Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) and Ford Power Products, the powertrain sales office of Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI), jointly introduced...
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it has been granted US Patent 6,404,065 for its invention of a high-performance, isolated, power...
Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda) announced that it will not go forward at this time with its previously announced proxy statement proposing an increase in the maximum size of the board of directors from 11 to 15. Ed Breen, Tyco's new chairman and CEO, stated that he will work with the board to determine actions […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) posted a 13-percent sequential increase in revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2002. The...
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) released its report to shareholders for the second quarter ending June 30, 2002. Ballard's revenue in...
The US Army TACOM's National Automotive Center (NAC, Warren, MI) will demonstrate working fuel cells during a special exhibit being held August...
General Motors Corp. (Detroit, MI) dedicated a new research facility in Honeoye Falls, NY, which will employ about 100 engineers, in addition to the 200 that have been working in an existing nearby lab since 1998. Other GM fuel cell research facilities are located in Warren, MI, and in Mainz-Kastel, Germany. GM plans to market […]
SkyTower Inc. (Monrovia, CA), and privately held parent company AeroVironment Inc. (Monrovia, CA), announced that it has successfully tested an unmanned, solar-powered,...
General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) announced that it will enter the backup power systems market by selling stationary fuel cells to...
Palcan Fuel Cell Co. Ltd. (Burnaby, BC) announced the release of a new fuel cell stack, which is said to optimize system...
Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) announced that it has acquired Semitron Industries Ltd. (Swindon, England) in an all-cash transaction. Additional terms were...
Working in conjunction with Global Electric Motorcars LLC, a DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Auburn Hills, MI) company, ZAP (Sebastopol, CA) announced that it will...
Airtricity (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) has started construction of the country's largest windfarm, a 25MW facility that will be operational by early...
Engelhard Corp. (Iselin, NJ) reported net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002, of $60.1 million, or $0.46 per share,...
W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, DE) announced the commercial availability of next-generation GORE EXCELLERATOR® electrode assemblies and separators for electro-chemical double-layer capacitors (EDLC), also called super-capacitors, which are engineered to provide the capacitor industry with improvements in energy density, power delivery and high-volume manufacturing throughput. Suitable for regenerative braking systems, uninterruptible power supplies, energy […]