Energizer, Techtium to develop hybrid battery

[PhotonBoy]

"ST. LOUIS, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Techtium, Ltd., an Israeli based, privately held, semiconductor company, and Energizer Holdings, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of alkaline and lithium primary batteries, specialty and rechargeable batteries, and flashlights, today, announced the signing of a Joint Cooperation Agreement, to jointly pursue the development and marketing of innovative hybrid battery solutions for today's power hungry devices.
Limited battery life and power has been a hindrance to improved performance and innovation in portable power devices. Energizer, with its expertise in alkaline and lithium primary batteries, and its extensive specialty battery product portfolio, and Techtium, with its innovative integrated chip and hybrid battery technology, hope to leverage their combined strengths for the development of hybrid battery solutions which can provide extended battery life and power by drawing on a device's existing rechargeable battery, as well as a secondary battery system, either primary or rechargeable, which would utilize Techtium's innovative technology...."

http://www.energizer.com --- http://www.techtium.com