Saft, the world specialist in the design and manufacture of high-tech batteries for industry, has expanded its range of lithium technologies with the VL 10V Fe Super-Phosphate™, the highest power lithium iron phosphate cell on the market. These large cells are designed for defense applications, such as U.S. Navy undersea operations, requiring very high power and safe operation.

Saft has demonstrated at INTELEC 2009 – the International Telecoms Energy Conference – how its advanced Sunica.plus batteries can provide the ideal basis for hybrid power systems that deliver significant cost savings and environmental benefits for offgrid BTS (Base Transceiver Stations) installations in emerging world markets such as Africa and Asia. Hybrid systems - diesel generation in combination with a dedicated cycling battery Off-grid B...

Saft has announced at INTELEC 2009 – the International Telecoms Energy Conference – that it is seeing an early return on its major investment in the development and production of a new generation of batteries aimed specifically at the most demanding telecom network backup power applications. Less than a year after Saft opened a dedicated $9 million production line at its US manufacturing facility in Valdosta, Georgia (United States), the new ...

Alex Molinaroli, president Johnson Controls Power Solutions and John Searle, president and CEO of Saft, have announced leadership changes within their companies’ joint venture Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions, reflecting the increased investment and commitment they are making to build and maintain its leadership role within the hybrid and electric vehicle battery industry. The following changes are effective immediately.

Saft has supplied onboard battery systems based on its specialized MATRICS MRX railway batteries for 55 light rail vehicles currently being upgraded for the Port Authority of Allegheny County light rail system in Pennsylvania, US. The Port Authority, owner and operator of the light rail system (commonly known as the ‘T’), is the first US transit authority to specify Saft MRX rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries for a battery replacem...

Saft has won a new order worth around €1.5 million from Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to supply its MP series rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. The new contract covers an immediate requirement for Li-ion batteries both for new radios and for replacement batteries for radios already deployed in the field.

Saft is supplying its specialized Sunica.plus nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries for self-contained solar-powered information displays being installed at railway stations across Germany by AEG Gesellschaft für moderne Informationssysteme mbH (AEG MIS).

Saft is showing its full range of nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technologies at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Hamburg, representing a total capability to meet the specific and varying energy storage needs of the PV (photovoltaic) market.

Saft is cooperating with Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, to deliver a ground-breaking solar photovoltaic energy solution in rural Madagascar. This project is the first step in Schneider Electric’s energy access programme – known as BipBop, for Business, Investment, People at the Bottom of the Pyramid – that aims to create a virtuous circle combining business, innovation and social responsibility. Saft’s rol...

The recent launch of the Optus D3 communications satellite marks the first flight of Saft’s newest lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology. The VES 180 cells provide an additional 30 percent of energy (40 Wh), in the same package size, as the previous version (VES 140). Saft developed the VES 180 cell with the help of the European Space Agency and The Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) to offer the highest energy and energy density cells availab...

Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and powered by Saft’s proven lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology, the MEASAT-3a successfully launched into space on Monday, 22 June 2009 from a Land Launch rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan launch site. The MEASAT-3a contained two of Saft’s VES 140 batteries on-board, for a total of 72 VES 140 cells. This launch makes a total of 33 spacecraft in orbit today using Saft Li-ion battery technology.

The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research Development Engineering Command (TARDEC) is awarding Saft an additional $3.2 million, building on the $17 million contract it signed with the battery manufacturer in 2004. The new contract enables Saft to increase the production capability of its very high power (VHP) lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology under TARDEC’s Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) program.