About us

This is Cell Impact

Around the world, a major shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is taking place, and Cell Impact is part of this development. Fuel cells produce electricity and heat through an electrochemical reaction where hydrogen and oxygen are combined. The technology is environmentally-friendly and the only byproduct is clean water. With the help of electrolyzers, electricity from renewable sources can be used to split water and thus produce green hydrogen gas.

Cell Impact has developed a unique high-precision method for forming the very thin metallic plates – flow plates – that are used in fuel cells and some electrolyzers. The method relies on a hydraulic impact unit that very quickly, and with incredible accuracy, forms a metallic substance between two precision tools. The high energy levels make it possible to utilize special physical properties in the metal to form the exact patterns required for high efficiency in a modern flow plate.

Cell Impact develops and manufactures customized metal flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers. Our proprietary forming technology, Cell Impact Forming™, makes it possible to produce large volumes of flow plates in a cost-efficient way, which is often a prerequisite for environmentally friendly hydrogen technology in many applications.

Advantages

Cell Impact Forming offers many advantages over conventional forming technology, or what is known as progressive forming. The method’s low energy consumption and the absence of lubricants, and thus also the absence of water-intensive cleaning, are clear improvements compared to progressive forming. The technology also reduces tool costs by up to 50 percent and requires minimal maintenance, making Cell Impact Forming a very environmentally-friendly manufacturing method. In addition to offering many technical advantages, Cell Impact Forming can also substantially reduce cost per produced plate and square meter. It is the rational process with initial low investment and installation costs, combined with subsequent low operating expenses, that enables customers to gain this crucial competitive advantage.

Offering

Cell Impact’s offering includes highly specialized design services for flow plates and tools, prototype series and production of larger volumes. We manufacture both single and stacked, or bipolar, flow plates.

Market

Cell Impact’s market comprises mainly vehicle and fuel cell manufacturers that offer hydrogen-powered fuel cells as an energy source in electric vehicles such as lifts, cars, buses, trucks, ships and aircraft. Another potential market segment is fuel cells for reserve power used, for example, in mobile networks, hospitals and data centers. Flow plates for electrolyzers represent a growing market segment in the global transition to renewable energy.

Cell Impact addresses a global market with customers primarily in North America and Europe, as well as in Asia where Japan is the main market. In the EU and the US, there is also increased interest in hydrogen fuel, particularly following the large hydrogen investments in the EU within the framework of the European Green Deal and in the US through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Cell Impact in brief

Flexible and scalable production of customized flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers.

80 employees.

Head office and factory in Karlskoga, Sweden. Subsidiary in Japan (Cell Impact Japan Inc.) and local presence in Germany and China.

Unique production technology, protected by global patents.

Development and production of cost and energy-efficient flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers.

  • DFM (Design for Manufacturing) services
  • Prototype series
  • High-volume production
  • Project revenues
  • Sales of flow plates