Power Quality Protection

Schneider Electric Pays Big to Acquire Invensys at a 27% Premium

Schneider Electric S.A. announced today that it has reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended offer by Schneider Electric to...

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TMBS Rectifiers Cut Power Losses, Increase Efficiency in TO-252 Package

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today expanded its offering of TMBS® Trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers with 12 new 45V, 60V, and 100V devices...

Motion Control

Amkor Acquires Toshiba’s Malaysian Power Semi Packaging and Test Operations

Toshiba Corporation and Amkor Technology, Inc. have completed Amkor’s acquisition of Toshiba Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (TEM), Toshiba’s semiconductor packaging operation in Malaysia. The transaction also includes Toshiba’s license to Amkor of related intellectual property rights and a manufacturing services agreement between Toshiba and Amkor. Under the manufacturing services agreement, Toshiba has agreed to purchase […]

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Batteries and Portable Power

Abracon Introduces New Family of Circuit Protection Devices

Abracon Corporation is extending its product portfolio with the newly introduced ABNTC, ATCC and AMCV series of NTC thermistors, tantalum capacitors and...

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July 30, 2013

Europe’s Largest Energy Storage Trial Launched

S&C Electric Europe, Samsung SDI and Younicos have signed a joint agreement to deploy Europe's largest intelligent network storage project, onto a...

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Low-loss Chokes for Inverters in Rail Vehicles

SMP Sintermetalle Prometheus GmbH & Co KG (SMP) has developed a range of chokes for use in railway technology. The inductive components...

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Vincotech Upgrades Product Line for Drive Applications with PFC

Vincotech has announced the latest generation flowPIM 0 + PFC 2nd product. This module is equipped with power components such as a...

Energy Efficiency

IXYS Announces Return of Top Line Growth

IXYS Corporation today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2014, which ended June 30, 2013. Net revenues for the quarter were $71.2 million, up $4.3 million sequentially from net revenues of $66.9 million in the preceding quarter, and down $9.7 million from $80.9 million in net revenues from the June 2012 quarter. […]

Communications Power

ABB Completes Acquisition of Power-One / Future of BMP Products Unclear

ABB and Power-One, Inc. confirmed that ABB has completed its previously announced acquisition of Power-One. The transaction positions ABB as a leading global supplier of solar inverters, which play a critical role in converting the sun’s energy into electric current and controlling its flow into the power system. Power-One has one of the market’s most […]

European Power News

Batteries and Portable Power

Eaton Begins Construction of New State-of-the-Art Innovation Center Building in Roztoky

Eaton Corp. announced the beginning of construction work on its new state-of-the-art Innovation Center in Roztoky. The ground breaking ceremony was attended by Eaton's regional leadership, senior representatives of the Czech Technical University (CVUT), the Mayor of Roztoky u Prahy and the government agency Czech Invest as well as the site developers, Trigema. Eaton is […]

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Batteries and Portable Power

UConn to host the Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation

Together with the University of Connecticut (UConn), a new Fraunhofer center was formally established on July 25th. The mission of the Fraunhofer...

July 25, 2013

Toshiba Debuts N-ch MOSFET for Lithium-ion Battery Protection Circuits

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) today announced the launch of a semi-power N-channel MOSFET for lithium-ion battery protection circuits: the SSM3K324R. Designed for notebook PC lithium-ion battery protection circuits, the SSM3K324R brings on-resistance and low capacitance in a large capacity, high radiation performance package. A successor to Toshiba’s popular SSM3K316T, the SSM3K324R uses the […]

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