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AP Sensing is a leading provider of distributed fiber optic solutions for monitoring various applications such as railways, pipelines and high voltage power cables. A blazing fire can have devastating consequences, which is why our AP Sensing Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) solution provides fast linear heat detection for various application areas such as:

Traffic, metro and freight transportation tunnels (Euro Tunnel)
Conveyor belts, hot roller detection, silos, floating roof tanks
Large infrastructure (parking garages, Mecca Clock Tower)
Cable trays, false floors and other areas that are difficult to monitor

Our solution offers maximum reliability, even under severe conditions – withstanding extremely high temperatures and unaffected by wind, corrosion, dirt and EMI. It is thoroughly tested and certified (VdS, UL, FM, ATEX, IECEx, SIL) with the industry’s fastest fire detection and lowest false alarm rate.

Protect your assets with the industry’s most rugged and reliable Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) systems.

Visit us at www.apsensing.com

Aero-X is the European master distributor of Stat-X® aerosol fire extinguishing systems as well as the European distributor of Thermac® heat sensors. Aero-X also represents various other innovative fire protection products like for example Protectowire® linear heat detection. Together with a whole range of own developments, these products enable Aero-X to design and implement innovative, effective, expedient, economical and environmentally friendly fire protection solutions for you and your infrastructure.

So your steam locomotives are the only things giving off sparks

What’s at the top of your list of priorities? Optimizing your passengers’ safety while minimizing service disruptions? Same here.

You bear a hefty amount of responsibility. After all, millions of passengers relay on the safety of your trains day in, day out. At the same time, customers are becoming less tolerant of service disruptions and the delays that go with them. We’d love to share the burden with you. Our space-saving fire protection systems, namely, our early-warning systems and fully automated extinguishers, play a key role in helping you get your passengers to their destination – more safely and more reliably.

Make your safety a reality

With 20 years of experience in fire protection, Aero-X develops the fire protection systems in Switzerland following world-leading standards, working with partners all around the globe. All the while, your personal safety requirements are at the heart of what we do: for your safety Aero-X goes the extra mile.

What price can you put on safety? Unfortunately, you only get to know the answer to this question when you need to cover the costs in the wake of an accident. If you’re lucky, you’ll only have lost goods and infrastructure: they can be replaced, albeit at major expense. However, depending on how fate rolls the dice, people could suffer irreparable damage to their health, or even lose their lives.

More than 20 years of experience in fire protection consulting, technology development, training and assembly has taught us one thing: the more you do to keep things safe ahead of time, the less it costs in the long run! That’s where Aero-X comes into play. Our goal is to prevent fires from being able to spread in the first place. We want to stop fires in their tracks, as it were, without putting infrastructure or even human lives at risk (or worse). From the initial consultation to installation and training, right through to maintenance, Aero-X is your one-stop shop.

Let’s not just talk about your safety. Let’s make safety a reality.

Visit us at: www.aero-x.ch/

Bandweaver’s vision is to be the first choice for integrated distributed fiber optic sensing solutions across the globe. Since 2002, Bandweaver has been committed to delivering reliable, innovative, client-centric and value-added products and services, via a dedicated and talented team of people.

Bandweaver manufactures and distributes advanced fiber optic monitoring sensors and integrated technologies, enabling customers to monitor, secure and keep personnel and critical assets safe.

With quality and excellence as fundamental elements of Bandweaver’s portfolio, the business is continuously developing its range of technologies, including Distributed Temperature Sensors (DTS), Distributed Acoustic Sensors (DAS) and integrated smart intelligent software solutions.

Utilising the latest technologies, Bandweaver provides solutions for Security, Fire, Power and Pipeline projects.

Visit us at: https://www.bandweaver.com/

RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN

RISE is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner. Through our international collaboration programmes with industry, academia and the public sector, we ensure the competitiveness of the Swedish business community on an international level and contribute to a sustainable society.

Our 2,800 employees engage in and support all types of innovation processes. RISE is an independent, State-owned research institute, which offers unique expertise and over 100 testbeds and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products and services.

Visit us at: https://www.ri.se/en

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. (HyperloopTT) is an innovative transportation and technology company focused on realizing the Hyperloop, a system that moves people and goods at unprecedented speeds safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Through the use of unique, patented technology and an advanced business model of lean collaboration, open innovation and integrated partnership, HyperloopTT is creating and licensing technologies.

Founded in 2013, HyperloopTT is a global team comprised of more than 800 engineers, creatives and technologists in 52 multidisciplinary teams, with 40 corporate and university partners. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, HyperloopTT has offices in Europe and the Middle East.

Visit us at: www.hyperlooptt.com/

Roxtec is the global leader in flexible seals for cable, pipe and conduit penetrations. Roxtec transits ensure protection of rail vehicles, people and goods against multiple risk factors such as fire, smoke, water, dust and shockwaves. The pre-configured seals are approved according to standards such as EN 45545:3, EN 45545:2 and NFPA 130. Roxtec is also appreciated for its ability to create tailor-made sealing solutions according to specific needs and requirements.

Standardizing with Roxtec seals is a cost-efficient way to ensure safe operation and extend the lifecycle of a rail asset. The seals allow users to route multiple cables, pipes and conduits of different sizes in each opening in rail vehicles, including undercarriage and rooftop applications.

The Roxtec invention for adaptability – Multidiameter™ – is based on sealing modules with removable rubber layers. It ensures a perfect fit, regardless of the outside dimension of cables or pipes. The built-in spare capacity makes it easy to add cables without making new openings.

Swedish Roxtec Group is present worldwide. The company serves and supports customers onsite and online, from design and engineering through to installation training and upgrades, in more than 80 markets through 28 subsidiaries.

Visit us at: www.roxtec.com

Howden has been at the leading edge of industrial fan and air moving equipment design for more than 160 years. We have extensive application knowledge within tunnel ventilation accumulated from nearly 70 years of development and supply through brands such as Voith/Howden Ventilatoren Heidenheim, Axcient, Axico, Joy, Buffalo Forge, American Fan, Stork, Variax and UMAF.

Our solutions start in the design stage with Ventsim, enabling ventilation demand models to be developed and understood. High efficiency fans offer safe and reliable air provision and smoke extraction and ongoing operations are maximised using Ventsim Control and Uptime digital monitoring.

Operating from bases in 26 countries spread across every continent, with over 50 manufacturing and service sites, we offer a truly global service.

Visit us at: www.howden.com/en-gb

JOANNEUM RESEARCH is a successful national and internationally active research institution owned by the Austrian federal states of Styria, Carinthia and Burgenland. Ideally embedded in the national and international innovation network, our researchers innovate in three high-level fields of expertise: “Information and Production Technologies”, “Human Technologies and Medicine”, and “Society and Sustainability”.

We use our ideas, innovative power and considerable research experience to support companies both private and public not only with the development of technology, methods and products, but also with societal topics.

Visit us at: www.akut-tunnel.com

Worldsensing is a global IoT pioneer with expertise in geotechnical, geospatial and structural projects. Founded in 2008, the industrial monitoring expert works with over 270 engineering partners in more than 60 countries to provide safety through critical infrastructure monitoring in mining, construction, rail and structural health.

With a focus on digitizing assets to address the lack of infrastructure resilience, the company’s flagship products are:

Loadsensing, the global leader to remotely monitor critical infrastructure,
CMT by Loadsensing, the connectivity management tool offering 24/7 connectivity management to engineers and experts tasked with industrial monitoring so they can efficiently stay on top of the performance of their deployed networks.

Worldsensing has more than 80 employees and offices in Barcelona, London, Los Angeles and Singapore and investors include Cisco Systems, Mitsui & Co, McRock Capital and ETF Partners, among others.

Visit us at: www.worldsensing.com