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EPCOS develops, manufactures and markets electronic components, modules and systems, focusing on fast-growing leading-edge technology markets, which include automotive electronics, information and communications technology, industrial electronics and consumer electronics. 

Bolts of lightning are not only an impressive natural phenomenon, they are also a great source of danger to electrical equipment and installations. Germany is among the European regions most affected by thunderstorms. Over 1. 

Together with sector specialist Nilotec, EPCOS has developed a particularly cost-effective and reliable reference design: an overvoltage protection plug or module containing varistors and surge arresters. 

EPCOS and Japanese company TAIYO YUDEN Co., Ltd., (Taiyo Yuden), both among the world’s top ten manufacturers of passive electronic components, will cooperate in the field of ceramic capacitors in future. The two partners have signed a cooperation agreement to this effect. 

EPCOS, one of the world's largest manufacturers of passive electronic components, has taken another step to improve its earnings. The decision has now been taken to discontinue the company's business activities in the field of double-layer capacitors (UltraCap®) by March 31, 2007, at the latest.