Hitachi Asia Ltd. (Singapore) introduced the new HZN6.8ZMFA surge-absorption zener diodes, which are designed to protect the internal circuitry of small portable...
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Rocky Hill, CT) announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2001. Revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001, were $555,000 compared to revenues of $131,000 for the same period last year. Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the second quarter was $1,171,000, or $0.04 per share […]
The board of directors of Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) voted a cash dividend for its first fiscal quarter of 2002 of $0.02 per share of common stock, payable September 5, 2001, to shareholders of record on August 23, 2001.
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) announced the appointment of Anastasia Song to the company's board of directors, effective August 9, 2001. Song is a director at Global Capital Finance Americas LLC, a privately owned international asset-based financial advisory firm. Song has more than 20 years' experience in the corporate finance industry, specializing in energy/utilities and […]
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. (Mountain View, CA) reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001. Revenues for the second quarter of 2001 grew to $2,212,000, from $1,158,000 reported for the same period of the prior year. Net loss for the quarter was $2,871,000, or a loss of $0.22 per share. Net loss […]
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced that it has received certifications from the Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory and Underwriters Laboratories...
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Canada) announced that it has completed a $38.5 million private equity placement. The company will use the proceeds for new product development, market expansion and increasing manufacturing capacity. "We have developed a dynamic growth strategy and this financing provides the capital to execute our plan," said Mossadiq Umedaly, chairman and CEO of […]
Altair International Inc. (Cody, WY) announced that its board of directors has approved a name change to Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. The name of the company's wholly owned subsidiary will also be changed, from Altair Technologies to Altair Nanomaterials Corp. "The Altair corporate vision is to become the leading supplier of nanoparticle materials worldwide. The name […]
IdaTech (Bend, OR) announced its fifth fuel cell patent, which protects the company from unauthorized use or manufacture of IdaTech's system of optimizing the purging excess water from fuel cell stacks. Newly granted US Patent No. 6,242,120 covers the mechanism that synchronizes the purging of the fuel cell stack with the rate at which water […]
Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the new MAX5019 and MAX5020 current-mode PWM controllers with an integrated startup circuit. The devices integrate all the building blocks necessary for implementing dc/dc fixed-frequency power supplies. Either primary- or secondary-side regulation may be used to implement isolated or nonisolated power supplies. The devices are suitable for use in […]
Advanced Power Technology (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new product line of 200V Schottky diodes, which are claimed to have lower forward-voltage...
Sorensen (San Diego, CA), a division of the Elgar Corp., recently introduced its DLM Series of 3kW and 4kW programmable dc power...
Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced that its PowerCache ultracapacitors have been selected by Avista Labs (Spokane, WA) to optimize performance and reduce the cost of its modular fuel cell systems and components. Carl Eibl, Maxwell's president and CEO, and J. Michael Davis, Avista Lab's CEO, report that the companies have signed a multi-year […]
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001. Product revenues for the quarter were $212,000, an increase of $138,000 from $74,000 for the same period in 2000. Research revenues for the second quarter of 2001 were $348,000, as compared to $489,000 for the same period of last year. […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) reported its second-quarter financial results. For the quarter ended June 30, 2001, total revenues were a record $16,066,000, an increase of 34.9 percent from the 2000 second quarter. Product revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2001, were a record $15,295,000, an increase of 38.6 percent from the three months […]