C&D News

C&D Technologies Announces Two New Front-End Power Supplies

BLUE BELL, Pa., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- C&D Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CHP) has announced the availability of two new AC/DC front-end power supplies in response to the market demand for higher power density and lower energy consumption. The D1U 1600 watt version delivers up to 1600W (220VAC), 1200W (110VAC) from its 12V output and the D1U 1200 watt version delivers up to 1200W (220VAC), 900W (110VAC) from its 12V main output. The 1200 watt model boasts an industry leading 91% efficiency. The D1U units utilize proven topology and high-density DC/DC packaging techniques to maximize space efficiency and reduce heat generation in systems, lowering electricity costs.

Typical applications for both units include blade servers, a market that is currently growing at an estimated annual rate of over 17%, and workstations, storage systems, and other electronic equipment that utilize a 12V distributed power architecture. The highly efficient D1U's will result in significant savings for large server installations. For example, in a server farm using 1,000 x 1,600 watt power supplies, an increase in efficiency from 85% to 91% could result in an annual power saving of approximately 1 million kilowatt hours.

Other key features of these compact units include N+1 redundancy, hot- swapability, active current sharing on the main output, an I2C bus, status indicators and over-voltage, over-current and over-temperature protection.

"These new products deliver the high efficiency and power density, plus effective, integrated cooling that are essential requirements of the next generation of blade servers and other products," said Dr. Jeffrey Graves, President and Chief Executive Officer for C&D Technologies. "Our engineers have optimized these products electrically, mechanically and thermally to meet our customers' demanding expectations. With the increasing importance of energy efficiency to our end customers, and continuing growth of new data center installations, we anticipate increasing sales of this outstanding new product technology."

About C&D Technologies, Inc.

C&D Technologies, Inc. provides solutions and services for the switchgear and control (utility), motive (material handling), telecommunications, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) as well as emerging markets such as solar power. C&D Technologies engineers, manufactures, sells and services fully integrated reserve power systems for regulating and monitoring power flow and providing backup power in the event of primary power loss until the primary source can be restored. Through our Power Electronics Division, we manufacture and market custom, standard and modified-standard electronic power supply systems, including DC to DC converters, for large OEMs of telecommunications and networking equipment, as well as office and industrial equipment. The division also manufactures power conversion products sold into military and CATV applications as well as digital panel meters and data acquisition components. C&D Technologies' unique ability to offer complete systems, designed and produced to high technical standards, sets it apart from its competition. C&D Technologies is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA. For more information about C&D Technologies, visit http://www.cdtechno.com.

Forward-looking Statements:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), which are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Words and expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Factors that appear with the forward- looking statements, or in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings (including without limitation the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2006, or the quarterly and current reports filed on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K thereafter), could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward- looking statements made herein.

SOURCE C&D Technologies, Inc.
08/04/2006
CONTACT: Ian Harvie of C&D, +1-215-619-7835, or Joseph Crivelli of Gregory FCA, for C&D, +1-610-642-8253

Return to C&D News