SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that as of the end of October 2009 its total global shipments of the “eneloop” rechargeable battery promoting a “lifestyle that values reusing and recycling” reached 100 million cells, approximately four years after its first release in November 2005.
In commemoration of this a variety of products are being released with the improved AA-size “eneloop” that is rechargeable “Approximately 1,500 Times” which is No. 1 in the industry. On November 14, 2009 in Japan, two sets of products will be released that both include a simple battery checker designed in the form of the “eneloop” mascot “eneloopy.” One set will come with the “eneloopy” battery checker and AA-size “eneloop” batteries and the other set will include the “eneloopy” battery checker, AA-size “eneloop” batteries, and a quick charger. SANYO will follow this by releasing an 8-color AA-size “eneloop” pack called “eneloop tones” on December 1, 2009 in Japan.
SANYO will continue to expand the “eneloop” series throughout the world so that people can comfortably adopt a new “lifestyle that values reusing and recycling” contrary to the popular “use and throw away” lifestyle often associated with common products like batteries.
Source: Sanyo