C&D Technologies (Blue Bell, PA) announced that in its fiscal 2002 first quarter, ended April 30, 2001, net income increased 52 percent to $16,847,000, or $0.62 per share, from $11,053,000, or $0.41 per share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2001. Sales for the fiscal 2002 first quarter increased 13 percent to $155,383,000, from $138,011,000 […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced third-quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2001. Consolidated revenues for the quarter were $5.8 million, compared to the $6.2 million reported for the same period in 2000, and $5.3 million, reported in the second quarter of 2001. Gross margin for the three months was a loss of […]
Rayovac (Madison, WI) announced that it has filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed underwritten public offering of 7.5 million shares of Rayovac's common stock. Of the shares being offered, 3.5 million will be offered by Rayovac and four million will be offered by certain selling shareholders of Rayovac. In […]
Electrofuel Inc. (Canada) reported its results for the six months ended March 31, 2001. Revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2001 was $270,372. The company had no revenue in the same six months of fiscal 2000. Research and development costs increased to $1.3 million, from $512,978 in the same six months last year. […]
A new maker of sealed VRLA batteries, NorthStar Battery Co. (Springfield, MO), is announcing its official launch on July 1, 2001. Formed...
EnerSys Inc. (Reading, PA) announced that it has increased the life expectancy of its REL-B valve-regulated, lead-acid family of batteries. These batteries...
Tadiran US Battery Division (Port Washington, NY) is now offering Pulses Plus batteries specifically designed for emergency roadside-assistance systems, automatic mayday systems, and other GPS and RFID-based systems. The Pulses Plus lithium battery can be used as either a backup battery or as the primary power source. It is a 3.6V battery utilizing lithium-thionyl chloride […]
Idatech (Bend, OR) is developing a compact 1kW fuel cell system projected to be available to the public in 2002. The platform will be a generic system that IdaTech or an OEM can adapt for a host of uses. Possible applications include portable power plants for camping and boating, or stationary systems providing backup or […]
EnerSys Inc. (Reading, PA) premiered the latest addition to its line of Phoenix batteries. The new PHX12-475 is claimed to increase performance...
Energizer (St. Louis, MO) has announced power improvements to its Energizer and Energizer e2 products. The company plans to relaunch Energizer, giving...
Honda Motor Corp. (Torrance, CA) is planning to air a new television commercial focusing on the Honda Insight. The company wants to...
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ) announced the signing of a beta test agreement with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN). The agreement, to be managed by UT-Battelle LLC under contract with the US Department of Energy, calls to evaluate Millennium Cell's Hydrogen-on-Demand technology for use in a project being developed for the […]
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (Canada) announced that it has completed the filing of a preliminary prospectus for a proposed offering of common shares in all of the provinces and territories of Canada. The offering is expected to close in July 2001. Proceeds of the offering will go towards expanding marketing and sales initiatives, continuing research […]
Planet Polymer Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced that it has entered into a joint-development agreement with Stimsonite Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp. (Pasadena, CA). The two companies plan to develop feedstock materials and fabrication techniques to produce porous conductive electrodes. These electrodes will be used in electrochemical cell applications such […]
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) announced that it has developed a new hybrid auto fuel system that it believes will improve efficiency by 15 percent over conventional vehicles and reduce emissions. The company reports that the system is easy to adapt. The first model equipped with the new system, called the Toyota Hybrid System-Mild (THS-M), will […]