Detection, Monitoring & Machine Vision

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research Smart/Intelligent Sensors Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019,”, the global smart/intelligent sensors market is expected to reach a value of US$21.60 billion by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 12.2 per cent from 2013 to 2019. Growing demand for automobiles and growth in the intelligent transport system (ITS) has led to the increase in demand of smart/intelligent sensors. The other f

US video wall specialist Activu Corporation has appointed John Stark as vice president of Product Management, where he will be responsible for the company’s product management function, leading the direction and development of future vision, collaboration and mobility solutions. Stark brings extensive control room vision product experience, with more than two decades working for companies such as Christie Digital Systems, Jupiter Systems, Barco Visual Systems, M3i Systems and Matrox.

Technical services provider Royal Imtech takes a further step in its previously announced debt reduction program with the announcement of its intention to divest its ICT division. As announced on 18 March 2014, Imtech continues to be focused on achieving a long term sustainable capital structure and is committed to reduce indebtedness by at least US$554 million. To realise this debt reduction, Imtech will continue to review all options. The ICT division will be divested through an auction process in

International Road Dynamics (IRD), Canada-based intelligent transportation systems (ITS) supplier, has announced solid growth for the three months ended February 28, 2014. Revenue increased by 32.2 per cent to $10.3 million compared to $7.8 million for the same quarter last year. Solid growth was achieved in the Company's Canada and United States and Latin America markets, while EBITDA increased to $490,090 compared to a loss of $190,359 in the first quarter of 2013. Quarter one of 2014 is the fourth con

Iteris has partnered with International Media Training Center’s (IMTC) television morning show CCN Sunrise to provide traveller information for the show’s traffic segment. The news show airs daily from 7am – 8am in Pasadena on channel 32, AT&T Uverse and online. Iteris’ BlueCommute traveller information system, active since 2012 through a project supporting Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, provides real-time traffic information, incidents, weather, road construction and event informatio

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has partnered with MAV systems to release a new compact licence plate recognition (LPR) camera, the Autoscope Pn-120. The Autoscope Pn-120 is a compact high performance LPR camera designed for mobile and special purpose applications. Compact and easy to install, the camera incorporates industry leading zoom technology, infrared pulsed LEDs within a rugged hermetically sealed enclosure. According to both companies, when coupled with ISS’ state-of-the-art licence plate recogn

Netivei Yisrael, the National Roads Company of Israel, has awarded the US$230 million contract for a major rail contract in Israel to a consortium of Germany’s DB Bahn Bau Gruppe and Israeli companies Shikun & Binui and Lesico. The project comprises three new rail lines with an overall length of 100 kilometres in the north of the country, including track laying, railroad ties and rails, telecommunications and fire detection systems in tunnels. On conclusion of the work, the tracks will be transferred to

The Addis Ababa-Adama expressway in Ethiopia will be first expressway in Ethiopia and East Africa when complete and also the first toll road in the nation. It will connect the capital city Addis Ababa to Adama in Nazareth. Construction started in April 2010 and is scheduled to be complete in April 2014. The project is estimated to cost US$612 million and when complete the expressway will be able to accommodate 15,000 vehicles per day. The project is financed through a US$350 million loan from Export-Imp

Final preparations are taking place for the M25 to become England’s first smart motorway, improving journeys and boosting the economy. Two sections of the motorway opening this month and next are between junctions 23 and 25 in Hertfordshire and between junctions 5 and 6/7 on the Kent/Surrey border. For the first time on a motorway scheme in England the hard shoulder will be used as a permanent traffic lane, with enhanced technology to manage traffic flow to improve the reliability of journey times.