Westport starts production at new hydrogen facilities
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Westport Fuel Systems Inc. reports that production has begun at two key high-pressure fuel system facilities: its expanded product development and manufacturing site in Cambridge, Ontario, and its new China Hydrogen Innovation Center and manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China. Initial products were shipped to customers in December 2025, and both sites are expected to continue ramping up capacity through the first quarter of 2026.
The facilities support Westport’s GFI-branded high-pressure controls and systems business, which designs and manufactures safety-critical components such as regulators, valves, and pressure relief devices for hydrogen and other alternative fuel systems. The new China facility is aimed at serving a broad range of hydrogen applications, including commercial vehicles, buses, trains, marine, material handling, and stationary power, while the expanded Cambridge site strengthens Westport’s North American innovation and engineering hub. Management frames these moves as aligned with its growth strategy in hydrogen, CNG, and RNG technologies.
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Westport expands global hydrogen and alternative fuel component production capacity.
Westport is scaling its High-Pressure Controls and Systems business by starting production at an expanded Cambridge, Ontario facility and a new hydrogen-focused plant in Changzhou, China. These sites support GFI-branded regulators, valves, and pressure relief devices used across automotive, truck, bus, and industrial markets, with initial shipments already made in December 2025 and further ramp-up through Q1 2026.
The China facility targets what is described as the world’s largest hydrogen transportation market, supplying components for commercial vehicles, buses, trains, marine, material handling, and stationary power generation. The Cambridge expansion reinforces Westport’s North American innovation hub, potentially improving engineering responsiveness and logistics for regional OEM customers.
While this represents a strategic manufacturing expansion in high-growth hydrogen and alternative fuel segments, the information provided does not quantify capital spending, capacity, or revenue contribution. The ultimate impact will depend on customer adoption of hydrogen and natural gas technologies and Westport’s ability to execute the production ramp and win additional OEM programs in these applications.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2026
Commission File Number: 001-34152
WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
1691 West 75th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6P 6P2
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [ ] Form 40-F [ X ]
On January 19, 2026, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated January 19, 2026
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: January 19, 2026 | /s/ Elizabeth Owens | |
| Elizabeth Owens | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
EXHIBIT 99.1
Westport Announces Start of Production at Two Key High-Pressure Controls and Systems Facilities
~ Global Production Expansion Strengthens Hydrogen and Alternative Fuel System Manufacturing Capacity ~
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (“Westport") (TSX:WPRT / Nasdaq: WPRT), a supplier of alternative fuel systems and components for the global transportation industry, announces 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. Both facilities will support the development of Westport’s GFI-branded fuel system components by advancing Westport’s global hydrogen, CNG and RNG strategies and enabling local manufacturing capacity in China, a market widely cited as the largest in the world for hydrogen commercial vehicle deployment, with Chinese 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.
GFI: Leading Clean Energy Innovation
Westport’s High-Pressure Controls and Systems business (the “High-Pressure Business”), with its GFI™ products, is at the forefront of the clean energy revolution, designing, developing, and producing high-demand 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 High-Pressure Business supports automotive, truck, bus, and industrial original equipment manufacturers with GFI precision-engineered regulators, valves, and pressure relief devices for real-world duty cycles. For more information, please visit www.gficontrolsystems.com.
Global Presence and Strategic Expansion
“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,” said Dan Sceli, CEO of Westport. “These new and expanded facilities align with our growth strategy, enhance our capacity to meet rising global demand for natural gas and hydrogen advanced fuel technologies, and reinforce our regional manufacturing excellence to better service customers adopting high-pressure alternative fuels as a key low-emission transport solution.”
Westport’s manufacturing expansion in China capitalizes on the nation’s prominent position in hydrogen investment and infrastructure development. The newly established 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 our 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.
About Westport
Westport is a technology and innovation company connecting synergistic technologies to power a cleaner tomorrow. As a leading supplier of affordable, alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, we design, manufacture, and supply advanced components and systems that enable the transition from traditional fuels to cleaner energy solutions.
Our proven technologies support a wide range of clean fuels – including natural gas, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen – empowering OEMs and commercial transportation industries to meet performance demands, regulatory requirements, and climate targets in a cost-effective way. With decades of expertise and a commitment to engineering excellence, Westport is helping our partners achieve sustainability goals—without compromising performance or cost-efficiency – making clean, scalable transport solutions a reality.
Westport is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit Westport.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements regarding the commencement and ramp-up of production at Westport’s new and expanded facilities, expected manufacturing capacity, anticipated customer demand, the growth of the hydrogen and alternative fuel markets, the strategic benefits of Westport’s global expansion, and the ability of Westport’s technologies and facilities to support future commercial deployments. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections that, while considered reasonable by Westport management at the date of this release, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include, among others, supply chain constraints, delays in facility ramp-up, operational challenges, customer adoption rates, regulatory developments, competitive pressures, economic conditions, and other risk factors detailed from time to time in Westport’s public disclosure filing with applicable securities regulators. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Westport undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements except as required by National Instrument 51-102.
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