Two companies also to present demonstration of system at Offshore Technology Conference
VALDESE, North Carolina, April 18, 2012 ? Saft, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of high?tech industrial batteries, today announces cooperation with Alta Industrial Automation Ltd. ("AIA") an innovator of wireless solutions. AIA is utilizing a Saft rechargeable lithium?ion battery in their Solar Battery product line for Class 1 Div 2 hazardous environments and extreme temperature operation. AIA's Solar Battery solutions provide power, data acquisition and wireless internet communication to simplify installation, maintenance and support of remote hazardous environment sensors.
"Our solar system, combined with the Saft rechargeable
lithium?ion battery, allows AIA customers to achieve
end?to?end monitoring and control of their fixed or mobile
assets in extreme climatic conditions," said Gary Allbee,
president, AIA. "Our customers can now quickly and
conveniently connect their assets online to the internet and
perform operational updates through our
eTrackDataTM server solution."
"With the AIA Solar Battery installed, we have substantial
operating cost savings, and we no longer deal with battery
exchange and disposal. More importantly, in the most harsh
low temperature conditions, our data collection and process
is more reliable with the Solar Battery as our primary power
source," reported Peter A. Hebert, Corrosion Technologist
with Taqa North Ltd.
During the week of April 30, 2012, the two companies plan to
partner for a demonstration of the solar battery system at
the Offshore Technology Conference to be held in Houston.
"This program extends Saft's experience in providing
intrinsically safe, high?performance batteries for the oil
and gas industry," said Thomas Alcide, general manager of
Saft's Specialty Battery Group and president, Saft America
Inc. "We are excited to be able to demonstrate our innovative
power solution with AIA at a high?profile industry
event."
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www.saftbatteries.com www.aialtd.com About SaftSaft (Euronext: Saft) is a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced technology batteries for industry. The Group is the world's leading manufacturer of nickel batteries and primary lithium batteries for the industrial infrastructure and processes, transportation, civil and military electronics markets. Saft is the world leader in space and defence batteries with its Li?ion technologies which are also being deployed in the energy storage, transportation and telecommunication markets. Saft's 4,000 employees present in 19 countries, its 16 manufacturing sites and extensive sales network all contribute to accelerating the Group's growth for the future.
For more information about Saft, visit: http://www.saftbatteries.com .
About AIASince 1991, AIA has supplied custom electronics and automation solutions to agriculture, mining, manufacturing, environmental monitoring and oil & gas industries. Since 2003, AIA has designed and manufactured wireless data communication products for intelligent device networking. AIA's wireless data products deliver complete M2M solutions that provide exceptional value through innovative engineering, reliability and ease of use.
For more information about the solar battery, please visit:
http://aialtd.com/index.php?option=com_product&id=1&cid=7
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Jill Ledger, Saft Corporate Communications and Institutional
Relations Director
Tel.: +33 1
49 93 17 77, e?mail: jill.ledger@saftbatteries.com
U.S. Press contact: Carrie Stewart, French/West/Vaughan
Tel.: 919?277?1159, e?mail: cstewart@fwv?us.com
Kevin Blanchette, Manager, Business Development, Alta
Industrial Automation
Tel.:
403?607?1156, kevinblanchette@shaw.ca
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