DoT Scientific Adviser Visits ITM

15 March 2012

ITM Power plc

("ITM Power" or the "Company")

President of IMechE, Prof. Rod Smith, Visits ITM Power

ITM Power (AIM:ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, today hosted a visit from Prof. Rod Smith, the 126th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Transport.

The visit gave ITM Power the opportunity to showcase the Company's developments and technology in energy storage and clean transport fuel. Prof. Smith was shown a full refueling system under construction, the electrolyser long term testing laboratory and membrane production facility. Also discussed were the conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles to run on hydrogen and the return to base refueling principle for commercial vehicles and materials handling equipment.

Prof. Smith, President of the IMechE commented: "I am always encouraged when I visit UK companies who are leaders in their field and ITM Power is no exception. I have been very impressed with what I have seen today both in terms of the Company's understanding of energy and engineering and the engineers I have met. Companies like ITM Power are the future of our manufacturing industry".

ITM Power CEO, Dr. Graham Cooley, commented: "It was an honour to host a visit by the President of the IMechE and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Transport today. I feel it is vital that important technical bodies such as the IMechE understand the work we are doing at ITM Power and the President and his team showed an impressive understanding of the work we are doing and what the implications are for the future energy network in the UK."

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About Prof. Rod Smith

Professor Smith MA(Oxon) MA PhD ScD(Cantab) FREng CEng FIMechE is the Research Professor of Railway Engineering and Chairman of the Future Railway Research Centre at Imperial College London. He was previously a lecturer in the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Mechanical and Process Engineering at the University of Sheffield, including a period as Head of Department. He was then Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College. He was recently appointed to the post of Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Transport.

Rod is a frequent expert witness in legal cases involving railway engineering and is often invited as a keynote speaker at international conferences. He is the author of more than 300 publications on fatigue and fracture of metals and latterly on many aspects of railway engineering.

Rod has previously been a member of the British Rail Board's Research and Technical Committee, a Trustee of the Science Museum and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Railway Museum. He was Editor in Chief of the IMechE Proceedings Part F - the Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit - for over 10 years and has been a member of several other international editorial boards.

Rod joined the Institution as an affiliate in 1968, becoming an Associate Member in 1970 and a Fellow in 1991. He was first elected to the Institution's Council in 1999, elected a Trustee in 2006, Vice-President in 2008 and Deputy President in 2009. He has served as Chairman, of the Technical Strategy Board, Regional Strategy Board & Strategy Advisory Committee. Rod was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1999 and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

http://www.imeche.org/about-us/president-and-chief-executive

About the IMechE

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is the fastest growing professional engineering institution in the UK. Our 100,000 members work at the heart of the country's most important and dynamic industries.

With a 160-year heritage supporting us, today's Institution is a forward-looking, campaigning organisation. By working with leading companies, universities and think tanks, we create and share knowledge to provide government, businesses and the public with fresh thinking and authoritative guidance on all aspects of mechanical engineering.

We truly believe we can improve the world through engineering. So the Institution finds and nurtures new talent, helping engineers build their careers and take on the challenges that, when solved, will make a difference to all of us.

In the UK, engineering has achieved great successes, but in a quiet way. We're looking to shout about the achievements of our members and the industry, taking a positive, inspiring message into schools and out into the media. By being independent of both government and business, and avoiding strategic relationships with single-issue bodies or pressure groups, we can deliver genuinely impartial advice in a passionately committed manner.

http://www.imeche.org/Home

About ITM Power:

ITM Power designs and manufactures Hydrogen Energy Systems for Energy Storage and Clean Fuel production. ITM Power has grown from its original platform of novel polymeric electrolytes (for water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells) to that of a technology provider. ITM Power now has both a strong base of intellectual property and engineering expertise for providing complete hydrogen solutions and CE marked products for sale.

http://www.itm-power.com

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