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720Power QualityDiotec Debuts TGL34 TVS in MiniMELF Case
Diotec GmbH (Germany), a Semikron company, debuted what it claims is the first transient voltage suppressor (TVS) in a MiniMELF case. The...
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Communications Power
Cyberex Introduces Full Line of Remote Power Panel Offerings
Cyberex (Highland Heights, OH) introduced a full line of Remote Power Panel (RPP) offerings. Cyberex's RPPs are available in sizes ranging from 100A to 225A, and are designed to work in conjunction with Cyberex static transfer switches and power distribution units. They are suitable for use in data centers, ISPs and telecommunications industries. The RPPs […]
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Communications Power
Xantrex Announces the Sun Tie XR
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced that the next generation of its Sun Tie product, the new Sun Tie XR, will be available for delivery by July 1, 2001. The Sun Tie XR is an all-in-one inverter designed to connect dc solar power to ac electric meters in homes and small businesses. All of its […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Inverpower Controls Continues Search for Funding
Inverpower Controls Ltd. (Canada) reports that it is continuing its search for additional funding. The company hired PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities to assist it in identifying financial and strategic investors. The company's Board of Directors has recently expanded PricewaterhouseCooper's mandate to include assisting in evaluating all potential strategic alternatives that may be available to the company, including […]
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3.6KPower Quality ProtectionAVO International Develops Multi-Amp Pulsar Hand-Held Controller
AVO International (Dallas, TX) has developed a new multi-amp pulsar hand-held controller, the HHC-1, to remotely control its Pulsar Relay Test System....
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Automotive Electronics
SatCon Announces Collaboration With Powercell
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced today that it has been collaborating with Powercell Corp. (Burlington, MA) to qualify SatCon's power conversion electronics and controls for potential use in Powercell's PowerBlock family of electric power reliability and power quality products. SatCon has been working with Powercell to develop proprietary assemblies and control software, which are […]
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Power Components
Micrel Announces Agreement to Acquire Kendin Communications
Micrel Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Kendin Communications Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a fabless semiconductor company. In connection with the acquisition, Micrel will issue approximately 6.2 million shares of its common stock and options in exchange for all outstanding Kendin securities and options to purchase Kendin securities. The […]
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Communications Power
APC Announces First-Quarter 2001 Results
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that first-quarter 2001 profits fell 42 percent. The company reports that income fell to $27.2 million, or $0.14 per share, from $47.1 million, or $0.24 per share, in the year-ago period. The company also said that it reduced its staff by four percent in the first […]
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Communications Power
Cyberex Offers Full Line of Power Distribution Offerings
Cyberex (Highland Heights, OH) is now offering a full line of power distribution (PDU) offerings. Cyberex PDUs are available in sizes ranging from 75kVA to 300kVA, and are designed to work in conjunction with Cyberex static transfer switches and remote power panels. Cyberex's PDU systems are suitable for use in data center, ISP and telecommunications. […]
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Communications Power
American Electric Power Announces Quarterly Dividend
The board of directors of American Electric Power (AEP, Columbus, OH) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.60 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable June 8, 2001, to shareholders of record as of May 10, 2001. AEP claims that this is the company's 346th consecutive quarterly common stock cash […]
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Communications Power
Xantrex Purchases Green Tags for Renewable Energy
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced the purchase of green tags for renewable energy from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF, Portland, OR) in an amount equal to 100 percent of the electricity consumed at the company's Arlington, WA, site. Snohomish Public Utility (Everett, WA) is partnering with Xantrex to secure green tags for the plant, […]
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Automotive Electronics
Solectria and Maxwell Tech to Develop Hybrid-Electric Drive Systems
Solectria Corp. (Wilmington, MA) has signed a strategic development and supply agreement with Maxwell Technologies (San Diego, CA) to collaboratively develop hybrid-electric drive systems incorporating Maxwell's PowerCache ultracapacitors. The agreement calls for Maxwell to deliver several thousand ultracapacitor cells immediately. James Worden, Solectria's CEO, said that Solectria also plans to develop standard power packs, consisting […]
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Motion Control
American Power Conversion Unveils Three New UPSs
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) unveiled three new UPSs designed for harsh conditions such as dust, extreme temperatures and vibration. These new UPSs include the SP500DR, suitable for programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and other industrial control applications, and two new Smart-UPS models, SU1500RMX155 and SU2000RMX155. The SP500DR can be mounted on DIN rails […]
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882Communications PowerTexas Instruments Debuts Several New UPS Families
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced several new families of LDO linear regulators. TI believes that one of these new LDO...
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Batteries and Portable Power
SatCon Reports Second-Quarter 2001 Results
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced financial results for its fiscal 2001 second quarter and six-month period ended March 31, 2001. Revenue for the second quarter rose 53 percent to $11.5 million, compared with $7.5 million in the same period last year. Revenue for the six months ended March 31, 2001, increased 74 percent to […]
