NACCO Materials Handling Acquires Hydrogen Fuel Cell Company
NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), Cleveland, Ohio, acquired Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., a Billerica, Mass.-based hydrogen fuel cell company. The deal reinforces the commitment of Hyster Co. and Yale Materials Handling Corp., operating divisions of NMHG, to provide a broad range of alternative energy solutions to the lift truck market and become what is said to be the first OEM manufacturers to integrate and factory-fit fuel cell technology directly into their products.
Nuvera develops and produces fuel cell stack sub-systems as well as the supporting on-site hydrogen production and dispensing systems. Hyster and Yale, which presently offer several alternative energy lift trucks, including battery-electrics and hybrids in addition to their internal combustion engines (ICEs), intend to commercialize and rapidly integrate this technology across large parts of their lift truck product ranges to offer customers an additional environmentally friendly choice. Plus, Nuvera’s Orion fuel cell stacks are configurable to accommodate aftermarket and retrofit solutions and designed to fit almost any brand electric-powered lift truck.