Semtech Corp. (Newbury Park, CA) has made available the SC1543 Dual 3.3V Smart Power Switch. The SC1543 automatically switches to a secondary supply input, should the primary input be removed. Semtech claims this is a design suited for Mini PCI card designs intended for use in notebook computers, docking stations, set-top boxes and Internet appliances. […]
Evercel Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced that after months of evaluations and successful road testing on actual scooters, ATALA (Italy), a bike, scooter and fitness equipment primary manufacturer, has selected Evercel's nickel-zinc battery as the best overall solution for electric scooter power. Last week, ATALA placed their first order for Evercel nickel-zinc batteries to power their […]
This year's Annual Power Electronics Seminar will be held at Virginia Tech, September 17 through 19, 2000. The seminar is organized by the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), one of the National Science Foundation's engineering research centers. It is designed to offer industry professionals the chance to share the newest technological developments with the […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced that it has secured a $20.0 million, three-year credit facility with Congress Financial Corporation, a unit of First Union Business Credit. The asset-based loan is comprised of both a term loan component (up to a maximum of $12.0 million) and a revolving line of credit supported by receivables and […]
Microsemi Corp. (Santa Ana, CA) announced that the underwriters of its recent 2,022,000 share common stock offering (including 22,000 shares sold by Security-holders) exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 303,300 shares of common stock from Microsemi at $21.00 per share, before under-writing discounts.Net proceeds to the company of its offering, including the exercise […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies (Calgary, Alberta) announced that it has received a purchase order from IdaTech Corp. (Bend, OR), formerly Northwest Power Systems, for a power management module which will condition and distribute power for IdaTech's stationary fuel cell power generation system. Sustainable Energy has been working closely with IdaTech for the past several months to […]
Inverpower Controls Ltd. (Toronto) has announced their operating results for the third quarter of fiscal 2000 and for the nine month period ending April 30, 2000. Consolidated third quarter revenues were $2.7 million, compared to $8.5 million for the same period in the previous year. Consolidated YTD revenues were $8.3 million, compared to $22.2 million […]
Invensys Secure Power (Raleigh, NC), part of the $2.5 billion Invensys Power Systems Division, has been awarded a $38.0 million contract from AT&T Enhanced Network Services (AENS, New York) to supply 750kVA Powerware UPSs to support new sites around the US.Over the next year, 96 Powerware 9315-750kVA units will be installed to five AENS sites, […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) announced that it has begun the first automated production of cells for its ZincAir line of disposable batteries at the company's Bet Shemesh, Israel facility.The new custom-built automated production line will increase production capacity to approximately 500,000 batteries per month by the end of 2000. The company has been producing […]
Nissan Diesel Motor Co. (Tokyo) announced that it has developed hybrid-powered trucks using natural gas and an electric motor, which are expected to meet the stricter emissions standards that take effect in 2005. The news caused Nissan shares to go up. After the announcement, shares were up 27 yen, or 37 percent, at 100 yen. […]
Jack Driscoll has joined iSuppli Corp. (El Segundo, CA), a supply network for the electronics industry. As senior advisor, Driscoll will be responsible for customer and supplier engagements with iSuppli's new supply network model.According to iSuppli, they have enabled electronic component makers and electronic OEMs to cut supply costs by as much as 90 percent, […]
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) has announced that it will relocate its Mixed Signal Business Unit from its San Diego, CA offices to Carlsbad, CA to increase its pace of new product development. Fairchild's Mixed Signal Unit, part of Fairchild's Analog and Mixed Signal Group, employs about 40 people, primarily in design engineering, product […]
Unique Mobility Inc. (UQM, Golden, CO) announced that Michael G. Franklin, vice president of electronics manufacturing and president of its Franklin Manufacturing Unit, will be leaving the company in July to pursue other interests. Franklin has also resigned as director of UQM, reducing the size of UQM's Board of Directors to five members.William C. Moffitt, […]
Tessera Inc. (San Jose, CA), a semiconductor provider and licensor of chip scale packaging (CSP) technology, and EEMS Italia SpA (Italy), a European integrated circuit assembler, announced the sale of Tessera's Singapore manufacturing facility to EEMS. Under the terms of the agreement, EEMS is purchasing 100 percent of the assets related to Tessera's manufacturing facility […]
Philips Semiconductors, an affiliate of Royal Philips Electronics, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC, Taiwan) announced that the Systems-on-Silicon Manufacturing Co. (SSMC, Singapore) being built is ahead of schedule and ready for the installation of manufacturing equipment. SSMC is the joint venture company of Philips Semiconductors, TSMC and the Singapore Economic Board Investments."Construction started less […]