Maxwell Technologies, Inc. MXWL) has added eight new distributors in Europe and the Middle East to serve growing demand for BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products and related technical and customer support.
Dr. Richard Balanson, Maxwell’s president and CEO, said that the company is moving aggressively to leverage its leadership as a provider of innovative, cost-effective energy storage solutions.
BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors are an energy storage technology ideally suited for applications needing repeated bursts of power for fractions of a second to several minutes. Ultracapacitors provide up to 100 times the energy of conventional capacitors and deliver up to 100 times the power of ordinary batteries, require no maintenance, and operate safely and reliably in extreme temperatures.
Ultracapacitors’ burst power capabilities and life-of-the application longevity make them a preferred energy storage and power delivery solution for transportation, consumer and industrial electronics and other applications. Maxwell offers ultracapacitors with capacitances of up to 2,600F as well as BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor packs and modules that provide easy-to-integrate energy storage and power delivery solutions for a wide range of applications.