Power Quality Protection

Power-One Intros FXC7000-48 AC/DC Front-End

Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) introduced the new FXC7000-48, a chassis-mount, ac/dc front-end power supply designed for distributed power architectures, which provides 7,000W...

Power Quality Protection

EPA Adds Encorp to CHP Partnership

Encorp Inc. (Windsor, CO) announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added Encorp to its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership. The goal of the EPA partnership, comprised of approximately 93 companies, institutions, end users and government agencies across the country, is to reduce the carbon intensity of the energy sector through expanded […]

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Fairchild Debuts FDJ129P P-Channel MOSFET

Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) announced the new FDJ129P, a p-channel MOSFET that is suitable in power management applications such as...

Automotive Electronics

Hydrogenics Selected for USAF Fuel Cell Project

Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto, Canada), a designer and manufacturer of fuel cell technology, has been contracted by the High Technology Development Corp. (HTDC) in Hawaii to provide HyPM power modules for a 30ft fuel cell hybrid bus. The initiative is being funded by the US Air Force (USAF) to evaluate advanced ground transportation technologies. Under the […]

ECD Forms Ovonic Integrated Solutions Group

Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced the formation of Ovonic Integrated Solutions Group as part of its commitment to increase commercialization of its products. Working with ECD Ovonics' manufacturing joint ventures and business units, the group will provide integrated system solutions for customers, streamlining and coordinating the company's ability to offer energy […]

Littelfuse Acquires Teccor Electronics

Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) announced it has acquired Teccor Electronics Inc. (Irving, TX), a subsidiary of Invensys plc, for $44 million in cash plus a future payment of $5 million contingent on sales of Teccor products reaching $107 million for calendar year 2005. Teccor has annual global sales of approximately $75 million. Teccor manufactures […]

Littelfuse Reports Second-Quarter 2003 Results

Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) reported sales and earnings for the second quarter of 2003. Sales for the second quarter of 2003 were $72.8 million, a 2% decrease from sales of $73.9 million in the second quarter of 2002. Diluted earnings per share were $0.18 in the second quarter of 2003, compared with $0.18 in […]

ON Semi Intros NCP1501 Voltage Regulator

ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) introduced its new NCP1501 voltage regulator, the second device in a series of dual-mode, pulse-width modulation (PWM), buck converters that feature a low dropout (LDO) mode. The new device is suitable for the power management of portable applications, including cellular phones, PDAs, digital cameras, and supplies for digital signal processor […]

Shell Solar Orders Spire PV Module Equipment

Spire Corp. (Bedford, MA), a leading supplier of solar-electric manufacturing equipment and solar systems for distributed power generation, announced the sale of a SPI-ASSEMBLER™ 5000 to Shell Solar Industries LLP (Camarillo, CA). This will be the fourth SPI-ASSEMBLER 5000 that Shell has ordered from Spire. "As a premier supplier of photovoltaic module assembly equipment, Spire […]

Proton Energy Launches HOGEN Online Store

Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Wallingford, CT), a hydrogen generator and regenerative fuel cell company, announced the launch of a new online store where companies and organizations may order maintenance parts, ancillary equipment, product manuals and safety information online 24 hours a day for HOGEN® 20 and 40 hydrogen generators. In addition, analytical scientists and lab […]

Power Quality Protection

GE to Supply Turbines for Wind Project

GE Wind Energy (Tehachapi, CA), a leading wind power company, announced that it will supply the first 25 wind turbines, or 37.5MW, for Phase I of the proposed 400MW Sweetwater Wind Project which, when completed, will be among the world's largest wind developments. It is currently being developed by DKR Development LLC (DKR, Houston, TX), […]

Automotive Electronics

July 22, 2003

LTC Reports Fourth-Quarter, Fiscal 2003 Profits

Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced that net sales for its fiscal year ended June 29, 2003, were $606,573,000, an increase of 18% from net sales of $512,282,000 for the previous year. The company also reported net income for the year of $236,591,000, or $0.74 diluted earnings per share, an increase of 20% from […]

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July 21, 2003

Vishay Adds FX5545G008 to FunctionPAK Family

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) is adding the new FX5545G008 synchronous buck converter to its FunctionPAK® family of single-package, fully integrated, dc/dc...