Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces Agreement with Bourns, Inc. for Collaborative Scale-Up of nanoMEA Process

    TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2005--Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (OTCBB:PFCE - News) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with  Bourns, Inc.  headquartered in Riverside, California to work together to attempt to scale-up PFCE's new process for making electro-catalyst and products to commercial scale.

    Each party at its own expense will contribute equipment, personnel and technical expertise to the collaborative effort. The initial development activities are expected to take about two months to complete..

    George Suzuki, PFCE President stated: "PFCE is pleased to have the opportunity to work with a prominent manufacturer of electronic components to develop a commercial production capability for its proprietary technology."

    Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. is a nanotechnology company committed to the development and production of carbon nanomaterial-based membrane electrode assemblies ("nanoMEAs") with reduced cost and higher performance for fuel cells in the portable and micro fuel cell market.

    Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of Trimming Potentiometers, Precision Potentiometers, Automotive Position Sensors, Modular Contacts, Switches, Resistor Networks, Resistor/Capacitor Networks, Capacitor Networks and Input Devices, including Panel Controls, and Encoders. Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns' products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs.