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Eaton plans to manufacture UPSes in India
Eaton's vice chairman and chief operating officer of the electric sector Thomas Gross,
says that Eaton is expecting to reach about 30% of Indian's $ 500 million UPS market, in about two
years, and that UPS prices in India tend to be lower by a magnitude of 10-20% than even China,
indicating that Eaton considers expanding its current assembly operations in India to manufacturing ,
primarily for the local market. Livemint – 21, January, 2010.
Flywheel Manufacturer Gets $13M Investment
VYCON, LA manufacturer of flywheels alternative to ride through batteries energy for backup
power systems, announces closing a $13.7 million round of funding. The funding, led by the
BankInvest Group in Denmark, includes conversion of $6.5 million in existing convertible notes,
$1.1M of existing trade debt and investors. The investment according to Vycon will positions it well
to accelerate already existing expansion strategies. Datacenterknowledge- 20, January, 2010
Hundreds of servers down for hours in Rackspace London data center
UPS module failure to transfer the load properly caused power outage at a Rackspace data center
leaving several hundred servers offline for hours as technicians needed to help restarting equipment.
In numerous instances they had to replace power supplies in servers, replace firewalls, reconfigure
switches and to log on to servers to get them to boot properly. Rackspace – 18, January, 2010
Chloride Systems debuts Emergency Lightning UPS series.
Chloride adds CH2 600VA to 2000VA UPS systems to its Synthesis Lightning UPS family. CH2
systems feature continuous duty double conversion topology, battery monitoring, and remote
communication,UL 924 90-minute battery run time listing, and UL 924 Auxiliary Lighting and Power
listing. Wdjournal - 13, January , 2010
GE Enhances IT UPS series up to 3kVA
GE's Energy Digital Systems offers now its Line Interactive IT UPS Series in power levels from
600VA up to 3000VA. The Tower/ Rackmount models feature sinewave output, swappable user
replaceable batteries, and monitoring software , capable of interfacing with all major operating
system platforms. The UPS's come with Standard two-year limited product warranty offering 365-
day, 24/7 toll-free technical support. Thomasnet- 13, January , 2010
Online Power Calculator for UPS power requirements.
PowerContinuity Systems launches online power requirement calculator, which allows customers to
calculate their power protection requirements for calculating the size of their diesel generators and the
power requirements for uninterruptible power solutions. Free- Press Release – 9, January ,2009
Yokogawa and Hitec will provide accurate High current analyzers.
Yokogawa teams up with Hitec Power Protection for developing high-current power measurement
analyzers with Hitec’s Zero-flux™ range of DC current-transformer based sensors. Yokogawa’s
precision power analyzer with Hitec sensors allow currents of hundreds or thousands of DC and AC
amps to be measured accurately and simultaneously. Process & Control Today - 06, January, 2010
Fuji Power Supply System Business to Launch as New Organization
Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd merges the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) business of FES and
TDK-Lambda with the internal power supply business (mainly comprised of custom power supplies)
of Fuji Electric High-Tech Corporation..With this merger, Energy and Environmental Systems and
Solutions Division, Drive and Solution Business Headquarters has been created to handle the UPS
business. FES will continue to use previous sales and service networks to avoid burdening customers
with a change in commercial distribution. Fuji Electric – 4, January , 2010
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