by Angela Guess

A new press release reports, “Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced a global partnership with Alizent, the Asset Interactive Company, representing another step forward in maximizing the benefits of IoT on industries across all sectors. The two partners, seeing Industry 4.0 as one of the main growth paths driving the development of IoT, will combine their respective technologies and capabilities to provide monitoring and tracking solutions of industrial assets on a global basis.”

The release goes on, “Sigfox and Alizent are already working on exploring opportunities in Europe and the US: (1) Air Liquide: Piloting gas cylinders tracking and CO2 tanks monitoring. Alizent’s tracking solution combined with Sigfox connectivity in this pilot allows to collect accurate data from the fleet of returnable containers. This information offers valuable insights on the value chain and at the same time allows to provide real-time inventories to customers. With the support of Alizent, it is also considered to monitor the CO2 mini-tanks that are also used by Fast food chains for soda.”

The list continues, “(2) Tracking animal vaccine boxes in the United States. Animal health vaccines contain active bio-ingredients that must be transported with great care and under specific conditions. Not keeping vaccines at the appropriate temperature would tamper with the quality which, in turn, would result in a large number of animals not receiving the proper vaccinations. Thanks to Sigfox connectivity, Alizent is currently testing a tracking system in the United States that reports container data. These metrics are essential for quality control and traceability, leading to greater efficiencies and new services.”

Read more at Business Wire.

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