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The group's principal activities are to design, develop, manufacture and market rechargeable lithium polymer batteries. historically, these technologies were used for portable communication devices, including notebook computers, personal digital assistants or pdas handheld personal computers and cellular telephones. recently, lithium-ion technology, which utilizes a phosphate-based cathode that is branded as saphion(tm) technology, address the weaknesses of existing oxide based lithium-ion alternatives offering a solution that is competitive in cost and performance. saphion technology will offer solutions in the form of safer, environmentally friendly, lower-cost, higher performance energy products and caters a variety of products in markets including consumer electronics, appliances, toys, vehicles, uninterrupted power supply systems and other industrial applications. license and royalty accounted for 66% of fiscal 2002 revenues and battery and laminate, 34 %. |