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Oct 8, 2006

Hitachi recalls Sony laptop batteries

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xml:lang="EN-US">Hitachi
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batteries


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xml:lang="EN-US">Kyodo News


style="MARGIN: 0mm 0mm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 9.45pt">"EN-US"
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
xml:lang="EN-US">Hitachi Ltd. said Friday it will recall
about 16,000 lithium-ion battery packs made by Sony Corp.
for its laptop personal computers in connection with
possible overheating problems.


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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
xml:lang="EN-US">The company said the battery packs were
installed in its personal computers for the Japanese
market.


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xml:lang="EN-US">Hitachi
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xml:lang="EN-US">said none of its computers has had
overheating problems, but said it decided to recall them to
alleviate consumer concerns after Sony announced last week
it would do the same.


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xml:lang="EN-US">Hitachi
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xml:lang="EN-US">said the computers subject to the recall –
four models under the Flora 210W and Flora Se210 series –
were made available only for corporate use, adding its
recall program will begin Oct. 20.


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xml:lang="EN-US">Among Japanese computer makers, Toshiba
Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. have recently said they will recall
lithium-ion batteries made by Sony, about 830,000 and
287,000 units on a global basis, respectively.


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xml:lang="EN-US">The number of Sony-made batteries put on
recall programs worldwide so far has reached about 7.6
million.


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xml:lang="EN-US">(Source: The
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xml:lang="EN-US">October 7, 2006
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