DONG Energy is joining the group of investors backing LiTHIUM BALANCE A/S, a developer, producer and marketer of battery systems for among other things electric and hybrid cars. DONG Energy has joined the group of investors backing the Danish-owned LiTHIUM BALANCE. This is the first time that DONG Energy has invested in Danish-developed battery technology. […]
Vincotech announced that its board of directors has named Joachim Fietz Managing Director. Fietz will be based at the company’s Unterhaching, Germany headquarters and will report to the board of directors. Vincotech is owned by The Gores Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm. Fietz replaces Rainer Sendrowski, who has announced his decision to leave […]
The Darnell Group has released the Ninth Edition of "AC-DC Power Supplies: Economic Factors, Application Drivers, Architecture/Packaging Trends, Regulatory and Technology Developments",...
Premier Farnell plc a multi-channel, high service distributor supporting engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire part of the assets and trading rights of Microdis Electronics, part of Microdis Holding AG, servicing electronic design engineers in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Microdis has operated as a […]
ReVolt Technology, Ltd. a technology company, which has developed a rechargeable zinc-air battery, announced that Adam Laubach has joined the company as its Chief Technology Officer. Laubach will take over the overarching technology and product development responsibilities from founder, Dr. Trygve Burchardt, who has recently been promoted to Chief Scientific Officer and will focus on […]
CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will restart in 2009. This news forms part of an updated report on the status of the LHC following a malfunction on September 19th. "The top priority for CERN today is to provide collision data for the experiments as soon as […]
Konarka Technologies, Inc., a developer of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, announced that the company has signed bilateral...
Renesas Technology America, Inc. announced the R2J20651NP, a 35A Integrated Driver-MOSFET for CPU and DDR type SDRAM power supplies in PCs, servers...
An Tànaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Mary Coughlan TD announced that Microsemi is announcing 315 new jobs over the next 18 months, at its operations facility in Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland, with the support of Government through IDA Ireland. These new roles will be in manufacturing, sales and technical support. Microsemi designs […]
STMicroelectronics and LG Chem, described as the largest Korean chemical company, have unveiled details of a new automotive battery pack that is said to significantly extend the potential of electric and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), reducing both petrol consumption and CO2 emissions. The new battery pack combines LG Chem’s lithium ion (Li-ion) battery technology with […]
Bosch Motorsport is developing a Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for use in motor racing. With hybrid technology being used more and...
A new national study revealed that 78% of Americans are unaware of the federal legislation put in place last year to phase out the incandescent light bulb, starting in 2012. The First Annual SYLVANIA Socket Survey, commissioned by OSRAM SYLVANIA, a division of Siemens AG, is said to be the first national pulse taken to […]
Digital Power Corp. announced that it’s wholly-owned subsidiary Digital Power Ltd. (Gresham Power Electronics, Salisbury, UK) has appointed ACAL plc as their new distribution partner for Europe. ACAL operates from twelve locations throughout Europe and is a supplier of electronic and electromechanical components and sub-systems with wide experience of the power conversion market. ACAL also […]
The worldwide hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) market is expected to grow 100% in 2009. Passenger cars get a lot of the press related...
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Infineon Technologies AG. Fairchild said it believes certain Infineon CoolMOS...