Energetic Growth

Innovolt Raises Investment Capital for Expansion

POSTED 02/14/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager

Surging demand for intelligent electronics protection has prompted Innovolt — the technology developer whose embedded microprocessor chip solution safeguards against 99.5% power disturbances and optimizes product reliability — to raise up to an additional $20 million in capital for expansion and manufacturing development. About $13 million has been raised to date, the first effort by the tech firm, founded in 2005, to pursue private equity and venture capital, as detailed in a recent article by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Funds will be tapped to establish its technology’s value to electronics OEMs over existing power management suppliers and custom engineer its product platform to each OEM’s unique needs. Expanding manufacturing, increasing distribution, and keeping the supply chain flowing are all variables in Innovolt’s new equation for optimizing relationships. “We are striking agreements with a number of very large consumer home electronics companies,” Jeff Spence, Innovolt President and COO, told the Chronicle. While the consumer electronics business may comprise half of this year’s revenues... Continue Reading

Toward a More Compliant Appliance

Billion Dollar Market Invests in Improved Product

POSTED 02/09/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager

According to a recent appliance market research report, several leading appliance innovators are focusing research and development expenditures, equating to billions of dollars, on advanced technologies that will help maximize efficiency and services for the... Continue Reading

OEMs Heed Call to Action

Power Protection Benefits at Product Development Forefront

POSTED 01/30/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager

In 2012, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are looking to increase bottom line margins and brand loyalty by avoiding equipment issues related to power glitches. In addition, they are looking to set themselves apart from... Continue Reading

Computing Greater Protection

Data Centers Adopt Improved Solution to Grid Woes

POSTED 01/25/2012 | BY Stuart Watson

More than ever, companies are transitioning I.T. infrastructure to data centers. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), 13,000 large data centers dot the globe with 7,000 of... Continue Reading

Circuit Protection Basics

Grid Inconsistency Puts Electronics in Jeopardy

POSTED 01/23/2012 | BY David McGirt

The use of electronic equipment in industrial, commercial, and residential environments continues to grow exponentially. All require power to operate and all are significantly impacted by complex power disturbances. As a result, the Continue Reading

Knowledge Is Power

Innovolt Launches Digital Resource Center

POSTED 01/18/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager

Knowledge truly is power when protecting electronics. Innovolt has enhanced its website with a blog, Powerful Intelligence, to educate industries and consumers on the range of power... Continue Reading

Case Study: Enhancing the Dental Industry

From Gritting Teeth to Brightening Smiles

POSTED 01/16/2012 | BY Stuart Watson

The dental industry has become heavily dependent on the use of technology solutions for everything from day-to-day appointment scheduling and patient record-keeping to advanced dental procedures. If medical technology and computer systems are not working properly, a dentist’s staff and his or her patients feel the stress, which ultimately affects the practice’s reputation. ... Continue Reading

Weathering the Storm of Grid Activity

Elements of Disturbance and Protection

POSTED 12/27/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager

While the chaotic combination of surges, sags, brownouts, and under-voltages most frequently cause electronics to fail, detrimental outages resulting from lightning, wind, snow, and so-called “space weather” make the grid’s infrastructure... Continue Reading

Case Study: Increasing Copier Performance

Manufacturer Restores Nonprofit Success

POSTED 12/19/2011 | BY Stuart Watson

Downtime of mission-critical office equipment immediately impacts productivity and profitability – an issue of mounting consequence as one non-profit organization based in the mid-South discovered. ... Continue Reading