- October 2024, Murata Manufacturing (Japan) expanded its silicon capacitor production capabilities by introducing a new 200-mm mass production line in Caen, France. This expansion aims to meet growing global demand for advanced capacitor solutions
- May 2024, EnerSys (U.S.) announced the acquisition of Bren-Tronics, Inc., a leading provider of portable power solutions for military and defense sectors. This strategic acquisition is expected to bolster EnerSys' Specialty Aerospace & Defense division, enhancing revenue and profitability from lithium-based products by expanding its presence in critical defense applications
- March 2021, Duracell, the most trusted battery brand, announced today that it is teaming up with The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to help educate parents and caregivers about the importance of lithium coin battersy safety to help prevent accidental lithium coin battery ingestions. With families spending more time at home combining work and home life into one, lithium coin battery safety is more essential than ever
- In November 2021, Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced a new family of multi-cell full battery front end (BFE) ICs for battery management systems (BMS) built for the larger, high-voltage battery packs that power e-scooters, energy storage, high-voltage power tools, and other high-voltage equipment. The new ICs provide fast, flexible, cell balancing up to 200 mA+, a critical function to enable fast recharging and high utilization in large battery packs with hot plug tolerance up to 62V
- In April 2024, Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RA0 microcontroller (MCU) Series based on the Arm Cortex-M23 processor. The new, low-cost RA0 devices offer the industry’s lowest overall power consumption for general purpose 32-bit MCUs. The RA0 devices consume only 84.3μA/MHz of current in active mode and only 0.82 mA in sleep mode
