Ningbo Sealake Storage Battery Co. Ltd. (China) announced the new Model FM6100A sealed lead-acid battery, which is manufactured with cathode absorbents that...
NMB-Minebea GmbH (Germany) announced that it has expanded its 19in power supplies, which are optimized for a wide range of applications, especially...
Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda) stated that its quarterly earnings will fall below the Wall Street consensus estimate. The warning came after an earnings report that showed net income for the first quarter ended December 31, 2001, quadrupling over the year-earlier period, which was hurt by a change in accounting. The company said it expects […]
Ericsson (Stockholm, Sweden) is set to cut up to 1,000 jobs in research and development globally in the next few months to reduce costs, according to a senior Ericsson source. "Worldwide, I estimate it will be between 100 and 1,000 jobs. In spring, mainly in the development part of the unit," the source stated. "It's […]
Tyco Electronics Power Components/Raychem Circuit Protection Division (Menlo Park, CA) announced that its nanoSMDM Series of PolySwitch resettable devices is now available...
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) affirmed its prior guidance for the December quarter (fiscal third quarter) that revenue would be in the range of $7.0 to $7.5 million, and pro-forma net loss per share, before restructuring and other charges related to adopting a new manufacturing model, would be in the range of $0.38 to […]
TMK Power Ind. Ltd. (China) unveiled its Model 4/3A350 rechargeable NiMH battery, which features a nominal capacity of 3.5Ah and a nominal...
Pulse Engineering (San Diego, CA) introduced an expanded series of gate-drive transformers in surface-mount, toroidal packages, offering designers a compact alternative that meets basic insulation requirements. The new components minimize electromagnetic interference radiation in dc/dc brick or discrete power supplies in a broad range of distributed power systems. Applications include telecom and datacom networks, industrial […]
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that it has received a $75,000 purchase order to define a specification and carry out the preliminary design of a direct liquid ethanol/methanol fuel cell for a new energy pack for infantry soldiers. "We are pleased to receive this initial purchase order for this important military program," said Robert […]
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced it has shipped a natural-gas-fueled 5kW fuel cell system to a major European electric utility. The utility will use the DCH Enable proton-exchange membrane (PEM) system to validate DCH fuel cells for use as power-quality systems and, when tied to the grid, as an option for a clean distributed-power […]
The US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, CO) has been selected to perform three research projects, worth $2.8 million, as part of a program to advance renewable energy that is funded by Xcel Energy (Minneapolis, MN). One project is to develop a filter that can remove potential pollutants from systems […]
AVX Corp.'s (Myrtle Beach, SC) Connector Division announced the availability of its new vertical female connectors for backplane applications. The 8072 Series...
Donaldson Co. Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) announced a major development contract with a leading Japanese automobile manufacturer to apply fuel cell filtration science to fuel-cell-powered automobiles, helping accelerate their commercialization. "Fuel cell developers, including automobile manufacturers, are recognizing the need for intake-air (or cathode-side) filtration to ensure fuel cell reliability and performance," said Richard Canepa, director […]
Poly-Products Ind. Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong) announced the STS 2.5W Series of switch-mode, mobile phone, battery-charger adapters. The adapters meet EN60950 and...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced the new Vishay Dale ILC-0402 Series of multi-layer ceramic inductors, which are targeted at signal...