Compaq Computer Corp. (Houston, TX) PDUs offer power protection and distribution for rack-mounted telecom equipment, servers, storage and other options. Compaq PDU products manage power distribution in rack environments without consuming valuable rack U-space. The new PDUs have a smaller form factor, which allow them to be mounted in either a zero-U or 1U configuration, […]
Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) announced a restructuring plan designed to help fix the company's current financial situation. The company will cut 10,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce. The company lost $1.02 billion in its first quarter, compared with a profit of $1.08 billion a year ago. The restructuring plan is designed to […]
Precise Power Corp. (Palmetto, FL) has developed the Roesel Motor Generator (RMG) to meet the needs of customers requiring uninterruptible power-quality protection. The RMG consists of a written-pole motor linked by a shaft with a written-pole generator. The motor within the RMG starts a high inertia rotor, which doubles as a flywheel. Using flywheel technology, […]
Northwest Power Integrations (NPI, Milwaukie, OR), a Vicor Integration Architect, introduced a new, general-purpose, high-power, low-profile power supply. From inputs of 115/230Vac, it provides five outputs from 1.8V to 52V, up to 160A per output, or 800W/1,000W of total output power. Designated PowerBank1000AC, it is configured with high-current, locking connectors. It is also offered with […]
Solar Energy Systems Ltd. (SES, Australia) has closed its $5 million IPO and was oversubscribed. SES started trading on the Australian Stock Exchange on January 12, 2001. The company, which manufactures and installs pumping technologies and remote area power systems that use solar photovoltaic panels, had an initial stock offering at $0.25 Australian dollars per […]
United Technologies Corp. (Hartford, CT) reported a 20 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings per share, to $0.84, as compared with $0.70 in 1999, excluding the restructuring charge and other actions in the prior year's quarter. Net income was $426 million, 18 percent above the $362 million reported 1999 before prior-year restructuring and other actions. Full-year […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York, NY) reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2000. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $2,20,000, compared with $566,000 in the previous quarter and $786,000 in the year-earlier period. Net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2000 was $3,893,000, compared with $2,754,000 in the […]
A new polymer, developed with funding by TPL Inc. (Albuquerque, NM), may halve the size of the military's truck-borne pulsed-power capacitor banks, leading to more mobile weaponry. The polymer has a dielectric constant of 8.0, twice that of other insulating polymers used in capacitors, with the potential to go even higher. As a result, it […]
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) reported what it claims is its eleventh consecutive quarter of record revenues and sixteenth consecutive quarter of increased revenues. For the third quarter ended December 31, 2000, revenues were $29.2 million. This represents a 49 percent increase from the quarter of fiscal 1999. Net income for the quarter ended December […]
MVV Energie AG (Germany) has taken a 33-percent stake in Energy Photovoltaics Inc. (EPV, Princeton, NJ) in a move to secure access to EPV's solar-energy technology. In a press report, MVV spokesman Heinz Egerman confirmed that his company had secured exclusive rights to produce and market EPV's thin-film photovoltaic modules in Germany. "There is an […]
Tyco International Ltd. (Bermuda) reported that diluted earnings per share for its first quarter ended December 31, 2000 were 57 cents, a 24 percent increase over earnings of 46 cents per share in its first quarter of fiscal 2000. Net income before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting change rose to $1.01 billion, an […]
Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) recently announced that it completed the sale of its Power Systems business to Tyco International Ltd. (Bermuda) for $2.5 billion. The companies had announced their agreement for the sale on November 13, 2000. Lucent noted that, as the company focuses on the broadband and mobile Internet markets, the Power Systems […]
General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC, Japan) have announced specific progress on their multi-year technology agreement. This progress, which includes identification of specific fuels for fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), was achieved through separate research agreements and significant technological collaboration with ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, TX). GM and TMC reported that they […]
Linear Technology (Milpitas, CA) has developed the LTC1732, a linear battery charger for single-cell lithium-ion batteries. Featuring one percent charge-voltage accuracy, programmable charge current and charge termination, Linear Technology claims that the new constant-current constant-voltage chip is a complete charger. The LTC1732 is designed to automatically detect and report the presence of the wall adapter […]
An agreement on investing in the upgrade of the Kaiyuan power plant, a major project planned to supply electricity from southwest China's Yunnan Province to east China, was recently signed. According to the agreement, the investment will be shared by the Honghe Cigarette Factory, the Yunnan Power Group Co. Ltd. (Kunming, China), the Xiaolongtan Mining […]