Polyfuel Share Discussion Threads

[unionhall] 07/11/2006 10:08

No blackbear- but I expect it is watched there given its pre-emminence in this technology and investors there can buy on AIM (once they wake up).

[blackbear] 07/11/2006 10:02

Union Hall This stock is listed on the U.S markets in some way?

[unionhall] 07/11/2006 09:54

Perhaps US response will be firmer. Need to get a move on to make me a fortune on the warrants !!!


Great news for the base share itself.

[blackbear] 07/11/2006 09:51

12 trades today.. woot.

[blackbear] 07/11/2006 09:11

maybe the press will do the honours tommorow...

[frontiercapital] 07/11/2006 09:05

Market response of course positive if not a bit muted..PYF needs some publicity [press/media] to really get the message out there to the broader market place..

[asparks] 07/11/2006 08:22

excellent news

[blackbear] 07/11/2006 08:12

Big news.. could now be market leader in miniature fuel cells.

To date, Sanyo, NEC and now Samsung have disclosed
they are using PolyFuel membranes. Sony Next>?

[frontiercapital] 07/11/2006 07:59

Sounds like very good news to me!

[frontiercapital] 07/11/2006 07:42

PolyFuel Inc.
07 November 2006


7th November 2006

POLYFUEL SETS NEW RECORD FOR PORTABLE FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE

New, Ultra-thin 20-Micron Membrane Material Beats PolyFuel's - and Industry's -
Best by 40%

PolyFuel, Inc., a world leader in engineered fuel cell membranes, announces
today that it has developed a new, ultra-thin membrane capable of delivering
nearly 1.4 times the power density of any fuel cell membrane currently available.

The new 20-micron hydrocarbon membrane, when used in direct methanol fuel cells
(DMFC) being developed for micro power applications such as notebook computers
and cell phones, produces an unprecedented 200 milliwatts of peak power per
square centimeter of material at 70C. This level of power will allow a
significant reduction in the size, weight and cost of the fuel cell 'stack,'
which is a key component of the fuel cell system. These compact fuel cell power
supplies are being developed by leading manufacturers to deliver the extended
runtimes that consumers desire from their portable electronic devices.

Fuel cell membranes, often called the 'heart of the fuel cell,' allow an
electrochemical reaction to occur that generates electricity directly from a
solution of fuel - in this case a combination of readily-available methanol -
and water. Previous records in this area were set by another PolyFuel
hydrocarbon membrane of 45 microns thickness, from which 140 milliwatts of peak
power per square centimeter was obtained at similar conditions. Other materials,
such as fluorocarbon membranes - considered by many to be at their 'end of life'
stage - have not been able to demonstrate such high power while maintaining
acceptable efficiencies.

This new membrane also allows more than twice the amount of water to diffuse
through it than previous membranes, which simplifies the design of the fuel
cell. During operation, water in the fuel-water solution is consumed in the
electricity generating reaction on one side of the membrane (the anode) and
reappears as a by-product on the opposite side of the membrane (the cathode).
PolyFuel's 20-micron membrane allows the water to diffuse back from the cathode
to the anode, where it can participate again in the reaction. This
'molecular-level recycling' can eliminate the need for pumps and other
components of water recovery systems, which are especially problematic in
products intended for smaller applications such as cell phones or PDAs.

Samsung engineers indicated recently that the new membrane is a breakthrough
from their perspective. They recently conducted a rigorous series of tests on
every fuel cell membrane that they could find, and PolyFuel's 20 micron material
outperformed all of the others in terms of its combination of power and
efficiency. Samsung is among the leaders in consumer electronics in trying to
find alternatives to extend the runtime for portable electronic devices, which,
with the rapid rise in consumer-demanded features such as video, are becoming
increasingly power hungry - beyond the capabilities of even the best available
batteries.

The unfavorable publicity that lithium-ion batteries have recently received due
to ignition whilst in use in laptops; and the resultant high-profile product
recalls are only hastening the search for alternative long runtime power
supplies. Micro power fuel cells are viewed by many as the best, and
increasingly viable, solution.

Said one of Samsung's Principal Engineers, 'A fuel cell can never deliver too
much power, or be too efficient. We expect that the new material, plus the
strong support that PolyFuel is providing, will enable us to achieve a new
performance milestone.'

The market for handheld devices alone is estimated at over one billion units per
year, and includes mobile phones, handheld industrial computers, printers,
scanners, and various communications and surveillance devices used in homeland
security applications. Each of these requires a reliable, long-running power
source.

Because of this demand, coupled with recent improvements in fuel cell design and
manufacturing technologies, it is widely believed that a commercial portable
fuel cell market is imminent. A 2006 report from Frost and Sullivan predicted
that sales of consumer portable fuel cells will reach over 38 million units by
2009, with commercial product introductions projected to begin in the 2007 to
2008 timeframe. Virtually every major consumer electronics company and battery
company worldwide has extensive, internal fuel cell development efforts
underway.

Jim Balcom, Chief Executive Officer of PolyFuel, commented: 'The characteristics
of PolyFuel's hydrocarbon membrane chemistry allow for significantly improved
flexibility in the design of portable fuel cells. One of the most requested
features has been for a thinner membrane that retains PolyFuel's excellent
methanol crossover, water crossover and durability characteristics, while
meeting aggressive, new fuel cell performance targets. We are pleased that we
have been able to engineer a specific membrane to meet these requests.'

-Ends-


For further information please contact:

Hogarth Partnership Limited [phone]
Nick Denton / Sara Gelfand / Sarah Macleod



About PolyFuel

PolyFuel (www.polyfuel.com) is the world leader in engineered membranes that
provide significantly improved performance in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)
and hydrogen fuel cells, particularly for portable electronic and automotive
applications. The state of the art of fuel cells is essentially that of the
membrane, and PolyFuel's best in class, hydrocarbon-based membranes enable a new
generation of fuel cells that for the first time can deliver on the long-awaited
promise of clean, long-running, and cost-effective portable power.

PolyFuel has an unmatched capability to rapidly translate the system-level
requirements of fuel cell designers and manufacturers into engineered polymer
nano-architectures. Such capability - based on PolyFuel's over 150 combined
years of fuel cell experience, world-class polymer nano-architects, and a
fundamental patent position covering more than 23 different inventions - also
makes PolyFuel an essential development partner and supplier to any company
seeking to advance the state of the art in fuel cells. Polymer electrolyte fuel
cells built with PolyFuel membranes can be smaller, lighter, longer-running,
more efficient, less expensive and more robust than those made with other
membrane materials.

PolyFuel is working with most of the world's leading portable fuel cell system
developers, the majority of whom are household brand name consumer electronics
manufacturers. To-date, every company that has completed their evaluation
testing of PolyFuel's membrane has gone on to purchase PolyFuel's membrane
products. Several of the largest Japanese and Korean consumer electronics
companies rank PolyFuel's membrane as the best portable fuel cell membrane
available in the world today. To date, Sanyo, NEC and now Samsung have disclosed
they are using PolyFuel membranes.

PolyFuel was spun out of SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research
Institute) in 1999, after 14 years of applied membrane research. The company is
based in Mountain View, California, and is publicly listed on the AIM stock
exchange in London.




This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

[don muang] 02/11/2006 11:59

yes .... still in common stock but out of warrants

[asparks] 02/11/2006 10:40

hello anyone here?

[asparks] 02/11/2006 08:23

lots od director buying going on :)

[don muang] 16/10/2006 20:14

perhaps he doesn't want the profit this year ..... !!!

[chopsy] 16/10/2006 19:43

If he was really confident for the short term he would have put his £10k into the warrants. I personally think these (PYFW) are too short dated now at least for my risk profile. Now if the shares go into a steep climb.... that's another matter.

[don muang] 16/10/2006 14:19

Well he (Balcom) has splashed out again - another 20,000 shares accumulated at the prevailing market price.

[frontiercapital] 06/10/2006 11:22

Very interesting!

[unionhall] 06/10/2006 10:22

Yes - lets hope this is the start of the drive to get the warrants well in the money before Year-end.

Jim Balcom holds 220k Warrants and only 29k shates so his focus will certainly be in the right direction. As well as the more important desire of the company not to lose out on what is virtually free finance if the warrants get converted.

[don muang] 06/10/2006 09:43

Jim Balcom's picked up afew xtra shares .... (see todays RNS)

[don muang] 26/9/2006 18:52

as expected .... the .67p trade was an error

but ... surprisingly it was restated at 67p.
went thru as a Broker trade with a 'C' indication. (The 'C' column will contain a 'C' if there are any bargain conditions on the trade. The particular bargain condition for each trade is not reported by the Exchange).

anyone out there any thoughts..... !!!

PS: I'd have quite happily sold 'em some of mine at 67p.

[don muang] 26/9/2006 16:13

interesting trade .... 250k shares B trade @ 0.67p just gone thru on the PYF ticker !!!

[don muang] 25/9/2006 16:53

all a bit neutral .... but still possibility they'll pukk something out of the bag pre xmas. it'll only need one big positive anouncement to make the warrants worthwhile.
having said that then I wouldn't bet the house on it !!!

[morgs] 25/9/2006 16:33

"Although the world's leading consumer electronics manufacturers have yet to
be specific regarding the exact timing for their fuel cell product
introductions, we are confident that the strong relationships that we have
established...will ensure that we will fully participate in the product launches
when they occur, CEO Jim Balcolm said."

Not sure if I find this positive or not. Especially in respect of the impending warrant expiry.