Sensile Technologies SA Presents Latest Telemetry Unit: NETRIS

April 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment

MORGES, Switzerland–(Business Wire)–
The Swiss company Sensile Technologies SA is the first company worldwide to
incorporate Telit`s GE865-QUAD modem into a newly launched product featuring a
host of new benefits.

Their autonomous telemetry units are installed on tanks or connected to existing
meters and regularly transmits tank level measurements via the GSM network to a
central server. The customer can monitor consumption in each tank via a secured
webpage or an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, and so optimize
purchases and deliveries. This reduces logistics costs, improves customer
service and binding, and ensures that the tanks never run dry. Sensile
Technologies currently monitors more than 25,000 tanks across Europe, and also
has systems installed in Africa, Asia, Australia and South America.

The new system, NETRIS, features an improved and registered design that makes it
even easier to install, largely due to the small size of the GE865-QUAD modem.
Being quad band, the modem is also allowing Sensile Technologies to expand to
new countries around the world. Other improvements include a longer operational
life of up to 10 years and the ability to connect to other units via an RF
(Radio Frequency) link. Customer feedback so far has been overwhelmingly
positive.

“NETRIS is the outcome of Sensile Technologies` 10 years of experience combined
with a successful collaboration with Telit” declares Jean-Marc Uehlinger,
Operational Director. “Both companies have a similar view of and approach to the
M2M business, and common core values of constant innovation, clear strategy,
customer satisfaction, and craving for perfection.”

This year, Sensile Technologies is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the
launch of the NETRIS. Furthermore, in order to sustain its growth, the
Headquarter has been moved in brand new spacious premises located in Morges
(Switzerland).

About Sensile Technologies SA

A Swiss company founded in 1999, Sensile Technologies supplies turnkey solutions
to the oil & gas industry for the remote monitoring of petrol, LPG and heating
oil tanks.

Sensile Technologies SA, Rue de Lausanne 45, CH-1110 Morges, Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 805 03 10 – Fax: +41 21 803 03 13, info@sensile.com,
www.sensile-technologies.com

Jean-Marc Uehlinger
Sensile Technologies SA
Tel : +41(0)79 446 0910
jean-marc.uehlinger@sensile.com

Copyright Business Wire 2010

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Swanbank coal-fired power station to close

March 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

An ageing coal-fired power station at Ipswich west of Brisbane will be progressively shut down over the next two years.

The Queensland Government-owned corporation CS Energy plans to close ‘Swanbank B’ by 2012.

It opened in 1971.

CS Energy’s chief executive David Brown says the plant is nearing the end of its operational life but there will not be any job losses.

“We have a commitment to the staff that all our employers who wish to remain with the company will be retained within the company either at ‘Swanbank E’ station and other opportunities or elsewhere in the company,” he said.

The gas-fired ‘Swanbank E’ power station which opened in 2002 will continue to operate.

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Pak inks 220-million-dollar satellite deal with China

September 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Sep. 19 (ANI): Pakistan has signed an agreement with China to provide a 220-million-dollar financial grant to help the Islamic country launch a communication satellite.

The operational life of Pakistan’s existing satellite PAKSAT-1 will be over in November 2011.

Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui and Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Secretary Farrukh Qayyum signed the contract.

“China has agreed to fund the project through a soft loan with low mark up for a period of 20 years,” the Daily Times quoted Qayyum, as saying.

The Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Organisation (SUPARCO) and the China Great Wall Industry Corporation have agreed to develop the new satellite PAKSAT-1R, which would replace PAKSAT-1 in September 2011, he added.

The satellite will support all conventional and modern fixed satellite service (FSS) applications.

The satellite will have 30 transponders, 18 in the Ku-band and 12 in C-band (ANI)

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Russia test-fires intercontinental missile

April 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia successfully test-fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday as part of checks needed to extend its service life for up to 22 years, Russian media reported.

The Topol was fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, nestled among the forests of northern Russia, and successfully hit the test site on Russia’s Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka, 6,000 km (3,700 miles) to the east.

“This launch confirmed the time extension for the Topol group of missiles for up to 22 years,” Itar-Tass news agency quoted Colonel Alexander Vovk of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces as saying.

Test launches of new missiles have become routine in recent years, and the Kremlin says the financial crisis will not discourage it from spending as much money as needed on defense. The Topol, which entered service in 1985, was last test-fired last October.

Russia has extended the highly mobile Topol’s use way past the 10-year guaranteed operational life set by the manufacturer. It is designed to pierce anti-missile defense systems such as those that the United States has said it wants to build in Eastern Europe.

The RS-12M Topol, called the SS-25 Sickle by NATO, has a maximum range of 10,000 km (6,125 miles) and can carry one 550-kiloton warhead.

(Writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman, editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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NASA invites public to choose Hubble’s next discovery

January 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Cape Canaveral (California, US), Jan.29 (ANI): The National Aeronautic and Space Agency (NASA) has invited the public to vote for one of six candidate astronomy-related objects for the Hubble Telescope to observe in honor of the International Year of Astronomy.

The options, which Hubble has not previously photographed, range from far-flung galaxies to dying stars. Votes can be cast until March 1.

Hubble’s camera will make a high-resolution image revealing new details about the object that receives the most votes. The image will be released during the International Year of Astronomy’s “100 Hours of Astronomy” from April 2 to 5.

Space enthusiasts can cast their vote at: http://YouDecide.Hubblesite.org

Everyone who votes also will be entered into a random drawing to receive one of 100 copies of the Hubble photograph made of the winning celestial body.

NASA has also invited teachers and students to participate in an accompanying Hubble Space Telescope classroom collage activity that integrates art, science and language arts.

Students in participating classes will select their favorite Hubble images and assemble them in a collage. Students in each class also will choose their favorite object from the image-voting contest and write essays about why they made their selections.

The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, was designed so that astronauts could repair it in space.

The next servicing mission to the telescope is targeted to launch on space shuttle Atlantis May 12, 2009. Mission objectives include extending Hubble’s operational life by five years, repairing its out-of-commission instruments and enhancing its scientific power. (ANI)

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