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ABB to acquire U.S. transformer company Kuhlman Electric Corporation
ABB has signed an agreement to acquire U.S. transformer company Kuhlman Electric Corporation for an undisclosed amount from global private equity firm The Carlyle Group to expand its power products portfolio in the Americas. Kuhlman Electric manufactures a wide range of high-quality transformers for the industrial and electric utility sectors. Kuhlman Electric has demonstrated a track record of profitable growth with double-digit annual sales ... [more]
New president for Lighting Industry Federation
LIF, the Lighting Industry Federation, has announced its new president is Peter Denny, with Mike Collett taking on the vice president’s role. Both are well-known figures in the lighting industry. The appointments follow hot on the heels of the Federation’s workshop regarding the implications and impact on the lighting industry of EuP (Energy Using Directive), and a new format Annual Report (2007). New LIF president – Peter Denny In a career... [more]
Xscape high output solid-state light source uses 98% less energy than current fluorescent tube technology
Illuminex' new advanced emergency lighting Xscape family has been created to take full advantage of the latest in solid state light source and battery technologies. The Xscape family automatically self-tests to meet the monthly and annual testing of every single luminaire in the system required by BS EN 5266 part 1, Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises. The results of the BS 5266 tests are stored in local memory for recov... [more]
Habia invests to offer low loss flexible co-axial cables
Habia Cable has announced a substantial investment in its Chinese cable manufacturing facility. Located in Changzhou the facility is mainly geared to producing high performance co-axial cables for the communications market. The recent investment of 622 Million Swedish Kronor will drastically increase Habia’s capacity to offer low loss flexible co-axial cables based on a foamed PE (polyethylene) dielectric. In particular it will help to develop... [more]
AUPS aims to fix the AC/DC power supply model
In the past decade alone, the consumer electronics industry has developed and sold billions of devices that require AC to DC power supplies. Because every new CE device comes with a charger, some 3.2 billion power supplies will be designed and shipped in 2008 alone. And because every electronic product has a unique voltage and current requirement, many incompatible power supplies must be designed, produced, packaged, shipped and discarded unnece... [more]
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