Matsushita to cover direct costs of Nokia&#39;s battery recall
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InfoWorld - Matsushita Electric Industrial&#160;(MEI) will cover the direct costs of a battery recall affecting 46 million Nokia mobile phones, which could be as high as $172 million.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jan. 31--OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Matsushita  Electric Works Ltd. said Wednesday they will recall some 68,000 massage chairs  the latter has made, as there is a risk they may catch fire.
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Japan&#039;s NEC Corp. said on Monday it has  agreed with Matsushita Electric to discuss ways to cooperate in  their cellphone business, the latest bid to turn around their  loss-making operations.
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In an effort to combat (now common) counterfeit batteries, Nokia has launched a new program that will allow consumers to accurately tell if a battery is made by Nokia.
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Exploding-battery problem hits cell market as Japanese mobile operator recalls lithium ion batteries used in some handsets.
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Nokia said Friday that it had reached an agreement with Matsushita Battery to cover costs related to its August 14 recall of BL-5C batteries manufactured by the company for about four dozen Nokia phone models.
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Japanese consumer electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial said it will increase sales of "strategic" products and further cut costs in coming years.
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Japanese electronics company Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and computer vendor Lenovo Group Ltd. are discussing how to pay for the recall of over 200,000 laptop PC batteries, but have agreed to share the burden.
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Vendors are discussing how to pay for the recall of more than 200,000 batteries.
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Nokia, the world&#39;s largest handset maker plans to mark its original batteries with a hologram as part of the fight against unsafe, counterfeit mobile phone batteries - some of which have exploded in users&#39; hands.
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Nokia's replacement of potentially faulty mobile phone batteries made by the Japanese electronics maker will be pricey.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.  said on Monday it aims to mass-produce spark-resistant batteries, eyeing a potential sales opportunity following incidents involving rivals' battery packs.
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(InfoWorld) - NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi Electric are planning to replace around 1.3 million batteries manufactured by Sanyo Electric because they may overheat and catch fire, the companies said Thursday. The batteries were manufactured before June of this year and are used in NTT DoCoMo's D902i handset. Some may have also been used in two other models of Mitsubishi Electric phone, the D902iS and D903iS, the companies said. The batteries carry the model number "D06." "In rare cases there is a slight deformation of the electrode plate which causes it to come into contact with the insulation sheet and hence the insulation sheet can become damaged," said Richard Sedgwick, a spokesman for Sanyo in Tokyo. "If the battery was also damaged through an outside side, for example if the user dropped the battery, then the problem could occur." NTT DoCoMo said it has confirmed one case of the battery rupturing because of the problem and knows of 17 other cases where the D06 battery has ruptured or overheated. The carrier said the battery had been subject to an "extremely strong impact" in a number of the cases. Sanyo said it began examining ways of strengthening the electrode in April this year as a precautionary measure against possible problems, but at the time had not heard any reports about actual problems. Batteries with stronger plating on the electrode began rolling off the company's production line in June, hence Thursday's advisory only concerns batteries manufactured until May. The problem brings back memories ofÂ Sony's battery problemsÂ of earlier this year. Around 9.6 million Sony-manufactured laptop computer batteries were recalled or voluntarily replaced by many laptop PC vendors after batteries in several PCs overheated and caught fire. The problem was traced back to metal particles that had gotten into the battery during manufacturing. Sony estimated the problems will cost it around Â¥51 billion ($444 million) this financial year. Sanyo said that it has yet to work out with NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi Electric the part it will play in the replacement. Sanyo and Sony are two of the world's largest manufacturers of Lithium Ion batteries. Â ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has begun recalling 6,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Panasonic-brand notebook computers in Japan on concerns they might overheat.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.   said on Monday it aims to mass-produce spark-resistant  batteries, eyeing a potential sales opportunity following  incidents involving rivals' battery packs.
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Company says 4.1 million batteries--affecting nearly all Dell notebook lines--are on the recall list.
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Helsinki - Nokia, the world&#39;s largest handset maker plans to mark its original batteries with a hologram as part of the fight against unsafe, counterfeit mobile phone batteries - some of which have exploded in users&#39; hands.