Plug Power Energy India Pvt. Ltd, a company that develops, manufactures, integrates and services proprietary fuel cell solutions, has reportedly signed a strategic manufacture and supply agreement with SFO Technologies, a NeST Group Company, for building Plug Power's (News - Alert) GenSys fuel cell systems in India.

 

Having a global presence, SFO Technologies has been specializing in software development, hardware manufacturing, optronics and fiber optics, broadband and RF & microwave solutions and electronics R&D.

 

Under the deal,  NeST will manufacture Plug Power's fuel cell systems in India and will also provide support for vendor development, procurement, manufacturing, testing and shipment of the GenSys systems. Reportedly, NeST will offer Plug Power with world-class manufacturing and supply expertise in the Indian telecommunications market and eventually to other key markets in Africa and Asia.

 

"This is a great opportunity for NeST to support the fast growing fuel cell market," said N. Jahangir, vice chairman and managing director of the NeST Group, in a statement. "This is an ideal product for NeST to demonstrate its vertically integrated capability in electronics, wire harness, power supply, sheet metal, plastics and box build. NeST is grateful to Plug Power for selecting us as their manufacturing partner, which I consider as recognition of our demonstrated capability in global competitiveness, quality and fulfillment. NeST is committed to make Plug Power successful and grow in this product area."

 

Plug Power’s statement also clarified that both the companies are currently preparing for the production of the first 200 GenSys units sold to WTTIL, the cell tower arm of Tata Teleservices (News - Alert) Limited, which was announced in July. Plug Power has reportedly planned to have all 200 units shipped by the end of March, 2010 and install approximately 1,000 systems throughout India by the end of the same year.

 

"Plug Power is very impressed with the unique combination of significant vertical integration, quality manufacturing and focus on customer satisfaction provided by NeST," said Scott Egbert, managing director of Plug Power Energy India, in a statement."NeST's stellar management team and globally diverse design and manufacturing services allowed Plug Power to confidently enter into this partnership as a way to offer the highest-quality and lowest-cost commercial product to customers.”

 

GenSys provides continuous power to cell tower sites. Plug Power's GenSys units are fueled by Liquid Petroleum Gas, allowing the customer to eliminate logistics associated with the delivery of pure hydrogen.