Roche, a Swiss-based company, is looking at the sale of its blood glucose meters business as the industry is facing tough competition. The talks are in initial stages, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The ...
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The Italian Association of Glass-Processing Machinery and Accessory Suppliers (GIMAV) is scheduled to exhibit at China Glass 2013, May 24-27 in Beijing. The group will have a stand that includes 29 participating members and exhibition ...
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FCICA, the flooring contractors association, announces that 3 new board of directors were elected for 2013 – 2016 term of office. Jim Judd from Master Craft Carpet Service was elected to represent the contractor members and Sonny ...
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District said today that customers can use their Sacramento Public Library card to check out an “EnergyAware” device to monitor their in-home smart meters. With the plug-in device, SMUD said ...
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Estimated billing will soon be a thing of the past. SaskPower and SaskEnergy are moving ahead with the Advanced Metering Infrastructure project. The project involves exchanging the current electricity meter to a smart meter and upgrading ...
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Power utility City Power on Thursday said it was finalising a programme for the roll-out and installation of about 250 000 smart meters for consumers in Johannesburg over a three-year period. The programme, of which the initial phase ...
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The smart grid advancements underway at San Diego Gas & Electric, including the installation of 2.3 million smart meters and an advanced Outage Management System using real-time data from the smart meters, have recently earned the utility ...
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The installation of digital “smart” meters affecting approximately 43,800 homes and small businesses in Allegan and Ottawa counties is scheduled to begin later this month, a Consumers Energy spokesperson told The Sentinel. The ...
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In the last few years, devices based on ZigBee, the wireless communications technology, have gained momentum in the energy sector. Some U.S. utilities have deployed ZigBee-enabled smart meters, and have encouraged customers to purchase ...
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McAfee says it will?sign an informal agreement with a major European utility company to establish a set of privacy and security standards before the wider rollout of smart meters. The strandards will aim to help protect consumer data ...
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First, it was Smart Meters. Now, it’s Advanced Meters coming to your home soon. Southern California Gas company is rolling out its new advanced meters with the schedule having them installed in Tulare County in early 2014. Gas ...
Meter readers may soon be going the way of the milk man. First Southern California Edison began changing its electrical meters to “smart” meters, which can be remotely read and controlled. Now water districts across Orange ...
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The city of Johannesburg power utility City Power is to install smart meters to help it provide an efficient service. Sicelo Xulu, MD of City Power, said customers who use over 1000kwh per month will be provided with smart meters. ...
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At 11:00 pm. May 17, with the piling and construction opening of No. 1 blast furnace, Baosteel Zhanjiang Steel project enters full construction phase. In this day, Zhanjiang Steel six main projects auxiliary facilities: iron, steel, ...
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The ZigBee Alliance named Tobin Richardson as its new chairman and chief executive, replacing Bob Heile, who was named chairman emeritus and chief technologist of the group. With the passing of the torch, the group is poised for expansion ...