Sanyo Battery Recall
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Sanyo shares fell sharply after two customers said they would recall 1.3 million handset batteries that could overheat.
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Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd.   6702.T said on Wednesday it would recall 287,000 notebook PC   batteries made by Sony Corp. 6758.T.
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SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO)(TOKYO:6764)(NASDAQ:SANYY) is the world's  largest producer of rechargeable batteries, and is a battery pack  supplier to Lenovo for its notebook PCs. Lenovo, in conjunction with the  U.S.
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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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Sanyo shares fall to a 31-year low in Tokyo after 1.3 million of its mobile phone batteries are recalled.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Mar. 2--NEW YORK -- Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd.  said Thursday it will voluntarily recall some 205,000 battery packs made by  Japan's Sanyo Electric Co.
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Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) said on Friday it  will recall 16,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. (6758.T) for  laptop computers, joining a growing list of PC makers recalling  Sony batteries.
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InfoWorld - Japanese electronics company Sanyo Electric and computer vendor Lenovo Group are discussing how to pay for the&#160;recall of over 200,000 laptop PC batteries, and may end up sharing the burden.
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Hitachi has added its name to the list of companies issuing recalls for faulty Sony batteries, a move that affects 16,000 laptops sold in Japan.
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Osaka-based electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Wednesday it will spend 30 billion yen ($245 million) to boost output of lithium-ion batteries for laptop computers.
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(InfoWorld) - Eight months after recalling potentially flammable notebook PC batteries, Toshiba is again urging its customers to trade in the defective units, saying one of its notebooks caught fire on May 24. Toshiba was one of many PC vendors that recalled more than 8 million rechargeable lithium-ion batteries made by Sony. A manufacturing defect left those batteries vulnerable to short-circuiting and catching fire if they were jostled, prompting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a broad recall. Dell was the first to recall those batteriesÂ in August 2006 and was quickly followed by Apple, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Gateway, and Sony. By October 2006, that defect had led to 16 reports of notebook computer batteries overheating, causing minor property damage and two minor burns, according to the Commission. On Tuesday, Toshiba said the latest fire was sparked by a battery that was never returned. "Recently, certain instances occurred where Sony battery packs installed in Toshiba portable computers caught fire," Toshiba said in a statement on its Web site. After an investigation with Sony, Toshiba found that the battery caused "the situation," the statement said. "The original Sony Battery Pack had not been replaced as recommended by Sony and Toshiba. We put importance on the fact that the incidents that occurred involved unreplaced Sony Battery Packs, despite our ongoing replacement program." In the original recall, the Commission warned laptop users to remove the batteries immediately and to power their PCs only by plugging them into a wall outlet until receiving a free replacement battery from the PC manufacturer. Laptop users were responsible for taking the initiative to return their own batteries, leading some analysts to predict that only a small percentage would do so. Other PC vendors may face the same challenge, although the Commission does not list any other fires. Dell is continuing to replace the faulty batteries, but a spokesman said he could not produce figures for the number of batteries replaced or whether the company had noted any overheating incidents since the recall began. "The recall's going well. Customers are taking heed to send back the affected batteries and have replacements sent to them," said Dell spokesman Bob Kaufman. In response to the latest fire, Toshiba warned customers to stop using the affected batteries immediately. Users who continue running their laptops on battery power should not leave their PCs unattended while they charge and should not place PCs on a sofa, bed or other surface that could obstruct its ventilation, Toshiba said. Toshiba has not changed the list of laptops that use the affected batteries. They include various models of the company's Portege, Qosmio, Satellite, and Tecra brand PCs. As with the original recall, Toshiba will replace all affected batteries for free.
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(InfoWorld) - Hitachi Ltd. joins most of the leading notebook computer makers in recalling batteries from Sony Corp. that are known to overheat and potentially cause fires. The recall is one of the smaller ones, affecting 16,000 units only sold in Japan. The Hitachi Flora 210W and Flora Se210 laptops ship with the Sony batteries, Hitachi said. Hitachi doesn't use the batteries in any other products and hasn't received any complaints from users about problems with them. Hitachi's recall pales compared to Dell Inc.'s, which was the first and affected 4.1 million of the Sony batteries. Apple Computer Inc. recalled 1.8 million batteries and Toshiba Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. have recalled hundreds of thousands each.Â Combined, the companies have recalled more than 7.9 million batteries. Hewlett-Packard Co. is one of the few remaining large computer makers not to issue a recall, claiming that an HP system configuration prevents overheating. Acer Inc. is considering issuing a recall but is still investigating the issue. Sony is hammering out a plan with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to launchÂ a global replacement programÂ for the batteries. Sony blames the problem, which affects some lithium ion batteries, on tiny metal particles that might come in contact with parts of the battery, possibly triggering a short circuit. Normally, the battery should power off when that happens, Sony said, but in some cases the short circuit could cause overheating and flames. Â
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Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK and   International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N are recalling   about 526,000 Sony Corp. 6758.T batteries made for ThinkPad   notebook PCs after a computer caught fire at Los Angeles   International Airport, Lenovo and U.S. safety officials said on   Thursday.
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Toshiba is recalling about 5,100 laptop batteries that could overheat and burn users.
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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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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.   6752.T said on Tuesday it had started recalling 6,000 PC   batteries as they could overheat when subjected to a strong   impact -- the latest battery recall involving Japanese   electronics makers.
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Hitachi Ltd. 6501.T said on Friday it   will recall 16,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. 6758.T for   laptop computers, joining a growing list of PC makers recalling   Sony batteries.