Joint venture “SympH2ony” offers holistic solution for the easy transition to hydrogen-towered vehicle fleets

Industrial gases specialist Messer and Toyota Tsusho Europe announced the formation of a joint venture named “SympH2ony”. SympH2ony GmbH stands for hydrogen mobility solutions for the complete fleet operations chain. It offers companies, cities, municipalities, and port operators in Europe a comprehensive solution for switching to environmentally friendly, hydrogen-powered vehicle fleets.

Toyota Tsusho Europe SA and Messer SE & Co. KGaA bring their respective strengths to the newly established joint venture: Toyota Tsusho Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation as a renowned company for the business development of value chains in mobility and Messer as the world's largest privately held specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases with many years of hydrogen experience.

SympH2ony offers fleet mobility solutions based on clean hydrogen including zero-emission vehicles, hydrogen refueling stations and hydrogen supplies with optional on-site production of H2 as well as the services required for reliable operation – all tailored to the customer's specific needs. The option of billing according to kilometers driven by the fleet ensures calculable total operating costs.

At the headquarters of SympH2ony in Bad Soden, Germany, representatives of Messer and Toyota Tsusho Europe, including members of the management boards, gave the official go-ahead for the joint venture on June 26.

“We offer private and public fleet operators the opportunity to safely achieve their goals for emission-free mobility. SympH2ony overcomes obstacles such as technological uncertainty, commercial complexity, and capital availability. Fleet operators have the opportunity to act strategically and to take substantial steps towards zero emissions (ZE) operations, whilst continuing to focus on their core business. ZE made EZ!” says Tim Evison, SVP Clean Hydrogen at Messer.

Kenji Yamanaka, Head of Next Mobility Toyota Tsusho Europe, adds: “SympH2ony will build and operate on-site solutions that enable European fleet operators to move away from today's dependence on fossil fuels towards a zero-emission future.”

Messer has been working with hydrogen almost since its beginnings over 125 years ago. Today, the company supports some of the world's largest fleets of fuel cell vehicles by supplying hydrogen and applying its extensive experience in hydrogen refueling. Messer produces renewable, low-carbon hydrogen and develops unique, patented contributions to improve hydrogen mobility.

Toyota Tsusho Corporation is a global company that conducts business all over the world in a variety of business segments such as Mobility, Green Infrastructure, and Circular Economy. Today, the company is developing a hydrogen ecosystem to contribute to carbon neutrality as one of the Toyota Group companies.

In Europe, the company is headquartered in Belgium as Toyota Tsusho Europe and has operations in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Turkey, and the UK, employing around 1,300 people across the region.