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Power Quality Protection
Peoples Energy, Hess Microgen Enter DG Agreement
Peoples Energy Resources Corp. (Chicago, IL), a subsidiary of Peoples Energy, announced a multi-year agreement under which the company will provide power supply systems at customer sites. Hess Microgen LLC (Carson City, NV) was chosen to supply the company with packaged distributed generation (DG) and cogeneration systems in a move that will give Peoples Energy […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
H Power Reports Fiscal 2003 and Q2 Results
H Power Corp. (Belleville, NJ) reported its fiscal-2003, second-quarter results for the period ended November 30, 2002. For the second quarter ended November 30, 2002, total revenue was $0.7 million, versus $0.8 million for the three months ended November 30, 2001. Approximately 96 percent of the revenues in the quarter were derived from product sales. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
O2Micro Files Patent-Infringement Action
O2Micro International Ltd. (Santa Clara, CA) has filed a patent-infringement complaint in the Eastern District of Texas against Sumida Corp. (Japan) and Taiwan Sumida Electronics Inc. (Taiwan). "O2Micro indicated in its last quarterly conference call that the company would focus on intellectual property protection and take aggressive action against infringers," stated Sterling Du, chairman and […]
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Motion Control
Rockwell Automation Raises Earnings Estimate
Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, WI), a leading global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions, raised its earnings estimate for the first quarter of fiscal 2003, which ended December 31, 2002, to a range of $0.21 to $0.22 per share, up from the previous estimate of $0.16 to $0.18. The improvement in earnings […]
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Communications Power
Maverick Power Intros the Maverick Power Strip
Maverick Power Systems (Santa Barbara, CA), a developer of power supply and networking solutions, introduced the Maverick Power Strip™, a product designed to simplify home power distribution for consumers and eliminate the need for wall-mount adapters. The Maverick Strip provides dc power for a variety of small electronic devices, including cellular phones, PC speakers, PDAs […]
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Power Components
SynQor Debuts NiQor Line of DC/DC Converters
SynQor Inc. (Hudson, MA) unveiled its NiQor line of non-isolated, SIP, dc/dc converters, which can deliver up to 20A of total output current and employs synchronous rectification to achieve efficiencies of up to 92 percent (full load, 3.3V). Suitable for distributed power applications required by low-voltage core logic in DSPs and ASICs, the modules have […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
PFCC Announces $100,000 Offshore Investment
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (PFCC, Tustin, CA) announced the investment of $100,000 at a price of $0.05 per common share by two off-shore entities, for a total purchase of 2,000,000 common shares. PFCE has signed a contract with the University of California to do research and build a fuel cell prototype based upon PFCE's proprietary […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
IdaTech Delivers Propane Fuel Cell System to PERC
IdaTech Corp. (Bend, OR) announced that it has delivered a fully integrated fuel cell system operating on propane to the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) as part of a project funded by the Council's grant program, which supports the research and development of clean and efficient propane utilization equipment. The objective of the program […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Hydrogenics Receives Fuel Cell Order From ZSW
Hydrogenics Corp. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada), a designer and manufacturer of proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology, announced that a Hydrogenics' test system has been selected by Zentrum fuer Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research, Ulm, Germany), a research and development organization working in the field of renewable energies, batteries and […]
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Communications Power
O2Micro Granted Pivotal Phase-Array Inverter Patent
O2Micro International Ltd. (Santa Clara, CA), a supplier of power management and security ICs to mobile computer and communications manufacturers, was granted 56 claims under US patent number 6,501,234 for its phase-array inverter invention. The patented phase-array architecture facilitates the large-panel LCD TV and monitor market, offering a flexible Phase-on-demand™ design methodology to support large […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Maxim Presents MAX6439 to MAX6442 Battery Monitors
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) presented its new MAX6439 to MAX6442 battery monitors, which feature an internal hysteresis window to eliminate low-battery chatter in battery-operated systems. The battery monitors are offered with factory-trimmed thresholds that eliminate the need for external components. Factory-trimmed thresholds are available to monitor single-cell lithium applications as well as dual-cell […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Plug Power Announces Neumann as New CFO
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) announced the appointment of David Neumann to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Monday, January 20, 2003. Neumann's appointment follows the resignation of W. Mark Schmitz, effective January 20, 2003, who has accepted the position of Vice President of Finance with Tyco Fire and Security, a division of Tyco […]
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Automotive Electronics
Eaton Acquires CSCI Power Systems Business
Eaton Corp. (Cleveland, OH) announced that it has purchased the power systems business of Commonwealth Sprague Capacitor Inc. (North Adams, MA). The power systems business includes power-factor correction systems and harmonic filters, which are products used for power quality and energy management applications. The purchase price was $6 million, approximately the same as the 2002 […]
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Communications Power
Maverick Power Announces Maverick Powerline Network
Maverick Power Systems (Santa Barbara, CA), a developer of power supply and networking solutions, announced the introduction of the Maverick Powerline Network™, which enables users to create a high-speed local area network using existing ac power wiring. The Maverick Powerline Network makes networking PCs and other devices as simple as finding and plugging into the […]
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Automotive Electronics
Eaton Appoints Gross VP, Eaton Business System
Eaton Corp. (Cleveland, OH) announced the appointment of Thomas Gross to the newly created position of Vice President, Eaton Business System, effective January 6, 2003. Gross will refine and further deploy the Eaton Business System throughout the company to support Eaton's integrated operating company business model. He will report to Alexander Cutler, Eaton Chairman and […]
