American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that first-quarter 2001 profits fell 42 percent. The company reports that income fell to $27.2 million, or $0.14 per share, from $47.1 million, or $0.24 per share, in the year-ago period. The company also said that it reduced its staff by four percent in the first […]
UPEx'01, the annual conference and exhibition of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA, Washington, DC), will be held from September 30, 2001,...
Cyberex (Highland Heights, OH) is now offering a full line of power distribution (PDU) offerings. Cyberex PDUs are available in sizes ranging from 75kVA to 300kVA, and are designed to work in conjunction with Cyberex static transfer switches and remote power panels. Cyberex's PDU systems are suitable for use in data center, ISP and telecommunications. […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced a new family of operational amplifiers. The five new products offer a range of performance...
The Advanced Conversion Products division of Transistor Devices Inc. (Cedar Knolls, NJ) announced the new LCE Series of 1.5kVA modular inverters, which...
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced the purchase of green tags for renewable energy from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF, Portland, OR) in an amount equal to 100 percent of the electricity consumed at the company's Arlington, WA, site. Snohomish Public Utility (Everett, WA) is partnering with Xantrex to secure green tags for the plant, […]
The board of directors of American Electric Power (AEP, Columbus, OH) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.60 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable June 8, 2001, to shareholders of record as of May 10, 2001. AEP claims that this is the company's 346th consecutive quarterly common stock cash […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced a new family of -70V hot-swap power controllers designed for telecom switch applications. Manufactured in 20-pin TSSOP and thermally enhanced TSSOP packages, the MIC2596 and MIC2597 incorporate two completely independent -70V channels. Each channel integrates a high-voltage MOSFET with adjustable current limiting. The MIC2596 and MIC2597 have on-chip […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2001. Revenue for the quarter totaled $150.3 million, a decrease of six percent from $159.6 million a year ago. The company incurred a cash loss for the quarter of $0.07 per diluted share, compared to cash earnings of $0.29 […]
OnLine Power Supply Inc. (Englewood, CO) announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2001. The company reported a net loss of $1,200,700, or $0.06 per share, on revenue of $202,400 in the quarter. This is in comparison with a net loss of $798,500, or $0.05 per share, on revenue of $12,400 in the […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Canada) and MicroCoating Technologies Inc. (MCT, Atlanta, GA) announced that they have signed an exclusive agreement to develop MCT´s proprietary combustion chemical vapor deposition process (CCVD) for use in the manufacture of Ballard fuel cells. Ballard will also acquire shares of convertible preferred stock, representing approximately three percent of the equity […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced several new families of LDO linear regulators. TI believes that one of these new LDO...
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced financial results for its fiscal 2001 second quarter and six-month period ended March 31, 2001. Revenue for the second quarter rose 53 percent to $11.5 million, compared with $7.5 million in the same period last year. Revenue for the six months ended March 31, 2001, increased 74 percent to […]
Generation Electronics (Lowell, MA) is offering custom-engineered battery packs that can be designed to fit into small or oddly shaped spaces, meet...
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced that its Spanish joint venture, AstraSolar, has been chosen to supply advanced APexä solar cells for a 13MW solar electric power plant to be built in Murcia, Spain. When completed, AstroPower claims that the power plant will be approximately four times larger than any photovoltaic power plant currently in operation, […]