Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Total sales for the third quarter were $141.0 million, another record for the company, with earnings of $0.40 per diluted share from continuing operations. The financials highlighted in this release exclude results from the Aera® mass flow controller business, which […]
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NIST Ships First Programmable AC-DC 10V Standard
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun shipping a new 10V standard to users around the world. The programmable system measures both direct current (dc) and alternating current (ac) voltages. The new 10V system builds on a number of previous NIST inventions, from the initial 1V standard in 1984 through the 2006 […]
IEEE 1901TM Broadband Power Line Standard for 500 Mbps Communications Approved
The IEEE announced the ratification of the IEEE 1901TM Broadband over Power Line (BPL) standard. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, this globally recognized BPL standard will be a key enabling technology for a wide range of applications including smart energy, transportation and Local Area Networks (LANs) in both the home and the enterprise. Networking […]
Maxwell Technologies Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. reported revenue of $31.5 million for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010, up 21% over the $26.1 million recorded in the same period in 2009. BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor revenue increased by 78%, to $18.6 million in Q310, compared with $10.5 million for the same period last year. Sales of high voltage capacitor […]
Epyon Announces Partnership with Lite-On Technology to Scale up EV Fast-Charger Business
Epyon BV, described as the leading European supplier of intelligent charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), received €7 million in new equity funding from five investors, providing what the company says is a solid foundation for its ongoing effort to scale up operations across Europe – as the market for EV fast chargers is taking […]
Exar Corp. Reports Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Results
Exar Corp. reported financial results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter ended September 26, 2010. Net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 were $37.2 million compared to net sales of $39.6 million for the prior quarter and $31.6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2010. The GAAP gross margin for the second […]
JinkoSolar Establishes U.S. Subsidiary in San Francisco; Announces European Solar Module Supply Agreements
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a solar product manufacturer with operations based in China, announce that it has established a U.S. subsidiary with an office in San Francisco, California. The U.S. subsidiary is expected to function as a marketing and service base to increase JinkoSolar’s brand recognition and facilitate business development in strategic markets within North […]
LAST POWER Project Aims to Put Europe First in New Power Semiconductor Technologies
The partners in a new publicly-funded European research project announced details of the multinational/multidisciplinary program called LAST POWER (’Large Area silicon carbide Substrates and heTeroepitaxial GaN for POWER device applications). The aim of this 42-month ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council) project is to provide Europe with strategic independence in the field of wide band […]
Power Integrations Reports Third-Quarter Financial Results
Power Integrations announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. Net revenues for the third quarter were $75.5 million, up 26% compared with the third quarter of 2009, and down six% compared with the second quarter of 2010. Net income was $12.6 million or $0.43 per diluted share, compared with $9.2 million or […]
Nidec Establishes New Manufacturing Company in Shaoguan, China
Nidec Corp. announced that it established a new manufacturing subsidiary, Nidec (Shaoguan) Limitedin Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, China. The new subsidiary manufactures brushless dc motors for cooling fans and optical disk drives in collaboration with Nidec (Dongguan) Limited, which was established in Dongguan, Guangdong province in 2002. Located in the same province, the two companies aim […]