BSST Partners

BSST has established strategic product development partnerships with two major corporations who are world market leaders in their business sectors. These partnerships are allowing BSST to pursue high potential market opportunities through joint application exploration and product development projects with the market and technology experts of its partners. BSST has also been awarded and is leading a significant U.S. Department of Energy program to advance waste heat power generation through thermoelectric technology.

BSST partners and partner programs include:

Department of Energy

DOE Electrical Power Generation
BSST is leading a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - sponsored program to create a cost-effective and commercially viable thermoelectric-based system that will improve vehicle engine fuel economy by converting waste heat in automobile engine exhaust into electrical power. The goals of this program include improved auto fuel economy, reduced environmental pollutants, and the creation of a new source of renewable energy. BSST has assembled a development team to carry out this four phase $6.3 million program that includes BMW of North America, Visteon Corporation, Marlow Corporation, and the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Participation in this program is significantly contributing to BSST's development of a thermoelectric waste heat power generation product platform that should be broadly applicable to industrial, commercial, and military applications.

United Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries,
Carrier Corporation and United Technologies Research Center

United Technologies Residential, Commercial and Aerospace Heating and Cooling
In 2004, BSST established an agreement with Carrier Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) and United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), a subsidiary, and the central research unit of United Technologies Corporation (collectively Carrier-UTRC), to explore the specific application of thermoelectrics to heating, refrigeration and air conditioning (HVAC/R) systems for residential, commercial and aerospace applications. Under the terms of the development agreement, Carrier-UTRC will endeavor to apply the high efficiency and environmentally friendly thermoelectric device (TED) technology developed by BSST to its own world-leading capabilities in residential and commercial heating and air conditioning systems, commercial drying and cooking devices, and aerospace systems. BSST is currently exploring a number of potential applications with Carrier-UTRC teams.

Visteon Corporation

Visteon Automotive Heating and Cooling
BSST has established a definitive long-term agreement with Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) to develop an array of heating and cooling products for the automotive industry enabled by BSST's proprietary thermoelectric technology. The Visteon-BSST team is currently exploring a number of commercial applications, based on initial joint product development work. Visteon is one of the world's leading Tier 1 suppliers of automotive systems.