Apple to Address Battery Safety Issues
Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., which recalled nearly 6-million notebook batteries between them in August, are among computer- makers planning to meet this month to discuss setting design and safety standards for lithium-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices.
The batteries were blamed in rare fires that prompted last month's recalls, the largest electronic recalls involving federal product-safety officials. Dell and Apple belong to an electronics-industry trade group that sets standards for many electronic components.
The group's critical-parts committee will meet Sept. 13 in San Jose, Calif. Sony Corp., which made the recalled batteries, has not indicated whether it will attend. Kim Sterling of the trade group IPC said the meeting had been scheduled before Dell's Aug. 14 recall of 4.1-million notebook batteries and Apple's recall 10 days later of 1.8-million batteries.
The batteries were blamed in rare fires that prompted last month's recalls, the largest electronic recalls involving federal product-safety officials. Dell and Apple belong to an electronics-industry trade group that sets standards for many electronic components.
The group's critical-parts committee will meet Sept. 13 in San Jose, Calif. Sony Corp., which made the recalled batteries, has not indicated whether it will attend. Kim Sterling of the trade group IPC said the meeting had been scheduled before Dell's Aug. 14 recall of 4.1-million notebook batteries and Apple's recall 10 days later of 1.8-million batteries.
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