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Joseph Song, Vice President of International Strategic Development at GA-ASI PAGE 27

Whitford’s excellence in fluoropolymer coatings PAGE 69

Tarkett’s closed loop circular design strategy PAGE 23

Tropicana launches a new 100% juice with probiotics PAGE 11

Sustainability as a core value at Dr. Oetker PAGE 35

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Redline Communications

302 Town Centre Blvd., 4th Floor

Markham, ON L3R 0E8

Canada

Website: www.rdlcom.com.

“Redline has a great reputation for

developing and delivering world class

robust, powerful, versatile, reliable and

purpose-built networks to hundreds of

businesses worldwide - in locations that

include the deserts of the Middle East,

the rainforests of South America, and

the frozen Alaskan slopes,” revealed Jeff

Gould; Senior VP Global Sales and

Marketing.

Redline’s latest release, the RDL-LTE

ruggedized networking system, is a

complete end-to-end LTE broadband

solution for organizations that require a

secure private network to support voice,

data, video, and the Internet-of-Things.

LTE (Long-Term Evolution) is a standard

for high-speed wireless communication

for mobile phones and data terminals.

The RDL-LTE architecture is designed for

deployments over very large coverage

areas where a small to medium number

of remote devices are required at roll-

out. “The low- power consumption and

extended range functionality makes the

RDL-LTE system well suited for wide-

area, low-density networks like those

used for the military and oil fields,

but with this release we can now add

public safety to our list.” Redline’s

interoperability program provides an

extensive selection of third-party

industrial-grade handsets and a best-

in-class vehicular mobile routers and

makes RDL-LTE a fit for purpose

solution for first responders, law

enforcement and any organization

looking for a complete and secure,

private industrial LTE network.

It can scale to over 100,000 users and is

3GPP compliant so Redline components

can easily be integrated into existing LTE

systems. The RDL-LTE solution can

function optimally within even limited

spectrum availability. Spectrum relates

to the radio frequencies allocated to the

mobile industry and other sectors for

communication over the airwaves. The

use of the airwaves in each country is

overseen by the government which

Redline Communications specialise in developing innovative and powerful wide-area wireless networks for the most challenging locations and mission-critical applications. Redline networks are used by oil and gas companies to manage onshore and offshore assets, by militaries for secure battlefield communications, by municipalities to remotely monitor infrastructure, and by telecom service providers to deliver premium services.

LTE networks provide true mobility

manages the radio spectrum and issues

spectrum licenses.

“Very few industrial customers have

spectrum they actually own and so

having a private LTE network is

something of a challenge but we do see

that changing. LTE is the recognised

technology of choice moving forward

and demand in the LTE market is

expected to grow rapidly, expanding

worldwide. Looking to the future, we

expect to see Governments setting aside

– as in the case of public safety -

spectrum for critical industrial markets

and for investor markets acquiring their

own spectrum or joining ventures with

others that do have spectrum. LTE

provides true mobility from a wireless

perspective and the implications are

immense,” believes Jeff.

End to end industry 4.0 solutions

At the 2016 SPS IPC Drives show, global power and automation giant ABB showcased solutions for the fields of flexible automation, economic engineering and the food & beverage industry. Morten Wierod, Managing Director of the global Business Unit Drives and Controls, Discrete Automation and Motion Division in ABB, explains that their recent innovations in these categories are targeted at creating an environment in which all devices can be constantly monitored, resulting in a more efficient production process.

encapsulated (SSE) motor which is

targeted at wash-down applications.

“With its high ingress protection level

and fully encapsulated windings, the

motor can last much longer than a

standard product in tough, humid

conditions. With this motor downtime

and maintenance costs can be reduced

and plants will enhance the food safety

of their products,” says Mr. Wierod.

Innovation in this space is indeed driven

by world’s demand for more, better and

safer food, he adds. “We can help our

partners reduce the downtime of their

equipment and improve the process

efficiency and output. This we do by

early detection and prediction of

equipment failure, and by monitoring

and control of all the devices in our

customer’s process. Having planned

instead of unplanned maintenance

cycles significantly reduces the cost of

a plant and drives a more reliable

production process.”

Mr. Wierod emphasises that the Internet

of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 overall

is a great opportunity for ABB. “We

believe that better transparency and

visibility of what is going on in the

operations will enable faster and better

decision making. ABB has the right

people, products, services and tools to

identify and realise these improvements

for our customers.”

A Swedish-Swiss multinational

corporation headquartered in Zürich,

Switzerland, ABB is best known for its

expertise in robotics and the power and

automation technology areas. ABB has

operations in around 100 countries,

generating more than 35 billion USD in

revenue in 2015. The company prides

itself on its reputation as a pioneering

technology leader, says Mr. Wierod. “We

have opened the door for an exciting

future for our customers, for our

employees and for any stakeholder group

that is in touch with us.”

The ABB business unit Mr. Wierod is in

charge of, Drives and Controls, is heavily

focused on industrial automation. In this

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space, the company recently launched a

smart sensor that can be attached to any

motor in a customer’s plant. “This sensor

then delivers information about the

health of the motor so that maintenance

actions can be taken before the motor

fails and causes production downtime,”

Mr. Wierod explains. He additionally

highlights the new ABB Ability™

platform, which is a place where all digital

solutions come together. “By having all of

them based on the same platform, ABB is

capable of offering end-to-end solutions

to our customers in all industries we

serve making our customers’ lives easier.”

For the food and beverage industry, ABB

recently introduced a new stainless steel