Shanghai Optical Communications Corp. (China) introduced its new PX-B/C/D/E/F/G lithium-ion batteries, which are sealed with soft aluminum-laminated materials and offer a high...
SFI Electronics Technology Inc. (Taiwan) announced its new ML and MH Series of multilayer chip varistors, offered in 0402 to 2220 case...
Nanjing Zhongxu Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its new HDC Series Hall-effect current sensors, which are utilized to detect dc, ac, pulse...
STMicroelectronics Inc. (ST, Geneva) announced an agreement with ZF Micro Devices Inc. (Palo Alto, CA), a supplier of single-chip silicon devices, that will allow customers to use ZF Micro's crash-immune Failsafe technology with ST's range of x86-based STPC system-on-chip products. The agreement gives worldwide second-source rights to ZF Micro for three products in the STPC […]
Power Measurement (Victoria, BC) announced that its Internet-enabled ION energy meters and software have been installed for RealEnergy at various locations in Southern California, to support real-time energy monitoring of distributed generation assets and customer billing. RealEnergy plans to install ION 7500 power meters at generator sites around the US, and use ION software at […]
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced its next-generation, omnipolar A3212, an ultra-sensitive, pole-independent, Hall-effect switch with a latched digital output. The A3212...
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) presented its financial outlook for the third quarter ending on December 31, 2001. The company expects revenue in the $7.0 to $7.5 million range, and a net loss, before restructuring charges, to be between $0.38 and $0.40 per share, down from $8.6 million in revenue and $0.31 per share, […]
Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL), Holt Power Systems Inc. (Sacramento, CA) and Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) held a power quality seminar and...
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (Hillsboro, OR) announced the resignation of Kimon Anemogiannis as president of its Sawtek Inc. subsidiary. TriQuint named Brian Balut, vice president of sales and marketing; Azhar Waseem, vice president of operations; and Gary Monetti, director of engineering, to an interim office of president of the Sawtek subsidiary. Steven Sharp, president and CEO […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced fourth-quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2001. Revenue for the year increased by $10.6 million, or 34 percent, to a record level of $41.7 million versus $31.1 million for fiscal year 2000. Fiscal year 2001 represented the second consecutive year of record revenue growth for the […]
Lithium Technology Corp. (LTC, Plymouth Meeting, PA) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to merge with GAIA (Nordhausen, Germany)....
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced the latest addition to its power management family, the TCM809/810 and TCM811/812 system supervisors. The TCM809/810...
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the interest of EBARA Corp. (Japan) in Ballard's stationary power subsidiary, Ballard Generation Systems Inc., through the issuance of 1,233,566 of Ballard's common shares in a transaction valued at US$35.8 million. EBARA is subject to a minimum four-year hold period for […]
United Technologies Corp. (UTC, Hartford, CT) announced that it has changed the name of its International Fuel Cells unit to UTC Fuel Cells. The change is intended to more directly associate the unit with UTC.
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) announced that the company has given up its voting right majority on Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) shares. "I welcome this step, which was always planned. We are pleased that Siemens found a way to deconsolidate Infineon in a way that is friendly to Infineon's shareholders," commented Ulrich Schumacher, CEO and […]