VPT Inc. (Blacksburg, VA), a provider of power-handling products, unveiled its new High-Efficiency, Reliability-Optimized (HERO) DC Power System for military, avionics, and...
Johnson Controls Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) opened a lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery development laboratory focused on hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs). The facility, located at the company’s battery technology center in Milwaukee, features a “dry room” and specialized tools and equipment for designing, developing, and testing power-storage and management systems based on Li-Ion technology. The facility cost $4 million. […]
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced that it has extended its IHLP family of low-profile, high-current inductors with a new device that...
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (St. Louis, MO), announced a new Internet-based remote monitoring gateway that will enhance data security and availability of critical space infrastructure serving mission-critical equipment. Continuous remote monitoring of the critical space infrastructure enables prevention, early detection and fast response to infrastructure problems that could affect the availability of […]
AccelRate Power Systems (Vancouver, BC, Canada), a developer of rapid battery chargers for industrial, portable, and transportation applications, announced that its complete line of chargers for the industrial materials handling market has received Underwriters Laboratory (UL) certification. As a result of UL certification, AccelRate Smart Charger (SC) models ranging from 180 Ah to 500 Ah, […]
Darnell Group Inc. (Corona, CA) unveiled its new PowerPulse Feedback Loop online web log (blog), which debuted September 26, 2005, as the...
Eaton Corp. (Cleveland, OH), a manufacturer of electrical systems and components for power quality in automotive systems, introduced its new Powerware Rackmount...
ISE Corp. (Poway, CA), a supplier of electric and hybrid-electric trucks, buses, drive systems, and components, announced that it has entered into...
Axion Power International Inc. (Woodbridge, Ontario), the developer of a new “e3 Supercell” lead-acid-carbon energy storage device, announced that Edward Buiel has joined the company as its Chief of Research and Development. Before joining Axion, Buiel served as project leader for the Energy Storage Group of Meadwestvaco Corp., where his team focused on developing activated […]
Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd., the operating subsidiary of Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON), a developer of solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems, announced the signing of a contract for a 5 kW SOFC fuel cell system with BP Shipping Ltd. Since June 2005, FCT has signed contracts totaling $1.2 million for systems to be […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) offered its new FSUSB23, a small, single-port, USB 2.0 high-speed (480 Mbps) analog switch in...
UNIPOWER Telecom Corp., a division of UNIPOWER Corp. (Coral Springs, FL), debuted its new dual bus circuit breaker panel, the DPB2U-AB, which...
Power management technology company National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) debuted its new LM1770 SOT-23 synchronous buck switching controller for low-voltage dc-dc...
KDDI Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), with partners Toshiba Corp. (Japan) and Hitachi Ltd. (Japan), announced the development of new prototype mobile phones powered...
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT), a manufacturer of electric power generation plants, announced that it has promoted R. Daniel Brdar to President and Chief Operations Officer, while naming him to its Board of Directors. Brdar, who previously was Executive Vice President and COO, continues reporting to Chairman and CEO Jerry Leitman. Strategic Manufacturing and […]