OilVoice - Aberdeen Technical Services Appointed Sales & System Integration Partners by Extronics

Aberdeen Technical Services Appointed Sales & System Integration Partners by Extronics

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Extronics Ltd has appointed Aberdeen Technical Services Ltd as Sales & System Integration Partners for Explosion Proof Wireless Networks.

The ATEX Directive has increased the demand for bespoke solutions in many areas of industry including the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Oil and Gas industries which have applications where standard products on the market are not always suitable in their own right for the user's requirements.

Compliance with these rigorous requirements has often been a barrier to installing and using industry standard wireless network products in hazardous areas.

Extronics custom designed explosion proof enclosures and intrinsically safe protection circuits make it possible for a wide range of wireless networking hardware to be utilised within Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas - including access points, routers, WiFi RFID tags, Exciters and Readers from the industry leading manufacturers.

Graham Porteous, Aberdeen Technical Services, Managing Director commented:
'We understand that organisations operating within the hazardous environments of the UK Oil & Gas industry today face a many challenges.

Such challenges include aging infrastructure and obsolete systems unable to meet the increasing business demands for real-time safety, production or operational data.

This partnership will enable our clients to realise the true business benefits of wireless networks and devices in these environments. By allowing safe and secure WiFi connectivity into hazardous areas, valuable business information such as real-time telemetry data or asset and personnel location information."