In early February, the leading manufacturers in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC-R) industry will descend on Orlando for the AHR Expo. This annual event is the world’s largest HVAC-R exposition and a showplace for some of the…
More connectivity and cybersecurity – what 2020 holds for device manufacturers
In our last article on the Modern Equipment Manufacturer, we sat down with Steve Shaw, VP of Sales and Marketing at Sierra Monitor, to talk about the trends that shaped the equipment and device manufacturing industry in the previous year,…
Collecting device data and the looming threat of IIoT security concerns – 2019 trends in review
Now that 2020 is underway, it’s time to look back at the major trends that shaped and defined the commercial and industrial device marketplace over the past 12 months. The past year was an exciting one for device manufacturers, who…
AHR organizers on the benefits of HVACaaS and the technologies enabling them
While many people anticipate the holidays because of the gifts, joy and togetherness it brings them with friends and family, the thought leaders and equipment manufacturers in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC-R) industries get excited about the…
Lencore on reinventing mass notification for modern emergencies
This past summer, the Modern Equipment Manufacturer had the privilege to provide coverage of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Annual Conference in San Antonio. When speaking with the participating industry thought leaders and technology solution providers ushering in a…
The Water Council on why water utilities need innovation
The Modern Equipment Manufacturer has spent the last month or so sharing some very interesting conversations that we had with the companies that were exhibiting, speaking and demonstrating their products at the recent WEFTEC Conference. And what we’ve discovered is…
How smart water increases uptime and security for utilities – an interview with Siemens
In the past, when a waste water treatment center had a device break, there was probably very little warning. It would fail, the entire process would grind to a halt and the entire facility would be offline. Then, a repair…
Smart cities. Smart homes. Smart water? Badger Meter explains why water utilities want to be smarter
There is a movement to make everything – from personal devices, to appliances to physical structures – smarter. Today, there are smart homes, smart buildings and smart cities. And each are designed to monitor things utilizing a network of sensors,…
Using data analytics to make informed water infrastructure maintenance decisions
There is a reason why Big Data and data analytics are IT trends that are making their way across all industries and organizations – the ability to take the mountains of data that many organizations already aggregate and analyze them…
Grundfos fights the water quality “silver tsunami” with technology
In advance of this year’s WEFTEC Conference – one of the world’s leading water quality and wastewater conferences – we had the opportunity to sit down with one of the show’s organizers, Barry Liner, the Chief Technical Officer and director…