Vanteck Technology Corp. (Vancouver, BC) announced that it is filing for status as a full reporting issuer with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The registration will elevate Vanteck's current status in the US and allow Vanteck's securities to trade on a registered US exchange. "This Form 10-SB filing with the US SEC will […]
MCG Surge Protection (Deer Park, NY) announced that it was recently awarded the Administrator's Award of Excellence from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for its work on a critical, time-sensitive requirement for the US Army. MCG had less than four weeks to design a custom surge-protection prototype for application between the Army's GPS link and […]
AFS Trinity Power Corp. (Seattle, WA) announced a new flywheel technology and the award of a patent for the technology from the US Patent Office. The technology is expected to be used in second-generation flywheel/diesel hybrid trucks and buses as well as in flywheel/solar-energy momentum (EMW) systems in satellites and spacecraft. The new technology, called […]
Metallic Power Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) has appointed Leap Wireless International Inc. Chairman and CEO and QUALCOMM co-founder Harvey White to its board of advisors. In this capacity, White will help Metallic Power plan the deployment of its technology in telecommunications backup power applications and manage its rapid growth. Metallic Power President and CEO Jeffrey Colborn […]
Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, IL) announced the promotion of Ron Ortiz to the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Midtronics group. Ortiz previously served as vice president of operations, and joined Midtronics in 1999 as the director of strategic marketing. In his new role, Ortiz takes responsibility for the day-to-day management of Midtronics, […]
Thermacore International Inc. (Lancaster, PA), a subsidiary of Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, WI), and Molex Inc. (Lisle, IL) have announced that they have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to design, prototype and market an industry-standard thermal solution for the next generation of Intel desktop microprocessors. Under the JDA, both companies will devote engineering […]
Members of the US Fuel Cell Council's (USFCC, Washington, DC) board of directors elected new officers at its Annual Spring Meeting, held May 21-22, 2002, in Washington, DC. Officers approved by the board of directors were President: George Earle, Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY); Treasurer: Jim Stike, Porvair Fuel Cell Technologies (Hendersonville, NC); and Secretary: […]
GE Fanuc Automation America Inc. (Charlottesville, VA) announced a new redundant power supply system (RPSS) that switches power to a backup unit...
Tyco Electronics Power Systems (Dallas, TX) unveiled its newest product in the Outdoor Power System (OPS) family, the actively cooled OPS48/400AC, which integrates state-of-the-art, switch-mode, rectifier technology with a high-performance cooling system and streamlined remote control and monitoring. The OPS48/400AC provides up to 21kW, including redundancy, and operates from a 208Vac to 240Vac nominal input […]
Acumentrics Corp. (Westwood, MA) announced that it was awarded US patent 6,358,640 entitled, Fuel Cell Power Generating System. The patent is for a micro-tubular, solid-oxide fuel cell stack with integrated hydrocarbon fuel reformation. The patent details how Acumentrics' tubular fuel cell stack operates directly from existing infrastructure fuels such as natural gas or propane. "Acumentrics […]
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has announced the launch of a project in Norway to explore possible large-scale applications of new zero-emission, solid-oxide fuel cell technology driven by natural gas. A project team consisting of Shell International Ltd., Aker Kvaerner and Statkraft will perform a pilot study to explore the […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that Dr. Edwin Nowicki, associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary, will join Sustainable Energy's advisory board. Nowicki has been providing technical advice to management over the past few months, and has become familiar with Sustainable Energy's power inverter […]
Schaffner EMC (Edison, NJ) introduced new software that enables EMC emission and immunity testing in one flexible, user-configurable package. The new EMC...
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced its new power management module (PMM) system that offers power availability and distribution for the...
Avista Labs (Spokane, WA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA), and Automated Railroad Maintenance Systems Inc. (ARMS, St. Louis, MO) announced a joint agreement to distribute Avista Labs' Independence fuel cell product line featuring its Modular Cartridge Technology proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells to the railroad industry for backup and remote power […]