People & Places

London, UK. 07 June, 2022 – Demand for commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and vans is high in south-eastern Europe, as there are many regionally based logistics companies responsible for transporting merchandise from Black Sea ports to central Europe.

In March 2022, the White House announced the Clean Air in Buildings Challenge, a key component of the president’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, which asks building owners and operators, schools, colleges/universities, and other organisations to develop strategies to improve indoor air quality. This initiative will include assessing air quality and making ventilation and air filtration improvements,

London, UK. 6 June 2022 -Global workplace operations company, SafetyCulture, has announced a UK£1.7 million investment into data and Internet of Things (IoT) software company, Inauro. This latest investment continues SafetyCulture’s support of emerging technologies which enhance frontline processes.

Like most industries, the micromobility industry faced uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic but a comeback is taking hold, says Ben Forgan, co-founder and CEO of Hologram.io. Despite the headwinds, McKinsey notes that “micromobility could reach a consumer-spending potential of $300 billion (€279.81 billion) globally by 2030.”

San Jose, United States. 02 June, 2022 – Lacework, the data driven cloud security company, announced new agentless scanning for workloads that provides organisations with comprehensive and frictionless visibility into vulnerability risks across all active hosts, containers, and application language libraries in their environment.

Ghent, Belgium – Pozyx, a provider of RTLS (real-time location systems) and ART (advanced real-time tracking) solutions, proves how innovation in ultra accurate location technology optimises industry process efficiency, bringing truly smart manufacturing one step closer to reality, and setting the stage for the decade ahead.

With the rising concerns about climate change, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a suitable alternative to petrol- and diesel-powered engines, in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with COP26 resolutions. The energy players, no doubt, will play a pivotal role in this evolution by powering charging infrastructure for the rapidly growing sales of EVs,

Consumption-based IoT (Internet of Things) at the edge had to happen for the opportunities available through “things” to be fully realised. Business technology journalist Antony Savvas looks at some recent developments that are helping to drive progress.

Morgan Hill, California. 2 June 2022 – Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announces that it has collaborated with Anritsu, a global provider of test and measurement solutions for wireline and wireless technologies used in commercial, private, military/aerospace, government, and other markets, to launch an IoT (Internet of Things) Experience

Redlands, California. 2 June 2022 – To find, map and analyse other forms of valuable geospatial information, industries need the X and Y coordinates of place names. Users in many industries have addresses or place names in various states of integrity and want to turn that information into actionable intelligence. To meet this need, Esri , the world specialist

San Jose, United States – Scope AR announced the launch of WorkLink IoT, a platform service that enables real time data connectivity within industrial environments for augmented reality experiences. The service enhances WorkLink, its end to end enterprise AR platform, with Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices and real time data fabrics. The launch marks the offering

Vienna, 2 June 2022 – RIDDLE&CODE is partnering with Influx Technology LTD to develop its Drive&Stake stack. This collaboration focuses on the further evolution of Drive&Stake hardware to transform vehicles into autonomous agents in a new era of mobility.

Finland & Japan. 2 June 2022 – Japanese automotive industry gets a new operator as the Finnish self-driving company opens an office in Tokyo. Sensible 4‘s autonomous driving technology is known for its ability to work in challenging weather conditions. Also, Sensible 4’s autonomous shuttle bus designed by MUJI does piloting in Chiba, Japan.

Dusseldorf, Germany. 30 May 2022 – European retailers are among the earliest adopters of Electronic Shelf Labels (ELS) around the world. ESLs are used to reduce operational costs through the digitisation of retail. At the EuroCIS 2022 trade fair taking place this week, the developer of digital retail solutions, Hanshow, will present its new IoT platform All-Star (EuroCIS stand 9

Munich, Germany & Zurich, Switzerland. 31 May 2022 – Nexxiot, announced Knorr-Bremse, the global specialist in braking systems and other rail and commercial vehicle systems, as a new customer and strategic investor. In a CHF76 million deal that will shape the future of rail transportation, Knorr-Bremse and its North American subsidiaries New York Air Brake

Thalwil, Switzerland – Thomas Seiler is to step down as CEO on 31st December, 2022 after more than 20 years of leading the company. He will remain a member of the board of directors to advise. Stephan Zizala will assume the role of CEO on 1st January, 2023.