Intrex and FiberChem Introduce SensorFusion at ORBCOMM Global Solutions Conference
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000--FiberChem Inc. (OTCBB:FOCS) announced that its partner, Intrex Data Communications Corp., introduced its development of SensorFusion(TM) products to its future partners and customers at the ORBCOMM Global Solutions Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9-13, 2000.
In a paper titled "Seamless Integration of Sensor Data via the Internet using the ORBCOMM Network," Peter Lagergren, President of Intrex, outlined the benefits of the pending business combination of Intrex and FiberChem to be named DecisionLink Inc. using Intrex's SensorFusion(TM) technology.
Lagergren stated, "Intrex, with ORBCOMM's assistance, is developing a new generation of ORBCOMM satellite communicators married to specialized sensors in a single monitoring and communications package. These will be very highly integrated chip sets that reduce the size, power consumption and cost of the application. The combining of these chip sets with on-board, high technology sensors leads to changes in industrial market paradigms. It will alter the markets' perception of what can and should be remotely monitored because costs are reduced by an order of magnitude compared with current merchant communications implementations."
Lagergren went on to say, "We are developing a family of products that employ a concept we term SensorFusion(TM). The concept is simple: find a large-scale application where the customer requires the functionality of very high technology sensors, or controls, and fuse the highly integrated sensors and the communications engine. This has led us to a family of products that are easy to use, reliable and reduce costs."
He continued saying "Finally, we integrate the sensing and messaging engine seamlessly into the Internet through Intrex's Universal Data Network. By using the Internet's TCP/IP as the base protocol, we can take advantage of many powerful existing tools including publish/subscribe topologies that allow us to easily interface with nearly any customer-supplied, data management system. The end result is that we migrate laboratory quality science and engineering such as FiberChem's exceptional product line into very small, rugged and very low cost systems."
One important role of the conference was to bring together ORBCOMM licensees from around the world with solution providers such as Intrex. Senior management from both Intrex and FiberChem met with International Partners of ORBCOMM and several major potential customers over the four-day conference.
David Peachey, CEO of Intrex said, "The conference has provided us with opportunities for DecisionLink well beyond our expectations. The combination of FiberChem's and Intrex's sensor technology with our SensorFusion(TM) communications systems has led to serious discussions with prospective customers or business partners in South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Australia and China. We expect to conclude business arrangements with these groups within the next twelve months. This will give FiberChem and Intrex's combination as DecisionLink a great launch into the global markets for monitoring and reporting for the oil and gas, pipelines, storage tanks, utilities, environmental, transportation and marine industries".
Geoff Hewitt, Chairman and CEO of FiberChem, said, "It was very encouraging to see the level of interest in DecisionLink's products and services. The opportunity to market through powerful partners such as represented by the ORBCOMM network indicates a very bright future for DecisionLink."
Intrex is a private company that provides Business-to-Business proprietary Internet and communications technology for communicating data to or from remote or mobile assets on a real-time basis using wireless, satellite and cellular data systems. Data is routed through Intrex's global network which acts as a data gateway and applications service provider allowing customers to monitor and control remote or mobile assets such as gas wells, pipelines, compressors, storage tanks, offshore platforms, or service vehicles directly from a desktop PC.
Intrex is a licensed reseller of the Orbcomm Global LP low earth orbit or LEO satellite data and messaging communications services. Orbcomm is a partnership owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation and Teleglobe Inc. of Canada. Intrex also has communications agreements that provide satellite services through Norcom Inc. as well as digital cellular services.
FiberChem Inc. develops, manufactures, markets and licenses fiber optic chemical sensors that produce continuous, real-time information of environmental pollutants in the air, water and soil. These technologies are currently used in applications such as pipeline leak detection, aboveground storage tank monitoring, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial wastewater compliance monitoring and control. |
