| Thin-film battery market opportunity grows
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2011-06-23 |
| NanoMarkets forecasts sensors for smart grids, military sensors and wireless sensor networks are providing particular opportunity for thin-film battery manufacturers in the near future |
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| IEEE develops Li-ion battery standard
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2006-09-27 |
| The IEEE is developing IEEE P1825, the standard to address battery pack electrical and mechanical construction, packaging technologies, and pack and cell charge and discharge controls |
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| Paper battery beats Li-ion performance
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2009-12-16 |
| Researchers have developed carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires based paper battery, which could be shaped to conform to different devices |
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| NEC develops paper-thin battery
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2005-12-12 |
| NEC has claimed to have developed a flexible, paper-thin battery that eventually will be usable by a variety of mobile devices |
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| Matsushita task force probes battery recalls
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2007-08-24 |
| Matsushita Electric Industrial said it has set up a task force to handle large-scale free-of-charge replacements of defective mobile phone battery units made for Nokia |
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| Battery technology enables "safer" notebook PCs
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2006-09-28 |
| Zinc Matrix Power Inc. announced its new battery technology based on silver, zinc and water, that can be used to power notebook computers |
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| Glitch in Sanyo's battery prompts recall
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2006-12-12 |
| Faulty Li-ion battery packs made by a Sanyo subsidiary and used in mobile phones have prompted NTT Docomo Inc. to recall and exchange about 13 lakh battery packs used in Docomo's 3G handsets |
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| Li-ion large battery factory rises in Finland
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2010-07-13 |
| The factory manufactures large, lithium-ion based battery packs and systems, the demand of which has recently been accelerated by electric vehicle industry as well as strict environmental regulations |
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| Li-ion laptop battery standard set for revision
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2006-11-10 |
| IEEE will revise its Li-ion laptop battery standard—the IEEE 1625—to address the recent battery calls made and to improve overall performance as well make laptop battery systems more reliable and robust |
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| Battery recall to cost Sony over Rs.789 crore
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2006-08-29 |
| Sony estimates the cost of supporting the laptop battery recall programs of Dell and Apple Computer to range from about Rs.789.48 crore to Rs.1,188.86 crore |
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| Battery charger ICs improve capabilities
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2008-03-01 |
| Battery charger ICs play a pivotal role in portable system design. Yet designers use a broad range of devices—from older, relatively primitive to newer, more-complex ICs—to extend battery life |
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| Stanford unveils nanowire battery tech
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2008-12-22 |
| Stanford disclosed a nanowire battery technology for next-generation systems at the IEDM |
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| Hybrid ultracapacitors enhance battery tech
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2011-08-17 |
| Ioxus' distributed-energy architecture uses hybrid ultracapacitors that work better than traditional battery technology claiming 95 per cent energy efficiency |
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| MHI builds a battery verification plant in Nagasaki
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2009-08-28 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries moves towards full-scale entry into the Li-ion secondary battery market |
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| Study: Mobile device boom good for battery makers
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2005-10-13 |
| The proliferation in mobile communications devices will help drive the mobile battery market to $9.1 billion in revenues by 2010 and at the same time it will create opportunities for alternative battery technologies, according to a research report released Tuesday |
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| Matsushita to pay for Nokia battery recalls
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2007-08-29 |
| Matsushita Battery has agreed to cover the direct costs associated with the product advisory on Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries including, among other things, logistics costs, call centre costs, and replacement battery costs |
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| Sony demos paper-powered battery
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2011-12-21 |
| Sony, at Eco-Products 2011exhibition, unveiled a bio-battery that generates electricity from waste paper |
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| Li-ion battery market set to rise
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2010-05-11 |
| The Li-ion battery market is set for sustained expansion with the electric vehicle (EV) segment projected to explode in 2012-2013 |
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| Sony decreases forecast after battery recall
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2006-10-23 |
| Sony Corp. has lowered its business forecast as a result of a huge Li-ion battery recall and a delays introduction of its Playstation 3 |
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| Netbook uptake drive OEMs to up laptop battery life
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2009-09-17 |
| Netbooks shook the computing arena as they cost a couple of hundred dollars less than laptops, offered lower performance, as they were supposed to, but offered better battery life |
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| Li-ion battery market holds steady
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2007-03-07 |
| Despite the several battery recalls in the previous year, the supply for lithium battery packs is expected to remain steady in 2007. The Industrial Economics and Knowledge Centre of Taiwan estimates that Japan and Korea will dominate the world lithium battery and battery packs market with 60 per cent and 17.5 per cent of the market, respectively |
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| EV battery to reach Rs.2.40 lakh crore in 2020
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2012-01-31 |
| ABI Research reports several Li-ion battery production facilities came online in 2011, spurred by the expectation that HEV demand will increase as governments provide subsidies and tax benefits to cut emissions |
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| Virus-built battery to power cars, electronics
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2009-04-06 |
| MIT researchers have engineered viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a Li-ion battery |
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| Panasonic gears Li-ion battery factory for April production
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2010-03-30 |
| Panasonic Corp. has finished the first phase of construction of its new Li-ion battery production facility in Suminoe, Osaka City |
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| Sony expands Li-ion battery production
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2008-08-06 |
| Sony will invest approximately Rs.1,604.96 crore (40 billion yen) to strengthen its Li-ion battery production operations |
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| Ovonic Battery grants patent license to China's NiMH battery maker
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2005-08-23 |
| Ovonic Battery Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD Ovonics), has entered into a patent license agreement in connection with its proprietary nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery technology with Intellect Battery Co. Ltd (Intellect) of China |
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| Lenovo voluntarily recalls 200,000 battery packs
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2007-03-06 |
| Lenovo, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced the voluntary recall of approximately 205,000 extended-life, 9-cell battery packs. The company said it will also offer customers free-of-charge replacements for all recalled battery packs |
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| Toyota to build another new battery plant
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2008-05-29 |
| Toyota will build another new battery plant for hybrid vehicles, seeking to keep its lead in fuel-efficient cars |
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| Battery market to triple its profit this year
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2006-12-11 |
| Global revenues for the battery market is predicted to triple from 2005's profit due to the increasing demand from vertical sectors like consumer electronics, industrial devices, backup power and other segments |
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| Advanced Battery, ECr to develop innovative electric bus
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2005-08-05 |
| Advanced Battery Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of rechargeable polymer-lithium-ion (PLI) batteries, has signed a letter-of-intent with ECr Technologies Inc. to jointly develop an all-electric bus |
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