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Medis Technologies Ships 200 Power Packs to General Dynamics

January 29, 2006 by Jeff Shepard

Medis Technologies Ltd. has shipped 200 fuel cell Power Pack products to General Dynamics C4 Systems for testing in preparation for delivery of commercial units to its customer base.

The aim of this program is to determine the products' response to a broad range of very rigorous tests relating to its ability to meet other military and civilian specifications. Medis plans to deliver an additional 100 Power Packs to its contract manufacturer, Celestica, in the next few weeks for a parallel testing program.

"This delivery to General Dynamics meets a very important milestone in our program as we ready our Power Packs for introduction into the consumer markets," said Robert K. Lifton, chairman and chief executive officer of Medis. "We already have received a gratifying reaction from potential customers to this product with major retail store and other sales outlets."

Medis has scheduled a consumer product launch in the second half of this year. After testing with Underwriter Laboratories and other certifying agencies, Medis plans to offer several thousand Power Pack products at minimal or no cost to selected mobile operators, original equipment manufacturers, distributors and other outlets for their own use and, where appropriate, the use of their customers, Litton said.

Celestica's production line will be capable of 1.5 million units a month when fully operational, he said.

Medis Technologies' primary focus is on direct liquid fuel cell technology. Medis has also developed the CellScan with many potential applications relating to disease diagnostics and chemotherapy sensitivity.