Award of Grant, etc

Porvair PLC
30 May 2000



     Porvair plc announces a US Department of Energy grant
     and the creation of a new entity - Porvair fuel cell
                         technologies

Porvair plc, the advanced materials group, today announces the
award  of  a $650,000 US Department of Energy grant,  and  the
creation  of  a new business entity to be called Porvair  Fuel
Cell Technologies:

 Ben Stocks, Chief Executive of Porvair plc, comments :

'It  is encouraging that in addition to trading well we  are
beginning  to  pick up the pace of our development  programme.
Our Selee subsidiary, the world's leading aluminium filtration
company,  has won a grant from the US Department  of  Energy's
'Industries  of the Future' program, to develop  and  test  an
advanced filtration system to remove salts from molten primary
aluminum.  This  system is based on a newly  patented  Porvair
material  and will produce higher quality metal, lower  energy
costs and reductions in chlorine emissions. The project, which
will  last  18  to  24  months, will be financed  by  $650,000
provided by the Industries of the Future program. The product,
once  developed, will give Selee another unique  offering  for
the global aluminium industry.

Fuel  cell  systems  are  at  an interesting  stage  of  their
development.  We  have  been  supplying  many  of  the   major
manufacturers  with  prototype products for  over  two  years.
Advanced porous materials will be central to fuel cell systems
and   the   Porvair  Group,  with  its  range  of  microporous
materials, is well placed to become a leading supplier to this
industry  as  it  emerges over the next three to  five  years.
Porvair  Fuel Cell Technologies will be based alongside  Selee
in  the  US, and will marshall product and technical resources
to meet the needs of fuel cell system developers.'



Contacts:
Ben Stocks, Chief Executive
Mark Moran, Group Finance Director
Porvair plc                                    01553 761111


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