December
2009
The Grand Promenade in Hong Kong is just one of many city landmark buildings using CEDES sensors
Landquart;
CEDES has long realized the importance of the Asian market for its products. Hong Kong’s top-selling South China Morning Post daily newspaper has taken notice and recognized the growing presence of the Swiss opto-sensor company in the region.
The recent edition of its Switzerland Special Report, which focuses on the both the leading and up-and-coming Swiss companies in the Asian market, features an interview with CEDES founder and President, Beat De Coi.
Under the heading ‘CEDES sensors soar in mainland skies’, the article states: “Those who want to make it to the top in Hong Kong or Shanghai rely on CEDES’ light curtains to get them there. CEDES is a Swiss opto-sensor specialist that ensures the safety and comfort of those using lifts in skyscrapers.”
It relates how the Landquart-based company opened its new Changshu facility in China and reveals its plans to expand the workforce there from 100 to 500 over the next five
years.
November
2009
The 3D sensor IMS 100
Landquart;
With its biggest ever booth at the event, CEDES also enjoyed its best ever Interlift success. A record number of people visited the 11 m x 8 m stand over the four days of interlift ’09, securing CEDES’ standing as the leading supplier of infrared sensors and light curtains for the global elevator industry.
As expected, the IMS 100 Time of Flight 3D camera sensor was the focus of much of the attention. Officially launched earlier this year, interlift ’09 provided the ideal opportunity for customers to view the revolutionary device at first hand.
The CEDES booth featured a set of fully functioning elevator doors equipped with the IMS 100 sensor (see photo to the left). This enabled visitors to experience how intending passengers are quickly detected and the elevator doors reopened, without having to either re-hail the elevator or stick a hand between the closing doors.
CEDES Vice-President Marketing & Sales, Ulrich Hotz comments: “When they saw the IMS 100 in action, several customers commented that the camera sensor is such a natural addition to efficient elevator operation,
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October
2009
The cegard/Lift ensures safe performances at
Stockholm‘s City Theatre
Landquart;
The cegard/Lift light curtain is already well established in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland. Thanks to the combined efforts of CEDES and Compotech, its distribution partner in Sweden, cegard/Lift has now established itself in the Swedish market.
Some 40,000 elevators which operate without inner doors are installed throughout the country. According to the standards imposed in 2008, these elevators have to be upgraded by the year
2012. As is the case in other countries, an inner door (e.g. a folding door) must be mounted to safeguard the elevator, wherever this is feasible. Where that is not possible, the safe movement of goods and passengers must be achieved
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September
2009
The Micro MF for train doors applications is undergoing evaluation in northern Germany
Landquart;
CEDES has developed a special Micro MF light curtain for railway
applications. A number of these have been successfully installed in
a Bombardier train in Germany for a trial phase and initial results
have been very positive. The Micro MF protects the closing area of
the train’s main entrance doors. They are installed right on the
doorplate - so they work in dynamic operation close to zero
distance.
TFor this project, CEDES is working together with Austrian
door manufacturer IFE, the train manufacturer Bombardier, the
Deutsche Bahn (DB), and the German Federal Railway Authority
(Eisenbahnbundesamt EBA) which has released the project for a field
trial phase of several months. These trains are currently in
operation in the north of Germany.
To fulfill all railway standards, special ... more
July
2009
Francisco Garcia enjoys Spanish success
Landquart;
When you have the right products and the right people with the right ideas, success can be forged, even in the depths of recession. CEDES
Iberia underlined this at the recent Ele-España Trade Fair in Barcelona where the new cegard/ Mini modernization kit proved a huge hit.
Thanks to the creativity of Klaus-Michael Ziehm, (Head of Sales at CEDES Germany) and the Managing Director of CEDES Iberia, Francisco Garcia, visitors to CEDES’ stand couldn’t get enough of the modernization kit, comprising a cegard/Mini, a universal mounting kit and a switching power supply. Garcia explains: “We put together the kit with a special offer for the trade fair with the aim of generating additional interest.
Yet we ended up like cashiers at a supermarket, ... more
June
2009
The official opening ceremony
at the Changshu facility
Landquart;
The CEDES success story continues. May 2, 2009 marked the official opening of the new 3,700 sq. m Changshu facility in eastern China. The new factory, located in the south-eastern part of the Jiangsu province, 85 km north west of Shanghai, is home to the CEDES Changshu (Sensor) Company Ltd. The company produces cables and subassemblies for the various sensors manufactured at CEDES’ headquarters in Landquart.
CEDES Changshu was set up in July 2008 and construction work on the facilities was completed at the end of last year. Production began in early 2009. Fifty people are currently employed but, according to CEDES’ China General Manager, Zheng Xiao Feng - better known by his English name ‘Jason’ , the workforce is expected to grow to a couple of hundred over the next five years.
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May
2009
The IMS 100 (marked in red) is installed
at Chur State Hospital
Landquart;
The IMS 100 sensor, launched at the 2009 Sales Meeting, uses 3D- technology to monitor an elevator’s entrance area. It reliably detects approaching people or objects and reopens the door. Three IMS 100 sensors were installed at the State Hospital in Chur in a pilot project in March. They upgrade very busy elevators that move beds as well as people and equipment between hospital wards.According to the hospital’s maintenance department, the elevator doors had been frequently damaged by beds or heavy food trolleys. This resulted in costly repairs for door panels and out-of-service times for the elevator. In addition, handicapped people were often unable to catch the elevator in time. The IMS 100 is designed to eliminate such problems and has provided very impressive results.
March
2009
Landquart;
The IMS 100, CEDES’ first Time of Flight (TOF) 3D camera sensor developed by the Elevators business unit, is to be launched at the upcoming CEDES Sales Meeting in Landquart in March.
At the heart of the IMS 100 is a CMOS-based TOF chip, containing 768 (8 x 96) light sensitive
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February
2009
Landquart;
The double building extension to Science Park, CEDES’ Landquart headquarters, is on schedule to be completed by May of this year. CEDES’ Director of Services, Simon Hartmann, points out that the extension, which began in May of 2008, is key to enhancing the current production facilities. He estimates that it will take up to three months for the entire ‘moving-in’ process to be
completed.
Hartmann explains: “The extension is necessary ...
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January
2009
Landquart; Elevator-shaft positioning systems (i.e. hoistway information systems) demand safe and reliable signaling so that the elevator can always stop at each floor with millimeter precision. CEDES’ slot-type sensors ensure not only perfect cab positioning, but also enable the doors to commence opening just prior to stopping, which optimizes exit and entry times.