[May 06, 2004] Entegris to Participate in 11th Fuel Cell Symposium, May 18-19, in Tokyo, Japan CHASKA, Minn. --(Business Wire)-- May 6, 2004 -- Local support for Japanese fuel cell manufacturers available through Entegris' Yonezawa, Japan facility Entegris, Inc., (Nasdaq:ENTG) a materials integrity management company, has announced its participation in the 11th Fuel Cell Symposium, May 18-19, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. Entegris will be located in Booth 5 at the annual event, held this year at the Tower Hotel Funabori. Entegris is making significant inroads as a leading provider of advanced fuel cell materials, components, sub-assemblies and value-added services designed to provide fuel cell system developers with tools to control contamination, improve reliability and lower costs. The company's compression-molded bipolar and monopolar plates are used in portable, stationary and transportation fuel cell stacks to increase stack reliability and decrease development costs. Entegris also supports fuel cell developers with fuel cell Balance of Plant (BOP) subassemblies and shipping packages. "Japan is clearly a growing market for fuel cell development," said John Goodman, Entegris president of the fuel cell market. "With our manufacturing facility in Japan and our expertise in materials integrity management, we have significant resources to provide fuel cell manufacturers with unparalleled materials science capabilities, technology and manufacturing support, enabling them to reduce size and weight, while improving the effectiveness of their products." Entegris' approximately 600-square-meter Japanese manufacturing facility is located at 4452-25 Hachimanpara; 3 Chome; Yonezawa, Yamagata; Japan (tel: 81-238-28-1611). In 2003, Entegris also opened a facility in Chaska, Minn. designed to manufacture its compression-molded bipolar and monopolar plates. Core competencies in polymer materials science, plastics product design and manufacturing, high purity fluid handling, and microelectronics process applications allow Entegris to provide the utmost in materials integrity management capabilities for any industry. More information on Entegris' offerings for the fuel cell and other industries is available at www.entegris.com. ABOUT ENTEGRIS Entegris products and services protect and transport the critical materials enabling the world's leading technologies. As a leading materials integrity management company, Entegris provides products and services used in key technology industries including the semiconductor, data storage, chemical processing, biopharmaceutical, medical device and fuel cell. Entegris is ISO 9001 certified and has manufacturing or service facilities in the United States, Germany, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. Its advanced research laboratories are located in Minnesota and Colorado, USA. Directly and through distributors, Entegris provides customer support on six continents. Additional information can be found at www.entegris.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]