Ballard Power Systems and Coleman Powermate, the latter being a subsidiary of Sunbeam Corporation, have jointly announced that they will be collaborating on the development of portable and standby power products that will be based on Ballard fuel cells. As a result of this collaboration, they aim to produce up to 50 prototype units for initial product testing.

The two companies have said that they will be working together in order to be able to pursue opportunities and to develop co-branded fuel-cell-powered products for portable and standby power markets.