Less than a week after pledging more cost-cutting in 2001, Motorola Inc. (Harvard, IL) announced that it plans to cease cellular phone manufacturing operations at its Harvard campus, resulting in the elimination of some 2,500 jobs, or half the Harvard workforce. The Harvard facility was Motorola's only US cellular phone manufacturing facility. The remaining half […]
William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co. (Palo Alto, CA), died in his sleep on the morning of January 12, 2001 at the...
Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. (San Marcos, CA), formerly Xentek Power Systems, introduced the PFC-600, a line of compact, modular switch-mode power supplies. The power supplies are rated at 600W total continuous power at operating temperatures of 0 degrees to 50 degrees C. According to Taiyo Yuden, the unit corrects the input current waveform to better […]
ADC Telecommunications (Minnetonka, MN) recently introduced the Uninterrupted Power GMT Series, the latest addition to the ADC PowerWorx power distribution and protection line. According to the company, the device is designed to power and protect network equipment located in central offices and remote locations. The Uninterrupted Power GMT Series features two input power feeds. If […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) recently announced that it has set the price for the previously announced public offering of 3,245,000 shares of its common stock at $105 (CDN $153.84) per share. Closing of the offering is scheduled for March 2, 2000. According to the company, the net proceeds from the offering will be […]
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that it is a co-sponsor of the upcoming Sun Microsystems Inc. TechDays worldwide tour, joining leading technology vendors in providing the Internet development community with technologies for building enterprise architecture. The two-day conference is aimed at helping developers understand the increasing complexities of power management. "Sun TechDays […]
Battery Technologies Inc. (Toronto, Canada) recently announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 1999. The company reported a loss for the year of $1.36 million, or $0.02 per share. Revenues for fiscal 1999 were $1.52 million, an increase of 39 percent compared to $1.09 million in 1998. "The combination of higher revenues and […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) announced that it finalized the transaction to acquire HC Power Inc. (Irvine, CA) on February 29, 2000. Power-One acquired HC Power in a stock-for-stock transaction in which Power-One issued approximately 2.1 million shares of Power-One common stock. "We have had very productive planning meetings over the last few weeks to discuss […]
Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) recently announced that it will release a portable game machine using a solar battery in April 2000. The game, Gen-Jisan, which means Old Man named Gen, will be sold for approximately 3,880 yen (111.24 yen equals US$1). The game analyzes users' behavior and tells them their compatibility with […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) reported first-quarter results for the period ended January 31, 2000. According to FuelCell, important events during the first quarter included the start-up and operation of a 250kW Direct FuelCell power plant in Bielefeld, Germany and the selection of the company by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to […]
TECSTAR Inc. (City of Industry, CA) recently announced that it donated 4,000 of its high-efficiency solar cells to fuel the Cascade Cruiser solar car. The car, owned by the Solar Motions (Fremont, CA) team, is planned to compete in a solar car race between Chicago and Los Angeles in 2001 and in the 2001 Australian […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) recently announced that total revenues for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2000, increased 100 percent to a record $205.4 million, compared to $102.5 million in 1998. Net income for the 1999 fiscal year, before acquisition-related charges, increased to $14.4 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, compared with $8.0 million, or […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) recently introduced the AFE2000 Series of front-end, 2,000W, ac/dc power supplies and the accompanying AFS4000 power shelf. The AFE2000 Series is designed for networking, telecom and computer applications that use distributed architectures. The AFE2000 offers output voltages of 48Vdc, 54Vdc and 56Vdc. The device comes in a 4.9" x […]
Electrofuel Inc. (Toronto, ON) recently introduced the Electrofuel 2100, a new high-performance rechargeable battery in their Slim Line. The new battery is designed to provide twice the talk-time and standby power of existing cellular battery packs of comparable size. It delivers more than 2,100mA of power, compared with 900mA offered by conventional cellular batteries. Designed […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HC Power Inc. (Irvine, CA). HC Power is a supplier of power systems for telecommunications and internet service-providers and OEM equipment manufacturers. Power-One has agreed to acquire HC Power in a stock-for-stock transaction in which Power-One will issue approximately […]