fuel cell
Vancouver offers the perfect opportunity for AVL
to expand its fuel cell activities.
May 2018 marked the beginning of something new and exciting for
AVL. A carefully selected team of experts was hired to lay the foundation
for a venture that delivers a huge boost to AVL’s fuel cell offering. With
the foundation of AVL Fuel Cell Canada Inc. the international company
has set a first footprint in Canada.
The decision regarding the location of this new fuel cell hub was easy: It
had to be Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
“Vancouver is home to a unique fuel cell development community and hosts
the world’s largest cluster of fuel cell facilities,” explains Urs Gerspach,
Executive Vice President Test Systems and Global Operations & Director
AVL Fuel Cell Canada Inc. “With this new R&D center, AVL is now part
of that community.”
The capital of British Columbia is well known to be a hotspot of fuel cell
development, with new talents coming out of the region’s universities frequently.
It is the perfect location for AVL to establish presence in this region
and to invest into (young) talents. “Vancouver has been a fuel cell hub for
decades, and a lot of competence and talent is located there,” confirms
Matthias Brendel, Vice President / Business Field Leader Electrification.
“This is the perfect opportunity to build a team in the city and has given
us a big step forward.”
To create the ideal environment for fuel cell development, the office and laboratory
are undergoing construction work. The new home of “AVL Canada”
is called Burnaby. The City of Burnaby is an aspiring and modern town in
greater Vancouver, only some 30 minutes away from Downtown Vancouver,
offering a perfect infrastructure for reaching partners and suppliers.
AVL JOINS
FUEL CELL
COMMUNITY
IN VANCOUVER,
CANADA
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