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Communications Power
Unipower Telecom Debuts DPB1U Series Circuit Breaker Panels
Unipower Telecom (Coral Springs, FL) announced their new DPB1U circuit breaker panels. The panels, which provide distribution and overload protection from 1 to 12 dc circuits, are only one mounting position high (1.75"). Unipower's new circuit breaker panels provide one to six single bus breakers or two to twelve dual-bus breakers. The panels distribute up […]
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Automotive Electronics
Anderson Power Products Acquired by IDEAL Industries
Anderson Power Products (APP, Sterling, MA), a division of High Voltage Engineering Corp. (Burlington, MA), announced its divesture to IDEAL Industries (Sycamore, IL). The acquisition will allow IDEAL and APP to take advantage of mutual synergies in engineering and technical expertise and distribution channels. According to the terms of the deal, APP will remain as […]
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1.3KAutomotive ElectronicsPowerCache Premieres PC1000 Ultracapacitor
PowerCache (San Diego, CA) announced the availability of the PC1000, a 1,200-farad ultracapacitor. The PC1000 supplies power to a system during peak...
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Communications Power
MGE UPS Announces Formation of Facility Solutions Alliance
MGE UPS (Costa Mesa, CA) announced the formation of its Facility Solutions Alliance (FSA) with industrial leaders in order to support mission-critical networks and facility operations with power, environmental control and monitoring systems. The FSA claims to be the first organization of its kind and represents some of the industry's strongest companies coming together in […]
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Automotive Electronics
HbT and Visteon Form Exclusive Fuel Cell Alliance
HbT (Rancho Dominguez) and Visteon Corp. (Dearborn, MI) have formed an exclusive engineering, development and manufacturing alliance to commercialize HbT's hydrogen fuel processors for use in PEM fuel cell systems. The agreement calls for Visteon to provide engineering, design and support services to HbT for its fuel processors, including design and manufacturing for HbT's facility […]
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Automotive Electronics
Zapworld.Com and Sun Pirate Form Strategic Alliance
Zapworld.Com (ZAP, Sebastopol, CA) and solar contractor Sun Pirate have formed a strategic alliance. The two will begin offering pre-packaged solar systems as well as custom consulting for commercial projects. In addition, Zapworld.Com has been offering solar panels for use with its electric vehicles. "With solar, you can ZAP your utility bills forever," commented Roger […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
C&D Technologies Reports Fourth-Quarter Results
C&D Technologies Inc. (Bluebell, PA) announced its fiscal 2001 fourth-quarter results, ended January 31, 2001. During this period, net income increased 80 percent to a record $16,706,000, or $0.61 per share, from $9,256,000, or $0.35 per share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000. Sales for the latest quarter increased 24 percent to a record […]
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Power Quality Protection
Liebert Executives to Speak at Colocation Summit
Executives from Liebert Corp. (Columbus, OH) will be speaking on the challenges of increasing power and heat densities within collocation and web-hosting facilities at the Colocation Summit being held March 14 through 16, 2001, in San Francisco, CA. Liebert is a co-sponsor for the conference. "Liebert's participation in these venues and organizations is a very […]
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Communications Power
Staco Energy Products Introduces Encore Series of UPSs
Staco Energy Products Co. (Dayton, OH) introduced the Encore Series of line-interactive UPSs. Staco claims that, in addition to traditional UPS blackout protection, the Encore Series offers power-conditioning features that protect against brownouts, surges, sags, spikes and other power anomalies. The series is fully SNMP capable, and the included power management software allows remote management […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Avista Corp.'s Fuel Cell Affiliate Forms New Company, H2fuel LLC
Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA) announced that its fuel cell affiliate, Avista Labs, has formed a new company, H2fuel LLC, to develop and commercialize a new technology for manufacturing hydrogen for fuel cells. Avista Labs owns a 70 percent interest in H2fuel, with the remaining interest owned by Unitel Fuels Technologies LLC. Avista Labs reports that […]
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Automotive Electronics
Ballard Reports Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2000 Results
Ballard Power Systems (Canada) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the year ending December 31, 2000. Revenues increased by 24 percent in 2000, to $41.1 million, from $33.2 million in 1999. Ballard attributes this increase to the rise in automotive orders and higher revenues from 250kW stationary power generators. Ballard's investment income […]
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Power Quality Protection
ZTE Corp. Debuts ZXDU45 Power System
ZTE Corp. (China) recently debuted the ZXDU45 built-in power system, which consists of three 15A ZXD800E rectifier modules at full configuration, with a maximum rated output of 45A. With a 19-inch standard width, units are suitable for the integrated cabinets of access- and switching-equipment, but can also be used separately. In addition, multiple systems may […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
AFS Trinity Power Flywheel Used in Inverpower and FuelCell Energy's Project
AFS Trinity Power Corp. (Seattle, WA) reported the first of what it believes will be several announcements this year regarding sales and partnering relationships with fuel cell, microturbine and other companies with advanced distributed power generating technologies. The first of these announcements is a news release from Inverpower Controls Ltd. (Ontario), announcing that Inverpower and […]
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Communications Power
Tyco's Raychem Division Completes UL Total Certification Program Qualification
Tyco Electronics Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) announced that its Raychem circuit protection division has completed the qualification process for the UL Total Certification Program. Participation in this program will enable the company to accelerate product development cycles and thereby reduce time-to-market for its PolySwitch PPTC resettable fuse product line. "Our investment in the staff resources, […]
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Automotive Electronics
E.J. Bloom Publishes Annual APEC Statistics
Ed Bloom of E. J. Bloom Associates (San Rafael, CA) has published his annual statistical analysis of papers to be presented at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC, Anaheim, CA) this year. This year, Bloom discovered that 66.4 percent of all the papers being presented are associated with universities, with only 33.5 percent being from […]
