28 October 2013
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Air Liquide Japan and Toyota Tsusho Corporation
have signed a partnership agreement for
a hydrogen supply business
for fuel cell electric vehicles in Japan.
The two companies will establish a new JV company,
Totota Tsusho Air Liquide Hydrogen Energy Corporation
Toyota Tsusho 51 %,
Air Liquide Japan 49 %
As a first step, the new company will build
two hydrogen filling stations in Japan in the Aichi Area
(Atsuta in Nagoya and Fukada in Toyota city).
Both will be intended for public use,
to supply hydrogen for future fuel cell electric vehicles.
These stations will be operational in 2014, to be ready when
fuel cell vehicles are expected to reach the consumer market in 2015.
As the creation of a hydrogen supply infrastructure is
one of the most critical factors for fuel cell vehicles to become public.
The objective has been set in Japan-
Aiming for the installation of
100 hydrogen filling stations in and alongside
the highways connecting four major cities
(Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka) by 2015.
Air Liquide Group masters the entire hydrogen supply chain from
* production and storage to
* distribution and
* use by the end consumer.
Based on this expertise, it has demonstrated leadership
in public/private projects concerning hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicles.
The group has already
built more than 60 hydrogen filling stations for
fuel cell vehicles in the World.
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