BORIT NV

Their core work

BORIT NV is a Belgian private company specializing in precision-manufactured metal components for hydrogen energy systems. Based in Geel, they contribute industrial manufacturing expertise to hydrogen fuel cell and solid oxide cell projects, with demonstrated capability in surface engineering processes including physical vapor deposition and reactive oxidative bonding. Their involvement spans both hydrogen membrane purification systems and low-cost metallic interconnects for solid oxide cell applications, indicating a focus on scalable, cost-effective metal components at the heart of hydrogen conversion technologies.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

BORIT's first H2020 project (MEMPHYS, 2017–2019) placed them in a hydrogen purification membrane system — a broader system-level role with no recorded keyword specifics, suggesting early-stage EU project engagement. By LOWCOST-IC (2019–2022), their focus had sharpened into the materials and process engineering behind solid oxide cell interconnects: protective coatings, physical vapor deposition, low-cost steels, and reactive bonding. This shift points to a deepening specialization from participation in hydrogen supply-chain research toward precise metallurgical and surface-treatment expertise directly relevant to fuel cell commercialization.

BORIT is moving toward increasingly specific materials engineering roles within hydrogen electrochemical systems, particularly cost-effective metal processing for solid oxide cells — a growing market as green hydrogen scales toward commercial production.

How they like to work

BORIT participates exclusively as a partner — never as project coordinator — indicating they engage as industrial specialists within research-led consortia rather than driving project strategy. Across just two projects they worked with 13 different partners in 9 countries, suggesting they attract diverse consortium invitations rather than relying on a fixed partner network. This points to a company valued for a specific technical manufacturing capability that complements academic or research-institute consortium leads.

BORIT has collaborated with 13 unique partners across 9 countries through only two projects, reflecting broad European exposure despite a small project portfolio. No repeated partner patterns are visible at this scale, suggesting open-network collaboration behavior.

What sets them apart

As a non-SME private manufacturer in Belgium with direct industrial production capability, BORIT occupies a practical position between university research groups and large-scale industry — able to fabricate and test real components while remaining embedded in research consortia. Their specific combination of PVD coating expertise and low-cost steel processing for hydrogen applications is technically narrow but highly relevant as fuel cell technology moves from laboratory to commercial scale. Consortium builders seeking an industrial partner to validate manufacturability and cost feasibility of electrochemical cell components would find BORIT a well-positioned contributor.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MEMPHYS
  BORIT's first and largest EU-funded project (EUR 307,936), targeting hydrogen membrane purification — a foundational technology for clean hydrogen supply chains under the FCH2 Joint Undertaking.
• LOWCOST-IC
  Directly addresses the commercialization barrier of expensive interconnects in solid oxide cells, with BORIT contributing real-world manufacturing processes including physical vapor deposition and reactive oxidative bonding.