By Mary Page Bailey | November 15, 2021
Johnson Matthey plc (London) announced a Memorandum of Understanding with newly established Norwegian company Hystar AS, a high-tech spin-out from Sintef (Trondheim, Norway), one of Europe’s largest independent research institutions. Hystar is backed by AP Ventures, a significant investor focused on breakthrough technologies in the fast-growing hydrogen industry. Under the agreement, Johnson Matthey will collaborate with Hystar to provide catalyst coated membranes (CCMs) for use in their innovative proton exchange membrane (PEM) stack and electrolyzer system package, which offers a significant improvement in efficiency.The collaboration will focus on stack development and manufacturing scale-up using CCMs provided by JM and patented cell design from Hystar. This next-generation cell design and PEM…