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Batteries and Portable Power
Greenlight Opens Fuel Cell Testing Services Division
Greenlight Power Technologies Inc. (Burnaby, BC), a leading global supplier of fuel cell testing and diagnostic equipment, announced the opening of its new British Columbia facilities and the launch of its new fuel cell testing services division. Greenlight is expecting to triple its annual revenue in 2002, which has prompted the company to establish its […]
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Automotive Electronics
IR Appoints Donald Dancer as General Counsel
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the appointment of Donald Dancer as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. He will report to CEO Alex Lidow. Dancer joins IR from General Electric Co. (Fairfield, CT), where he served most recently as general counsel for GE Industrial Systems Solutions (Duluth, GA) and GE Power Controls […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Tyco and Valence Sign Lithium Battery Agreement
Tyco Electronics Power Systems Inc. (Dallas, TX) and Valence Technology Inc. (Austin, TX) announced that they have signed a technology evaluation-phase agreement to work together to evaluate and develop Valence's Saphion lithium-ion battery technology as a standby power solution for the telecommunications industry. The agreement includes the testing, qualification and market development of the Saphion […]
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Power Quality Protection
GE Power Systems to Acquire Jenbacher AG
GE Power Systems (Atlanta, GA) announced plans to acquire Jenbacher AG (Jenbach, Austria), a leading supplier of reciprocating gas engines for power generation, and a recognized innovator in cogeneration and the utilization of biogas and waste gases. Following the completion of the acquisition, Jenbacher will be integrated with GE Distributed Power, a unit of GE […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
TI Presents New TPS61107 Converter/Regulator
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced a new synchronous step-up, dc/dc converter with a low dropout (LDO) linear regulator that will allow battery capacity to be used more efficiently. Targeting hand-held applications powered by common battery types, the new TPS61107, part of TI's recently announced TPS611x family of dc/dc converter/LDO power management ICs, offers […]
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Motion Control
NEMA Announces New CEO Governance
Members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA, Rosslyn, VA) motor and generator section have changed their governance structures to directly engage participation by the top-level decision makers of those companies. The motor and generator section has formed a nine-person, CEO-level, board of directors that consists of six CEO seats with three additional seats that […]
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Communications Power
ON Semi Names Keith Jackson President, CEO
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that Keith Jackson will join the company as President, CEO and Director. Jackson replaces Steven Hanson who will leave the company to pursue other industry opportunities. Jackson brings more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry. Before joining ON Semiconductor, Jackson was executive vice president and general […]
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Communications Power
Tripp Lite Presents SMART1500RMXL2U UPS
Tripp Lite (Chicago, IL) announced its new SmartPro® 1500 RMXL2U (SMART1500RMXL2U) line-interactive, rack-mount, UPS system with 1,500VA of battery backup, unlimited runtime capabilities and advanced power management features in a slim-line 2U cabinet. The UPS system is designed to protect critical equipment, including servers, hubs, routers, Internet-working equipment, and ISP/telecom/lab equipment, against all types of […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Plug Power, Connected Energy Announce Agreement
Connected Energy Corp. (Rochester, NY) and Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) have signed an agreement to provide Plug Power customers with a web-based system for centrally managing Plug Power GenSys™ fuel cells. With Connected Energy's Central Operating Management System (COMSYS™), users only need an Internet Explorer browser on their PC to have the ability to […]
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Components
Kohshin Intros HC-PRX AC/DC Current Sensors
Kohshin Electric Corp. (Carrollton, TX) announced its new line of open-loop and closed-loop hall-current sensors, the HC-PRX 3A to 20A and the HC-PRX 25A to 50A ac/dc current sensors, which are suitable for use in inverters, servo drives, uninterruptible power systems and power supplies. The HC-PRX 3A to 20A and the HC-PRX 25A to 50A […]
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461Batteries and Portable PowerSolid Energy Begins Lithium-Polymer Production
Solid Energy GmbH (Itzehoe, Germany), a producer of lithium-polymer rechargeable batteries based on technology developed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany), announced that it has...
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1.2KAutomotive ElectronicsGAIA Debuts MGDS-150 Series DC Converters
GAIA Converter S.A. (Merignac, France) announced its new MGDS-150 Series of 150W, synchronizable, industry-standard, half-brick package dc/dc converters designed for use in...
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Communications Power
APC Adds New Features to Management Cards
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced new features to its existing network management cards, adding environmental monitoring and remote management of UPS systems via an on-board modem to its existing power management capabilities. The environmental monitoring feature addresses the risk to system availability due to temperature and humidity concerns, sending alerts when […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
William Perry Joins BOD of MTI Microfuel Cells
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (Albany, NY) announced that former US Secretary of Defense William Perry has joined its board of directors. Company officials cited the addition of Perry as evidence of the growing strength of MTI Micro, a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. (Albany, NY) that plans to commercialize direct-methanol micro fuel cells as a […]
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639Batteries and Portable PowerSFC Intros New Generation Fuel Cell Systems
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC, Munich, Germany) introduced the next generation of its Mobile Power System, a compact, external, fuel cell...
