Laptop vendors seek better battery standard - 10/31/2006

Following a massive battery recall, a group of laptop manufacturers plan to announce a new standard for making lithium ion batteries.
A group of laptop vendors and battery manufacturers plans to announce a standard for making safer lithium ion batteries by June 15, 2007, in an attempt to recover from a massive series of battery recalls in recent months.

The new standard will cover "process requirements, quality control and assurance" for all forms of rechargeable lithium ion battery cells, from prismatic to cyllindrical and pouch, according to the Association Connecting Electronics Industries, known as IPC.
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