Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, IL) announced the promotion of Ron Ortiz to the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Midtronics group. Ortiz previously served as vice president of operations, and joined Midtronics in 1999 as the director of strategic marketing. In his new role, Ortiz takes responsibility for the day-to-day management of Midtronics, […]
International Components Corp. (ICC, Chicago, IL) announced that it has expanded its line of safety circuits for lithium-ion batteries to provide greater flexibility in both the physical and performance aspects of their circuits. The ICC safety circuits sense cell voltages and discharge currents, provide a means to measure cell temperature, and are designed to shut […]
Members of the US Fuel Cell Council's (USFCC, Washington, DC) board of directors elected new officers at its Annual Spring Meeting, held May 21-22, 2002, in Washington, DC. Officers approved by the board of directors were President: George Earle, Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY); Treasurer: Jim Stike, Porvair Fuel Cell Technologies (Hendersonville, NC); and Secretary: […]
Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co. Ltd. (China) introduced a line of flat, small, lithium-ion batteries, which, based on the prismatic shape, are available...
Hawker Energy Products Inc. (Warrensburg, MO) announced the introduction of its PowerSafe G family of reformulated, sealed lead-calcium (SLC), 6V and 12V rechargeable batteries. The PowerSafe G valve-regulated (VRLA) sealed product line comes in three models: the GA, GAX and GEL. The batteries are suitable for a variety of applications such as telecommunications, information technology, […]
Avista Labs (Spokane, WA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA), and Automated Railroad Maintenance Systems Inc. (ARMS, St. Louis, MO) announced a joint agreement to distribute Avista Labs' Independence fuel cell product line featuring its Modular Cartridge Technology proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells to the railroad industry for backup and remote power […]
MesoSystems Technology Inc. (Albuquerque, NM) announced the formation of MesoFuel Inc. (Albuquerque, NM), a fuel-cell-related technology company. Former Sandia National Laboratories microsystems...
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that it is cooperating with General Dynamics C4 Systems (Taunton, MA) on the development of a highly mobile fuel cell battery charger system to meet the battery-recharging needs of deployed soldiers for the US Army. As part of the development effort, Medis received a $75,000 purchase order from General […]
C&D Technologies Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) announced its new VR Solar® valve-regulated battery for renewable energy storage as a choice for standby...
Cooper Electronic Technologies (Boynton Beach, FL) announced its PowerStor® P Series aerogel supercapacitors with values ranging from 0.1F to 1.0F. The series...
NEXcell Battery Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) announced its AAh and AAAh high-top, rechargeable NiMH batteries, which are rated at 1.2V and offer typical...
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced that it has been awarded a five-year production contract by the US Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) to provide three types of primary (non-rechargeable) lithium-manganese dioxide batteries to the US Army. The contract provides for order releases approximately every six months over a five-year period with a maximum […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) has been selected by Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI) to supply the 12V batteries for the new Ford Focus fuel cell vehicle (FCV). Ford has specified Exide Technologies' Marathon M12V30 battery for the vehicles. The FCV is the first transportation application for the Marathon brand. "The Exide Technologies Transportation Business Group […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced that its Mark 900 Series fuel cell has powered DaimlerChrysler Corp.'s (Auburn Hills, MI) NECAR...
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta) announced that it has agreed to license its advanced power electronics technologies to RWE Piller GmbH...