Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002. Revenues for the third quarter of 2002 were $30.3 million, a slight sequential increase from second-quarter revenues of $29.9 million, and a 33.4 percent increase from third-quarter 2001 revenues of $22.7 million. Net income for the quarter was $1.8 […]
Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced that its board of directors has promoted Gelu Voicu to President and Chief Executive Officer and appointed him to the board. Voicu, who has been with the company since October 1993, was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer by the board in August 2002 following the departure […]
MTI Instruments Inc. (Albany, NY), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. (Albany, NY), announced that it has been awarded a contract from the US Air Force (USAF) for its PBS-4100 portable jet engine balancing systems. The PBS-4100 automatically collects and records aircraft engine vibration data, identifies if an engine is experiencing vibration or balance trouble, […]
Fujipoly America Corp. (Carteret, NJ) announced the SARCON® XR-e and XR-j thermal gap filler pads that feature thermal conductivity and thermal resistance,...
Valence Technology Inc. (Austin, TX) announced that it has been selected to participate in the United States Advanced Battery Consortium's (USABC) Technology Assessment Program. The USABC Technology Assessment Program is used to evaluate technologies for consideration in the development of advanced high-performance batteries for electric vehicles. "Having been chosen for this program by market leaders […]
AMI Semiconductor (AMIS, Pocatello, ID) announced that its operation in Belgium has achieved ISO/TS 16949 certification. Full company certification is targeted for November 2002. AMIS is one of the first microelectronics companies to achieve this certificate level. ISO/TS 16949, coupled with customer-specific requirements, defines quality system requirements for use in the automotive supply chain. "The […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) reported third-quarter net income of $11.0 million on revenues of $212.0 million, compared to net income of $9.6 million on revenues of $169.0 million in the prior-year quarter. That compares to net income of $16.1 million on revenues of $201.0 million in the second quarter. Meanwhile, overall orders […]
Clean Air Partners (CAP, San Diego, CA) announced that based on the success of its patented dual-fuel technology for trucking applications, the company is now offering the same benefits for diesel generators. The dual-fuel-equipped genset engines operate on both natural gas and diesel fuel and provide low nitrous oxide and particulate emissions, low first cost, […]
LEM USA Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) announced the latest addition to its range of dedicated current and voltage transducers for the global railway...
EM Microelectronic (Marin, Switzerland) announced that it is ready to start producing a high-performance, ultra-low-voltage and ultra-low-power integrated circuit (IC) using fully...
Inventor Guy Negre of Motor Development International (MDI, France) presented a new environmentally friendly vehicle powered by compressed air intended for town...
Yamaha Motor Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has received 300 orders for its Passol electric scooter in the first two weeks...
EM Microelectronic-Marin SA (Switzerland) introduced the EM655X family of supervisory ICs, which are available with 11 standard threshold voltages from 4.63V to...
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) announced that Yehuda Harats, president and CEO and member of the board of directors, has decided to resign from his positions with the company and its subsidiaries in order to pursue other interests. Harats served as President and CEO of Electric Fuel since its inception in 1990. The board of […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) received approval from the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund at least half of the $2.0 million budget associated with Phase III of Electric Fuel's zinc-air electric transit bus program, with the remainder of the budget shared by the partners in the program. The new Phase III effort will […]