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Batteries and Portable Power
DuPont to Reinvest in MTI MicroFuel Cells
DuPont (Wilmington, DE) contributed an additional $5.0 million in a second round of funding for MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc., a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc. (Albany, NY). DuPont contributed additional cash to maintain its six-percent ownership position in MTI Micro. Mechanical Technology also reinvested during the round, maintaining the company's controlling position in its subsidiary. […]
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1.1KComponentsVishay Intros ESTA GLI Series Capacitors
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced the new ESTA GLI Series of low-inductance, metallized-film, power capacitors designed for dc-linking, voltage-conversion, frequency-conversion...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Boeing to Study Fuel Cell Electric Technology
Boeing Co. (Seattle, WA) reported plans to develop and test an electrically powered airplane to see if fuel cell technology can make jets more environmentally friendly. The goal will be to use fuel cells and electric motors for auxiliary power instead of gas turbines. "Fuel cells show the promise of one day providing efficient, essentially […]
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848Automotive ElectronicsDensitron Taiwan Debuts DSM4248H Stepper Motor
Densitron Taiwan Ltd. (Taiwan) announced the DSM4248H size 17, double-stacked stepper motor, which provides up to 0.45Nm continuously, and also offers a...
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Batteries and Portable Power
SatCon Receives Order from H Power
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has received an order for 23 PowerGate power-conversion units from H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ). SatCon has been working with H Power for the past year and has delivered initial prototype units for evaluation. "This is another step in the process of commercializing fuel cell power generation […]
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Power Quality Protection
SL Industries Suspends Annual Dividend
SL Industries Inc. (Mt. Laurel, NJ) announced that its board of directors voted to suspend the company's regular semi-annual cash dividend, which would have been payable in November 2001. The company is presently not in compliance with certain financial covenants in its credit facility. As a result, the company is precluded from, among other things, […]
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Power Quality Protection
Power Measurement Expands New England Operations
Power Measurement (Victoria, BC) announced the opening of its new Connecticut office, and the appointment of Barry Bragger as district manager for the New England area. "By bringing Barry in to run this key location, Power Measurement further extends its abilities to help customers throughout the New England area to improve energy efficiency, increase reliability […]
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Power Quality
Advance-Galatrek Intros ETX Series of Plinths
Advance-Galatrek (UK) introduced the ETX Series of Plinths, designed to partner models in the Elite UPS range and convert any model in the range from a transformerless design into a full galvanic-isolation UPS. A special transformer, based on Advance-Galatrek's range of low-impedance power conditioners, acts as a harmonic filter to protect the load from electrical […]
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704Motion ControlAgile Systems Announces New Architectural Approach
Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, ON) announced that it has developed a new "architectural solutions approach" to power control. This new approach allows...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Whistler to Acquire Anuvu Fuel Cell Division
Whistler Inc. announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the fuel cell division of Anuvu Inc. (Sacramento, CA), including the rights to the Carbon-X fuel cell, an innovative proton-exchange membrane fuel cell specially designed for mass production. Whistler will acquire 100 percent of the shares of the fuel cell division of Anuvu in exchange […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Hydrogenics Reports Third-Quarter 2001 Results
Hydrogenics Corp. announced its corporate activity and financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2001. Hydrogenics recorded revenues of $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001, compared with $2.6 million for the same period in 2000. Hydrogenics recorded net income of $0.3 million, or $0.01 per share, for the three […]
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Power Quality
Tripp Lite Intros SmartPro 700VA/1,000VA UPS Systems
Tripp Lite (Chicago, IL) expanded its line of line-interactive SmartPro UPS systems with the introduction of the SmartPro 700VA and 1,000VA 1U rackmount UPS systems (Models SMART700RM1U and SMART1000RM1U). The UPS systems occupy just one rack space, and provide servers, storage and networking equipment with full-featured power protection, including battery backup, surge suppression and line […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Proton Energy to Receive $1.5 Million from CCEF
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Rocky Hill, CT) announced that it has signed an agreement with the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) providing $1.5 million to accelerate commercial deployment of its UNIGEN fuel cell product family. CCEF's funding is for initial commercial product and market development of breakthrough power quality and energy-storage products incorporating Proton's hydrogen-generation […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Global Thermoelectric Appoints Chief Operating Officer
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Calgary) announced that Peter Garrett has joined the company as COO, reporting to Jim Perry, president and CEO. In his new role, Garrett will be responsible for the commercialization of Global's solid-oxide fuel-cell-based products. Prior to joining Global, Garrett was vice president of wireless access development for Nortel Networks, where he served […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
DCH Announces 2001 Third-Quarter Results
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced results for the three months ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for the third quarter of 2001 were $251,078, compared with $150,578 in the same period of last year. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, were $727,009, compared to $671,354 for the nine months ended September 30, […]
