As the year draws to a close and a new one begins, exciting news emerges again from the hydrogen industry! From January 6th to 8th, 2026, the much-anticipated 2025 TrendBank Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Annual Conference & Zhenhai District Hydrogen Industry Development Cooperation Matchmaking Meeting was grandly held at the Ningbo Zhenhai Nanyuan Wanghai Hotel. Serving as the annual finale event for the entire hydrogen industry chain, this conference, themed "Insight into New Policy Opportunities, Breaking Through the Industry Winter – Co-building a New Future for the Hydrogen Industry," brought together academicians, experts, leaders of top enterprises, representatives from investment institutions, and peers across the entire industry chain to explore new pathways for industry development.
On the evening of January 8th, the grand finale of the conference – the 2025 TrendBank Future Awards Ceremony – was held in spectacular fashion. The ceremony gathered the dedicated contributors who had deeply engaged in the hydrogen field throughout 2025 to witness the birth of industry honors. Among them, Anhui Polyrocks Hydro-Friend Technology Co., Ltd., distinguished by its outstanding market performance, strong customer reputation, and significant contributions in the field of Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM), successfully secured the "Annual Market Power Award," emerging as a shining winner in the AEM arena!
The TrendBank Future Awards are authoritative accolades in the hydrogen industry, and the selection for the "Annual Market Power Award" carries significant weight. It requires a comprehensive evaluation from multiple dimensions, including production capacity, shipment volumes, the number of downstream application demonstration categories, and the scale of cooperation with leading customers, aiming to identify benchmark companies with excellent market expansion capabilities and broad adaptability to downstream needs. Polyrocks Hydro-Friend's receipt of this honor is not only high recognition from the industry for its market achievements in 2025 but also a demonstration of its core competitiveness and brand influence in the AEM field.
Since its establishment in 2024, Polyrocks Hydro-Friend has consistently focused on the research and development, production, and sales of key materials for AEM water electrolysis for hydrogen production. Leveraging the mass production advantages of its parent company, Polyrocks Chemical, and the technical support from Hefei University of Technology, the company has rapidly achieved technological breakthroughs and industrial-scale implementation. In 2025, the company's core products performed remarkably: AEMemr®-PAI-1-5E, the first domestically produced catalyst layer ionomer capable of mass production, gained enthusiastic market response upon launch for its advantages like high ionic conductivity and excellent mechanical stability, reportedly selling out quickly after the conference. The high-strength anion exchange membrane AEMemr®-PAW series successfully matched non-precious metal catalysts, achieving efficient and stable operation in practical projects, helping systems reduce precious metal costs by over 30%.
Behind this market power lies deep customer trust and broad recognition. In 2025, Polyrocks Hydro-Friend not only achieved impressive sales growth but also successfully implemented a series of benchmark projects in regions like Northwest China, Beijing, and Shandong. Furthermore, it has secured multiple pending orders for membranes and membrane electrode assemblies at the scale of large standard cubic meters, driving its core products from the laboratory to practical project applications and realizing a crucial leap in the engineering application of AEM membranes. From technology R&D to product mass production, from customer acquisition to project execution, Polyrocks Hydro-Friend has built strong market competitiveness with solid steps, establishing itself as a significant force in the AEM track.
This award is both an honor and a motivator. Looking ahead, Polyrocks Hydro-Friend will continue to deepen its focus on the AEM field, persistently advance technological innovation and product iteration, optimize market strategy, and strengthen synergistic cooperation with upstream and downstream customers. It aims to empower the green hydrogen industry with higher-quality products and services. Simultaneously, the company will carry the industry's expectations, fully leverage its own technological and market advantages, and contribute more scientific and technological strength to promote the sustainable development of the hydrogen industry and support the national "Dual Carbon" goals!
Congratulations to Polyrocks Hydro-Friend! We also look forward to advancing hand in hand with more hydrogen industry colleagues to jointly create a new future for the hydrogen industry!
