The European Union announced that it had approved a nearly US $1.5 billion bid by Emerson Electric to acquire British-based Chloride Group plc. The European Commission said the deal would not significantly impede effective competition in the 27-nation bloc because the merged entity would still face “strong competition” in all national markets. SOURCE

Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10) has expanded its focus to include the latest developments on GaN power devices, the Smart Grid, Energy Harvesting and Digital Power. Will enhancement mode GaN transistors (eGaN) replace power MOSFET/IGBTs in power management applications? Alex Lidow, CEO of Efficient Power Conversion, believes it will. He will explain why at Darnell’s […]

Astronergy and Oerlikon Solar jointly announced a follow-up purchase agreement for Oerlikon Solar’s thin film equipment. With this order, Astronergy will increase its production capacity from 30MW to 75 MW by the end of 2010. The purchase is a key element in the expansion plan of Astronergy’s thin film solar PV modules of up to […]

Flextronics announced that it has completed phase one of a two-phase build-out in Ganzhou, Jiangxi China to support its Power operations. Flextronics previously announced its plans to expand into this region in May 2010. The roughly one million-square-foot facility further expands the Flextronics Power business operations in China. Flextronics’ Power business leverages an end-to-end vertically […]

AEG Power Solutions signed a frame agreement with Bombardier Transportation GmbH for customized battery chargers. Bombardier is a manufacturer of transportation solutions. Its equipment, systems and services will be used in eighty three electric multiple units of the brand new ET 430 train series. “We truly appreciate the opportunity to continue and develop our close […]

Like most emerging technologies, energy harvesting is evolving to meet certain needs in specific applications. Even though some of this has already been established, challenges still remain that enterprising companies can take advantage of. Fraunhofer Institute has been doing applied research in energy harvesting for many years, and they will be presenting their latest findings […]

China TMK Battery Systems Inc. announced the company’s financial results for the three month period ended June 30, 2010. For the second quarter of 2010, revenues increased 47.3% to $16.8 million, from $11.4 million in the second quarter of 2009. The increase was primarily due to rising demand for TMK’s products, from both existing and […]

Sony Corp. has developed ’single wire interface technology’, a hybrid transmission technology which facilitates both data and power transmissions through a single cable. This technology enables the internal wiring of a mobile device to be streamlined through a single cable (copper wire). Conventionally, the video, audio and control signals as well as the power transmission […]

Echelon Corp. announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Ron Sege as President and Chief Executive Officer and to the company’s Board of Directors, completing a search process begun last November. Sege most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer, and Board member, of 3Com Corp. from 2008 through its acquisition by […]

AMETEK, Inc. announced that it has acquired assets comprising substantially all of American Reliance’s Power Division (AMREL Power), a provider of highly differentiated dc power supplies and electronic loads for the automated test equipment market. The El Monte, California, business joins AMETEK’s San Diego-based Programmable Power Division, described as a leader in programmable power sources […]