LENOVO are recalling more than half a million notebook batteries made by Sony after a Notebook caught fire at the Los Angeles International Airport on September 16.
Sony separately initiated a global replacement program for lithium-ion batteries it made for notebook PC companies, saying short circuits could occur on rare occasions when tiny metal particles come in contact with other parts of the batteries.
Lenovo and IBM's move to recall ThinkPad batteries brings the number of battery cells recalled to more than 6 million since Dell said in August it was recalling 4.1 million notebook batteries made by Sony.
Lenovo spokesman Ray Gorman said the company expects the financial impact of the recall to Lenovo and IBM to be "minimal" as Sony is "supporting us financially in this recall".
Lenovo, the world's third-largest PC maker after Dell and Hewlett-Packard, bought IBM's PC division in May, 2005 and has continued to sell machines with IBM's ThinkPad brand.
The recall affects 168,500 battery packs sold in the United States and about 357,500 packs sold internationally, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
