1.   Also lower were telecommunications equipment maker Tamura Electric Works and battery maker Yuasa Corp.

2.   Analysts said demand from U.S. car battery makers usually picks up from July while buying from Europe begins in September.

3.   And that, battery makers agree, is likely to continue for some time because battery dependency is likely to continue to grow in coming decades.

4.   Another big company, Duracell International Inc., the Bethel-based battery maker, was third.

5.   Eveready is the second-largest U.S. battery maker, including Energizer batteries.

6.   Exide Corp. said it completed its acquisition of three German battery makers, completing its European acquisition strategy.

7.   Furthermore, the battery makers say, there is much greater inconsistency in the power consumption of supposedly identical devices than between two different batteries.

8.   He started as a laborer, first at a pipe company and later at a battery maker.

9.   Heat, for example, like the kind produced in many laptops, is a well-known slayer of batteries, battery makers say.

10.   Japanese battery makers including Yuasa Corp. and Japan Storage Battery Co. will jointly develop batteries for electric cars.