I would like to find out about a German company called Emmerich and
why they stopped operating, Emmerich made Nickel Metal Hydride
(NiMh)batteries and I would also like to know if there were any law
suits pending against Emmerich because of faulty batteries and whether
their is any documented evidence of complaints regarding faulty
Emmerich Nickel Metal Hyrdide batteries recorded any where in the
world I'm particularly interested in their "button" battery packs
model numbered N3H160 or N4H160.

In summary;

1.Why did Emmerich close down ( was it because of suspect or faulty product)
2.Were there any law suits pending against Emmerich or their
distributors worldwide.
3.Any recorded cases of faulty Emmerich NiMh batteries particularly
the button cells mentioned.

I will pay for information on each point seperately if required.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 09 Jan 2006 05:38 PST

Dear johnatness,

It seems that not lawsuits due to faulty products, but financial
problems due to mismanagement and/or the market situation were the
reason why Emmerich Batterie AG dissolved.

By decision of Gießen District Court of 17 July 2004, an interim
insolvency administrator was appointed. On 23 September 2004, the
company was declared dissolved due to the insolvency proceedings.
Finally, on 11 October 2004 the assembly of creditors had decided to
liquidate the company as of 31 December 2004.

I found a news article with a statement by insolvency administrator
Dr. Völpel who said that cheap batteries manufactured in China were,
despite their lower quality, in higher demand than the more expensive
high-quality batteries made by Emmerich and that this had negatively
influenced competitiveness of the company on the market too much.

However, I could find no indications that faulty products had caused
Emmerich's insolvency.

Scriptor

Greetings,
I find no information about Emmerich Batterie AG having closed.  Many
sites offer the company's products, though I cannot be sure they sell
just the ones you are interested in.

http://www.sachon-exportadressbuch.de/cl/sid.php?PHPSESSID=8caf9a15bc515407adfd8ec260992978&f_lang=deu

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:w9JzAhN8GQEJ:www.emmerich-batterie.de/impressum.html+++%22emmerich+batterie+ag%22+&hl=en

The company's website "www.emmerich-batterie.de" is not operating,
which may have something to do with the German text on the second
site.  It refers to problems Emmerich had with other sites linked to
its own.

This is a free comment, of course, and not an "answer" to your question.
Regards, Myoarin