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I4U News: Panasonic and Sanyo Start Discussions on Alliance
VentureBeat: EnerG2 aims to improve ultracapacitors for electric cars, industry
Earth2Tech: Sigma Designs Buying Smart Network Chipmaker Zensys
GigaOM Network: Panasonic + Sanyo Could Create Solar and Battery Giant [Earth2Tech]
Eco Geek Latest: Panasonic to Buy Sanyo, Focus on Solar and Battery Businesses
Panasonic and Sanyo Start Discussions on Alliance
I4U News —
... says that Panasonics cost reduction capabilities will allow Sanyo to be more profitable on all of its business ventures. Sanyo also says that it can reduce the cost to develop and produce products through the venture. The two firms say that they will end discussions by the end of December 2008. There is no mention of how much Panasonic will spend to make Sanyo a subsidiary. Panasonic is the much larger company with equity of 7,443,614 yen; Sanyo has equity of 1,683,837 yen. Via Panasonic Posted on Fri, 7 Nov 2008 05:54:45 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
EnerG2 aims to improve ultracapacitors for electric cars, industry
VentureBeat —
EnerG2 Inc., an ultracapacitor startup that has kept quiet until now, is launching today with the official announcement that it has raised $8.5 million in its first round of financing. Founded in 2003, it has spent five years developing electrode materials that it claims can boost the performance of ultracapacitors, devices that are useful in electric cars and smaller electronic devices.
Unlike batteries, which store electricity chemically, ultracapacitors store energy as electrical fields and physically separate the positive and negative charges with an insulator. Some describe ...
Sigma Designs Buying Smart Network Chipmaker Zensys
Earth2Tech —
California chipmaker Sigma Designs is getting into the smart device and energy management market. The company announced today that it signed an agreement to buy Zensys, which makes wireless mesh network chips for residential and light commercial building control systems. Sigma, which ...
Panasonic + Sanyo Could Create Solar and Battery Giant [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network —
A tie-up between Japanese electronics powerhouses Panasonic and Sanyo has been in the works for a while, but today it was made official, with Panasonic saying it has agreed to buy Sanyo for ¥800 billion ($9 billion) via a public tender offer. The main focus of the deal, Panasonic said, is ...
Panasonic to Buy Sanyo, Focus on Solar and Battery Businesses
Eco Geek Latest —
Last Friday, Panasonic announced that it was buying Sanyo for $9 billion, a deal that Panasonic hopes will launch the company's solar and battery businesses. Sanyo will become a part of the Panasonic group and bring with it their large solar PV business.
As an example of Sanyo's commitment to solar energy, the company plans to build a 70MW solar manufacturing facility in Oregon this coming year. Panasonic hopes to capitalize on projects like these, as well as expand into crystalline silicon solar cells and to develop next-generation solar cells.
Along with a large ...
Nissan, NEC Could Give Electric Vehicle Batteries a $1.1B Boost [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network —
The world of electric vehicle batteries has been heating up over the past few weeks, and now it looks like Nissan Motor and NEC are accelerating their plans for hybrid and electric vehicle battery production. The two Japanese companies are expected to invest at least ¥100 billion ($1.1 ...
Nissan, NEC Could Give Electric Vehicle Batteries a $1.1B Boost
Earth2Tech —
The world of electric vehicle batteries has been heating up over the past few weeks, and now it looks like Nissan Motor and NEC are accelerating their plans for hybrid and electric vehicle battery production. The two Japanese companies are expected to invest at least ¥100 billion ($1.1 ...
Sanyo, Nippon Oil Team Up for Thin-film Solar Cells [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network —
Teaming up with fellow electronics powerhouse Panasonic wasn’t enough for Sanyo Electric. And for Nippon Oil Corp.(s NPOIY), a toe-dip into solar for propelling cargo ships was only the beginning. Today the Japan-based photovoltaic maker and oil distributor ...
Toshiba Sees a Bright Future for OLEDs
Earth2Tech —
There isn’t a huge market for organic light-emitting diode displays right now, with the new technology only available in some small displays and demo models, but Toshiba is setting out to change that, following in the footsteps of at least one big competitor.
The company ...
Panasonic turns to Hollywood
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Lumix TZ7 captures the unexpected
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Panasonic is launching a new ad treatment for the Lumix DMC-TZ7 camera, the worlds first digital camera that records motion images in AVCHD Lite
The ad positions the Lumix DMC-TZ7 as the perfect travel companion highlighting ...
Panasonic on Global Avatar Promotional Rampage With Army of Huge 3D Plasmas [Movies]
Gizmodo —
James Cameron is clearly laying a lot on the line with ever-more-bizarrely-appealing Avatar. Next up is Panasonic, which is staking its budding 3D brand on the film. Spoiler: The plan involves 103" 3D HDTVs, on wheels. That Avatar's going to be shown in 3D has been one of its selling points since the beginning. The thing is, the whole 3D shtick, what with the glasses and specialized display tech, is all but impossible to advertise on traditional mediums. Panasonic Corporation in Japan, which partnered with Twentieth Century Fox for some of the ...
