation in the production of metallic bipolar plates for fuel cells and electrolysers in Europe. The market for fuel cell and electrolyser applications in Europe is developing very dynamically and offers high potential. In order to produce metallic bipolar plates – the core of a fuel cell – economically and on an industrial scale, the forming and further process needs to meet higher requirements in terms of tightness, precision and repeatability.

With the FEINforming forming process developed by Feintool and SITEC's efficient laser welding process FLEX Welding, the companies also want to take off in Europe. Together, high-precision individual plates are joined to form bipolar plates on appropriate systems and with the support of an integrated process consisting of FEINforming, FLEX Welding and FLEX Inspection. Due to the partnership, both companies are able to supply customers with the higher quality and most competitive high-volume bipolar plates.

The cooperation ranges from engineering to marketing and sales to procurement, prototyping and quality management. In the course of the cooperation, the two companies will also continuously develop the manufacturing processes and add further complementary processes, such as coating.