Summary:
The German company is specialized in the production of Electronic Heat Cost Allocators (EHCA) and water meter modules for wireless record of heating and water consumption data. Also impulse modules for electricity, gas and water measurements are produced. The metering data of the LoRa and wM-Bus devices form the basis for the billing of the tenants. Cooperation with orders starting at 10.000 units or more sought. The cooperation could lead to an exclusive regional distribution contract.
Description:
The German company's core business field is the development and production of Smart Metering devices plus software for these devices (for parameterization and readout of the products). The main products are the Electronic Heat Cost Allocator with LoRa radio technology, also available with wireless M-Bus radio in latest OMS standard, and the water meter attachment module with LoRa radio (also available with wM-Bus radio).
Smart metering devices can be read out with a laptop or another mobile device on site if wM-Bus (wireless) units are used. By additionally using NB-IoT wM-Bus gateways with mobile option this readout process is done automatically: the gateways in combination with a NB-IoT SIM card transfer the metering data to a server. Using the company's LoRa (wireless) devices it is not necessary to read out the metering data on site at all, but the metering data are transferred from the meter devices to the LoRaWAN gateways, which then automatically transmit the data to a server platform via Ethernet or mobile SIM cards. This is the standard procedure by using the bidirectional LoRaWAN technology.
The German SME refers to over 20 years of experience in the field of electronic development and production, especially concerning the smart metering devices, and delivers the complete value chain of all production processes.
The company has developed new innovative products on its own and also developed on request for leading and well-known companies. They are able to react in a flexible way to requests and wishes from customers.
They work with cooperation partners all over Europe like the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Greece, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Austria and Switzerland. In the last 20 years the company has produced and sold up to 100.000 wM-Bus heat cost allocators per year, and up to 15.000 wM-Bus water meter modules per year. The production capacity can be raised to some hundred thousand devices per year (LoRa and wM-Bus devices combined).
The SME seeks for distribution partners with contact to technology-oriented companies, IoT platform businesses, water meter manufacturers, municipal utilities, housing associations and real estate companies which are interested in integrating larger quantities of metering devices and software, especially concerning the LoRaWAN devices into their value chain. Additional cloud products can be customized. The company is seeking distribution services agreements in order to be able to offer a service and product portfolio for the customer. More and more customers are demanding an integrative solution.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
The company is looking for distribution services agreements with large real estate companies, technology companies in working cooperation with municipal or national official state authorities, IoT platform companies especially in the field of LoRaWAN, and manufacturers of mechanical water meter devices.
Requests for bigger lots of devices (100.000 units or more) are sought, but also requests for smaller or medium sized quantities (about 10.000-25.000 devices) are welcome. The business partner should be able to promote the products and sell the smart metering devices in his home country. If certain modifications of the devices or the software for these devices are requested the SME will try to implement these requested changes (as they did for some well-known companies in the last 15-20 years). The customizing capacity to implement these wished changes depends on the amount of the ordered devices and if both parties are interested in a medium or long term business relationship.
They also look for component suppliers for submetering processes in the real estate business industry and IoT platform businesses.
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
External code:
BODE20210803001
