WeSpot and Bircher Reglomat sign commercial agreement for smart door sensor technology
WeSpot and Bircher Reglomat sign commercial agreement for smart door sensor technology WeSpot has founded an alliance and signed a commercial agreement with the leading door sensor manufacturer Bircher Reglomat in Switzerland for all of the European markets. Under this Agreement Bircher Reglomat is going to promote existing vision based products and WeSpot is going to further develop new sensors to accommodate European end-customer needs. The WeSpot Smart Door Opener represents the next generation of door sensor technology, based on a vision sensor and an ASIC-processor with built in image processing and decision-making. More precise opening, closing and safety functionality are all in the same device - eliminating the need for multiple sensors. Increased safety, energy savings and easy installation are some of the additional benefits with the new WeSpot technology. Lars Holmqvist, CEO of WeSpot says that this alliance now closes a missing link for a worldwide distribution network for WeSpot's application of smart door openers. "Bircher Reglomat's experience and knowledge in the business of sensors in general and door sensors in particular give WeSpot a very strong position on the European market with this cutting edge technology". Rémy Höhener, CEO of Bircher Reglomat, says that "WeSpot's excellence in vision technology and its application for automatic doors form a strong addition to Bircher Reglomat's existing product portfolio. This combined expertise will allow for new opportunities apart from just sensing around doors to better meet existing and upcoming customer requirements for complete door management systems". For further information, please contact: Lars Holmqvist, CEO of WeSpot AB. Tel. +46 733 45 14 51 www.wespot.com Rémy Höhener, CEO of Bircher Reglomat Phone +41 52 687 13 12 Jonas Schuster, Business Unit Manager Pedestrian Doors of Bircher Reglomat. Phone +41 71 343 83 82 www.bircher-reglomat.com WeSpot AB's business concept comprises smart cameras and sensors with built in processing power. The aim is to be the leading player within the field of smart cameras and sensors for a variety of applications. WeSpot AB was founded in 1999 and has just below 30 employees in the office at the Ideon Research Park in Lund. The company is owned mainly by Anoto Group AB, Malmöhus Invest AB, SEB Företagsinvest, CR&T Ventures, Bure Equity, Industrifonden (Swedish Industrial Fund) and employees as minority owners. Wespot is a subsidiary to Anoto Group. The Anoto share is traded on the O-list, Attract 40 of Stockholmsbörsen (Stockholm Stock Exchange) under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anotogroup.com Read more about WeSpot and download pictures at www.wespot.com Bircher Reglomat AG was founded in 1957 and is the world's leading company in tactile and non-tactile safety and comfort sensors in the markets pedestrian doors, industrial doors, machine industry and public transport. It develops, designs and manufactures sensors based on several technologies such as infrared-, radar- and touch based sensing. The Company is headquartered in Beringen, Switzerland and employs about 200 people. For more information, visit our web site: www.bircher-reglomat.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/05/20021205BIT00450/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/05/20021205BIT00450/wkr0002.pdf