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A123 Systems wants to get people all charged up about new cars. And it plans to use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to do it. The company develops and manufactures rechargeable batteries and battery systems for the transportation, consumer, and electric grid markets. A123 is targeting the fast-growing electric and hybrid electric vehicle market. In the electric grid sector, the company is working with AES to produce multi-megawatt battery systems that take the fluctuations out of the electricity grid and provide backup power during shortages. In consumer products, its batteries are used in home appliances, power tools, and electronics. More than half of sales come from customers in the US.

ABB is short for A Bunch of Businesses -- though that bunch has evolved over some 130 years. ABB engineers power and automation technologies for a broad base of utility, industrial, and commercial customers. Its lines run from robots to light switches. Power products include transmission and distribution components, as well as turnkey substation systems. Automation technologies are used to monitor and control equipment and processes in industrial plants and utilities. The company has established a presence in about 100 countries, with its core businesses concentrated in power and automation markets. In 2009 developing geographies represented more than 50% of ABB sales.

ADB Airfield Solutions (formerly Siemens Airfield Solutions) can shed some light on landings, takeoffs, and other aircraft endeavors. The company makes products that illuminate approach zones, aprons, main runways, and taxiways. From the largest freight hub in the world to small regional airports, ADB's products can be found in virtually any airport. Other products include externally lighted wind cones, guidance and control monitoring systems, and cables and connectors. ADB also acts as a turnkey contractor for a variety of airport projects.

Advanced Battery Technologies hopes to ride the rising wave of electric and hybrid-electric vehicle sales all the way to the bank. Through operating subsidiary ZQ Power-Tech, the company makes rechargeable polymer lithium-ion batteries used in cars, buses, cell phones, digital cameras, and other gear. Its batteries can be as thin as one-tenth of an inch or as large as 500 pounds (for commuter buses). ZQ Power-Tech also makes lamps used on miners' helmets, but most of its products are sold to OEMs for use in their finished goods. Customers for vehicle battery components include Aiyingsi, ZAP, Beijing Guoqiang Global Technology Development, and its own electric vehicle manufacturing company Wuxi ZQ.

Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells metal halide lighting products worldwide. It offers materials, system components, systems, and production equipments. The company produces and sells metal halide salts, electrodes, amalgams, and getters. It manufactures and sells optical thin film deposition equipments. The company also offers optical thin film coatings, including coatings for lighting applications, coatings for telecommunications products, multilayer magnetic films and emissivity modification films for classified government applications, and infrared multilayer optical films on flexible polymeric substrates. Its component products include specialty and standard lamps, magnetic and electronic power supplies, system controls, and fiber optic components.

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