More examples: Technology that works

Service on the seven seas
A ship has to sail – whether it is an oil tanker, a dredger, a luxury yacht or a cargo ship. Delays due to technical problems cause aggravation and are often very costly. With a network of more than seventy international branches along all the important global shipping routes, Imtech (Imtech Marine Group / Radio Holland Group) can provide assistance – quickly, effectively and completely (all technologies) – for example, thanks to the world-wide service database and ‘satellite airtime’, with which distant access, online support and regular updates (e.g. of electronic charts) is possible. The best possible technical maritime service, twenty-four seven. Technology that works. 

Safe Highways
With the National Roads Telecommunications Services project Englandīs Highway Agency creates a communication backbone along the motorways. The system, which has communication points on hundreds of lamp posts, is meant mainly for the managing of traffic flow. The system collects information of fog sensors and air pollution measure points. Monitors traffic congestion on the basis of which it manages the data information panels above the motorways. Surveillance cameras and number plate recognition can be linked to this backbone as well. Imtech is partly responsible for the implementation and maintenance. The aim is to keep the traffic flowing with as little as possible pollution and traffic jams.  Technology that works.

Clean water for 1 million people in the UK
For us Western Europeans it is self evident that when you open the tap there is clear and clean, healthy water. Nevertheless this water provision could become an issue. Sometimes because of long periods of drought or extreme rainfall, which flood all of our systems. In England a national programme has been initiated to improve the water infrastructure. Imtech, taking part in a joint venture with Galliford Try, builds a new standalone water treatment plant which will provide around one million people in the area of  East Anglia with clean water. Technology that works.

Mega transport to Romania
Petrom is the largest oil and gas company in Romania. In 2005 the state company was privatized and for the larger part belongs to the Austrian OMV. They modernized nine gas metering stations to meet the present day quality requirements. Imtech was commissioned because we could provide them with a one-stop shop contact person. Especially for this project a construction and test location were built in Bergen op Zoom where all the operating systems and other equipment were tested extensively. Subsequently, all the equipment was transported to Romania in a 300 metres long column of 15 lorries. After arriving at the final destination it was only a question of plug and play. With the newly implemented technology Petrom knows exactly how much gas is being used. Additional advantage is that this technology also helps to save the environment. Technology that works.

Universities linked by ‘light'
Swedish Universities recognise the benefit of super-fast internet connections.
Which is why SUnet, a Swedish network provider for Universities and Colleges, asked Imtech to develop a technological solution that would link the universities together in the most efficient way possible. The exceptionally high speed of the internet between the locations has been achieved by creating direct light paths (wavelengths) between the universities. Technology that works.

 

 

Pure luxury at sea
Twizzle was built by the renowned De Vries Feadship yacht builders.
The 56 metre long yacht is a floating palace with on-board state-of-the-art technology that ensures the maximum comfort. Imtech supplied all the electrical systems, the monitoring & control automation systems and all the navigation and communications in an integrated bridge with seven screens. Thanks to an advanced satellite, communication and computer network the guests on board the yacht can communicate worldwide via VOIP telephone, fax, e-mail and broadband internet. Thanks to Imtech and radio Holland’s global service network Twizzle can count on technical support anywhere in the world. Technology that works.

Revolutionary news from space
The largest radio telescope in the world is being built in Drenthe, the Netherlands. The LOFAR - LOw Frequency ARray - will be hundreds of times more sensitive than current telescopes. Over 25,000 small antennas (sensors) will be sited across five provinces in the north of the Netherlands, a region of Germany and part of Spain. Fibre-optic cables will link them to a super-computer. Astronomers hope this radio telescope will lead to new, revolutionary discoveries. Imtech is responsible for the innovative cable technology for (parts of) the project. A complex assignment because all the cables must have exactly the same through-put speed (measured in nanoseconds). Imtech has developed a method through which the throughput speed per cable can be guaranteed with a maximum deviation of 0.16 nanosecond. Technology that works.