First USFCC Member Survey Finds 19% Growth in US Fuel Cell Industry Jobs, 11% Growth in US Sales.Energy Editors/Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003 Fuel cell related jobs in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. increased by 19% from 2001 to 2002, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the first Member Survey conducted by the US Fuel Cell Council, the trade association for the fuel cell industry. The results of the 2003 Member Survey, with responses from more than 85% of USFCC USFCC United States Fuel Cell Council member companies, show an increase in US-based fuel cell activity in the categories of sales, research and development (R&D) expenditures, and numbers of employees between 2001 and 2002. Major findings: -- Sales - reported sales of fuel cell products, parts and services in the US for members participating in this survey were $151 million and $167 million for 2001 and 2002 respectively, representing an 11% increase between the two years; -- R&D Expenditures - reported fuel cell related R&D expenditures for 2001 and 2002 were $248 million and $288 million respectively, representing a 16% increase between the two years; and -- Employees - the reported number of employees conducting fuel cell related work for 2001 and 2002 were 2,745 and 3,273 respectively, representing an increase of 19% over 2001 levels. "This Member Survey is a landmark A structure that has significant historical, architectural, or cultural meaning and that has been given legal protection from alteration and destruction. Although landmark preservation laws vary by city and state, they have the same basic purpose: to keep landmarks as close for the Council, and we believe it is a significant benchmark A performance test of hardware and/or software. There are various programs that very accurately test the raw power of a single machine, the interaction in a single client/server system (one server/multiple clients) and the transactions per second in a transaction processing system. for the industry," said Robert Rose For the Nevada politician and judge, see Robert E. Rose. For the baseball player, see Robert Rose (baseball) Robert Rose (born December 27 1964, in Rochester, New York) is a retired American / Australian professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League. , USFCC executive director. "For the first time, the industry itself has agreed collectively to provide concrete measures of its progress. The Council looks forward to providing reliable measures of industry growth annually." The 2003 Member Survey was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, to ensure the confidentiality of respondents' information. More than 85% of USFCC members responded to the survey. Where respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. indicated that activity was based outside of the US, these figures were not included in the aggregated results. The USFCC is the trade association for the fuel cell industry. Our membership includes producers of all types of fuel cells, as well as major suppliers, fuel providers, government agencies, universities, OEMs, other trade associations, and customers. For more information on USFCC, check out our web site at www.usfcc.com. |
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