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Energy Conversion Devices Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results; Launches Strategic Corporate Restructuring
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD)reported financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2011 ended March 31, 2011, and said it will implement a strategic corporate restructuring to better position and focus the company for success in the rapidly evolving solar industry. Total consolidated revenue for the quarter was $21.5 million, a decrease of 70% […]
SL Industries Announces 2011 First Quarter Results
SL Industries Inc. announced that its net sales from continuing operations for quarter ended March 31, 2011, were $52.6 million, up 25% compared with net sales from continuing operations for the first quarter 2010 of $42.1 million. Net income from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 was $3.6 million, or $0.79 per […]
SolarBridge Begins Volume Production with Celestica; Opens China Office
SolarBridge Technologies, a developer of module-integrated microinverters for the solar industry, has entered volume production of the SolarBridge Pantheon™ microinverter with Celestica, a global provider of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions, in Dongguan, China. SolarBridge also announced the opening of an office in Shenzen in Southern China’s Guangdong Province to support manufacturing and operations. Local staff […]
IXYS and GMCH Enter Into Agreement for Chip Manufacturing
IXYS Corp. and General Motors Components Holdings (GMCH) jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement for the fabrication of power semiconductor wafers. IXYS was founded originally as a fabless power semiconductor company, with global foundry relationships with selected world class semiconductor manufacturers. However, to create and retain proprietary technologies, IXYS developed its own […]
Interface Masters Announces 48VDC Redundant, Hot Pluggable Internal Power Supplies Support for 10Gb Switches and Bypass Products
Interface Masters Technologies announced that its flagship 48 port 10GE managed switch, Niagara 2948, and its Quad Segment 10 Gigabit External Active Bypass Switch, Niagara 2818, now support 48Vdc Telco and Data Center-ready Internal power Supplies. These 48Vdc powered 10G Managed Switches and Bypass Systems ensure that Telcos, Service Providers and Data Centers with stringent […]
Potential of Renewable Energy Outlined in Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The total global potential for renewable energy “is substantially higher than both current and future projected global energy demand” is the message of the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation released by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Abu Dhabi. The report states that renewable energy production will […]
Altair Nanotechnologies Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. For the first quarter of 2011, Altairnano reported a 114 percent increase in revenues to $2.6 million, up $1.4 million from the first quarter of 2010. Customer caused delays in first quarter shipments of lithium titanate to Zhuhai YinTong Energy (YTE) […]
SynQor Reaches Agreement with Fujitsu in Bus Converter Litigation
SynQor, Inc. announced that it has reached a partial settlement and license agreement with Fujitsu Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.. In December, 2010, SynQor prevailed before a jury in the Eastern District of Texas in a patent infringement suit against numerous suppliers of unregulated and semi-regulated bus converters used in intermediate […]
Advanced Battery Begins Construction of Third Battery Production Facility
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (ABAT) announced that it has completed the transfer of assets relating to the purchased land and plant in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province and has now entered a phase of construction according to the company’s overall strategic business development plan. The total project investment is approximately $83 million. The project investment has […]