VANCOUVER, British Columbia — January 19, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Westport Fuel Systems Inc. has announced the commencement of production at its expanded product development and manufacturing facility in Cambridge, Ontario, and its new China Hydrogen Innovation Center and Manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China.
According to a press release, the facilities will support the advancement of Westport’s global hydrogen, CNG and RNG strategies and enable local manufacturing capacity in China. The company noted that China is the largest market in the world for hydrogen commercial vehicle deployment, with sales of hydrogen buses and trucks exceeding those of all other regions combined in 2024.
Initial products were shipped to customers in December 2025, with both facilities continuing to ramp up capacity through the first quarter of 2026.
Dan Sceli, CEO of Westport, said that Westport’s GFI-branded hydrogen fuel system components have been active globally and especially in China for over a decade, serving both fuel cell and internal combustion engine applications. He added that the new and expanded facilities align with Westport’s growth strategy, enhance their capacity to meet rising global demand for natural gas and hydrogen advanced fuel technologies, and reinforce their regional manufacturing excellence to better service customers adopting high-pressure alternative fuels as a key low-emission transport solution.
Westport’s High-Pressure Controls and Systems business, with its GFI™ products, designs, develops, and produces components for transportation and industrial applications. The High-Pressure Business specializes in designing and manufacturing safety-critical, high-pressure control components for hydrogen and alternative fuel systems, serving a variety of transportation and industrial markets.
Westport’s manufacturing expansion in China capitalizes on the nation’s prominent position in hydrogen investment and infrastructure development. The facility is purpose-built to serve Westport’s existing and expanding customer base, providing essential hydrogen components for a range of applications, including commercial vehicles, buses, trains, marine, material handling, and stationary power generation.
According to Driving Hydrogen, China is now the world’s largest hydrogen transportation market, achieving close to 50% of global sales in the first half of 2025 primarily due to its focus on commercial hydrogen fleets.
The China facility complements Westport’s expanded Cambridge, Ontario site for high-pressure controls. This supports Westport’s North American Innovation Hub and engineering work, improving GFI’s responsiveness and logistics.
Westport is a technology and innovation company connecting synergistic technologies to power a cleaner tomorrow. As a supplier of alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, Westport designs, manufactures, and supplies advanced components and systems that enable the transition from traditional fuels to cleaner energy solutions.
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