Exhibitors & Sponsors 2011

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS)—a U.S. clean-technology company—is a global leader in manufacturing solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film micro-energy storage devices for embedded applications. Founded in 2001, IPS is privately held with corporate headquarters and volume manufacturing in Littleton, Colo. The company is the only ISO 9001 certified manufacturer of solid-state, thin-film batteries. THINERGY® Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) products provide unprecedented efficiency in micro-energy storage and uniquely enable ambient energy-harvesting solutions to create miniature, autonomous, perpetual power supply solutions.

Maxim is a worldwide leader in the design, development, and manufacture of analog, mixed-signal, high-frequency, and digital circuits. Today, more than 35,000 customers worldwide count on us to deliver innovative engineering solutions that add value to their products. Offering over 6,500 ICs across 28 product categories, Maxim has one of the industry's broadest and deepest product portfolios. This provides our customers with innovation across the board, and it enables us to deliver end-to-end solutions optimized for application requirements. Learn more at

Over the past 40 years, GS Caltex, which aims to be a total energy service leader, has been pushing to not only perform in the petroleum and petrochemical businesses, but also to diversify its energy business, thus leading the energy industry. Furthermore, GS Caltex has expanded its business areas into city gas, electric power, exploration & production, convenience retail, e-business, New and Renewable Energy, thereby covering all energy fields and becoming a total energy service provider with global competitiveness. Through our products and services differentiating us from competitors, we will continue to strive to achieve the vision of "The Leader in Providing Total Energy Service."

Holst Centre is an independent centre for open innovation that develops generic technologies and technology platforms for wireless autonomous transducer solutions and systems-in-foil. It is founded in 2005 by the research organizations IMEC and TNO. A key feature is interaction and cooperation with industry and academia. It is this kind of cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tune its scientific strategy to industrial needs.

Marlow Industries, Inc. in Dallas, Texas is clearly recognized as the largest Thermoelectric module company in the world with regard to revenue and volume production considering provision of Power Generation, Cooling and Heating modules and assemblies for Defense, Space, Industrial/Commercial, Medical and Telecom customers and industries. Follow Us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/Marlow_Ind

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.

Millennial Net, Inc. is a world market leader of wireless mesh network sensor technology. The company's core MeshScape technology is the only wireless sensor networking solution available today that supports the unique requirements of low power and low latency, bi-directional and peer to peer to overcome critical challenges traditionally associated with wireless sensor networks. Millennial Net is a worldwide provider of commercial and industrial wireless networking systems and products for energy management, home and industrial automation markets, military and logistics as well as medical applications that enable users, OEMs and systems integrators to quickly and cost-effectively implement wireless monitoring and control applications. Millennial Net is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine manufacturers, Non-residential buildings, Data centers & Networks, and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group's 110,000 plus employees achieved sales of 19.6 billion euros in 2010, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

Shortlink is a design-house with a unique competence in ultra low power RF, analog and mixed signal ASIC, SoC and electronic system design. When your product design needs electronics to be miniaturized and to use less power, then we can help you. When standard circuits and ICs are simply not up to the task, then we can find the solution.

 

Our proven technology is optimised for small, portable battery-driven products and low power wireless communication and we pride ourselves on our first-pass success and being able to provide our customers with advanced design solutions that help make products become market leaders.

SolarPrint, founded in 2008 based in Dublin, Ireland. The company develops dye sensitised solar cells (DSSC), a third-generation printable solar cell technology.

 

Light energy harvesting technologies, where energy is derived from external sources such as ambient or diffused light and then captured and stored, are an increasingly common focus for energy efficiency management systems. However, the capabilities of current solar solutions used within wireless sensors have peaked.

 

SolarPrint's technology supports higher functionality to enable the ability to scale more power-hungry wireless solutions than possible with other solutions. When it is integrated into wireless sensors for energy harvesting purposes in buildings, DSSC provides significant cost savings by eliminating wired networks and the need to replace or lengthen the life of batteries.

Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 80,000 customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be - smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun. Our commitment to building a better future is ingrained in everything we do - from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities.

TI offers smarter grid solutions through innovative products, leading edge software and compliant integrated system solutions. TI's Smart Grid portfolio uniquely combines readily available silicon, software and support for comprehensive grid infrastructure, utility meters and home or building automation systems.

The advanced display technology (adt) group is a Swiss company group focused on the development and launch of the innovative ePaper display technology, called D³-Technology („Droplet-Driven-Display"). The D³-Technology allows to produce printing-like displays in various formats e.g. for small, medium and large scale applications.

Key features of the D³-Technology are: Lowest energy consumption / Real bi-stability / Printing-like optical display quality.

D³-Technology is a display technology using patented electrowetting principles and structures. Liquid coloured droplets are driven by this technology in pixel structures.

AdaptaMat Ltd in Helsinki Finland is the manufacturer of Magnetic Shape Memory (MSM) materials.

MSM materials are "smart" metal alloys with very specific properties. These properties are

Based on these properties applications such as energy harvestering, actuators, sensors and vibration damping devices and more can be made.

Advantic Sistemas y Servicios is a high-tech company specialized in remote monitoring technologies based on wireless sensor networks. Main application fields are energy efficiency, environmental monitoring, and building automation. Thanks to its solid technological background in WSN, the strong collaboration network in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and its highly skilled multidisciplinary professionals, Advantic is capable of offering competitive and effective technological solution for its clients. Also, the company is active in R&D initiatives at European level, in order to continue in the path of innovation, developing cutting-edge technology and contributing to standardization organizations.

Arveni sas is a privately held start-up, dedicated to piezoelectric energy harvesting, located near Grenoble (France). Arveni has developed its proprietary technology, protected by 7 patents so far. Arveni's team is made up of 3 highly skilled engineers, and we are focused on the most demanding applications. Arveni's products exist in 3 variants:

We will welcome customers, sales representatives, VCs and labs to our booth !

With its three brands - BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce - the BMW Group is one of the world's most successful premium manufacturers of cars and motorcycles. It operates internationally with 24 production sites in 13 countries and a global sales network with representation in more than 140 countries.

CSEM provides wireless sensor network technology optimised for energy autonomy and for ease of deployment. Through hardware/software co-design CSEM's WiseNET technology achieves autonomy of 30 times more than standard systems. WiseMAC is a self-configuring, self-healing mesh networking protocol optimised for ad hoc WSN networks. Icycom is an ultra low power WSN node on a chip, with 1V/2mA operation compatible with energy harvesting. Applications include agriculture, civil engineering and environmental monitoring. At IDTechEx CSEM will be demonstrating an agricultural application using an energy harvesting source.

CST develops and markets software for the simulation of electromagnetic fields. Its products allow you to characterize, design and optimize electromagnetic devices all before going into the lab or measurement chamber. The extensive range of tools integrated in CST STUDIO SUITE® enables numerous applications to be analyzed without leaving the user-friendly CST design environment and can offer additional security through cross verification. CST's customers operate in industries as diverse as Defense, Telecommunications, Automotive, Electronics, and Medical Equipment. More information at

Dust Networks, the leader in standards-based intelligent wireless sensor networking (WSN), provides ultra low-power, scalable, highly reliable embedded systems to OEMs in a wide range of markets. Dust Networks enables OEMs to offer monitoring and control solutions that provide unprecedented access to information from the physical world, resulting in improved operations, safer work environments, and increased competitive advantage. Dust Networks partners and participates with industry and standards groups, such as the HART Communication Foundation, ISA, IEEE, IETF, the SunSpec Alliance, IPSO and others, to ensure the broad adoption of interoperable wireless sensor networking products. Dust Networks is a California-based, privately-held technology company.

Energy Harvesting Journal provides you with a free daily update of the latest industry developments. Launched in late 2008, this free portal covers progress of energy harvesting and energy storage in all its forms.

 

Hosted and written by IDTechEx, the leading analyst and event organiser on energy harvesting and related technologies, articles provide commentary, analysis and give a balanced view of the subject. You can opt-in for an email to be sent to you every Thursday listing the new articles posted in the previous week. We aim to make this service your most valuable tool for keeping up to date with the energy harvesting industry.

 

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The EnOcean Alliance is a consortium of around 100 innovative international companies working to further develop and promote self-powered wireless monitoring and control systems for sustainable buildings by formalising the interoperable wireless standard. The EnOcean Alliance has the largest installed base of field-proven wireless building automation networks in the world. EnOcean GmbH is the innovator and producer of the award-winning and widely patented battery-free wireless sensor technology. EnOcean's unique combination of miniaturized energy harvesting modules with ultra-low-power radio technology is the basis for innovative maintenance-free wireless sensors.

Flexible Electronics Concepts FEC is a new company set up to create innovative working samples of printed electronics. Many consumer packaged goods companies and other potential end users are frustrated that they cannot obtain innovative product concepts or even simple devices such as smart labels based on the new printed electronics. They do not want components. FEC will endeavour to help by being a product integrator and concept generator for small quantities of printed electronic products. Any successes will be produced in volume by the industry leaders. Meanwhile, buy your samples and sample books here.

The scientific field of the Fraunhofer IKTS is focussed on the development and application of modern high performance ceramic materials, such as piezoelectric ceramic. The Smart Materials and Systems Department uses its extensive experience in science and engineering to develop and integrate industry-relevant dielectric functional ceramics into devices, microsystems and active structures, such as piezoelectric generators. The department has special competence in the field of complex perovskites which introduce actuating, sensing, generator and electronic functions in monolithic devices and systems. The complete technological development process is available. This expertise, combined with unique modelling and characterization tools.

Founded in 1985, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, ranks first among the Fraunhofer Institutes concerning headcount and revenues. With the development of the audio coding method MPEG Layer-3, short MP3, Fraunhofer IIS has reached a worldwide recognition.

 

In close cooperation with our partners and clients we provide our research and development services in the following areas: Digital radio broadcasting systems, audio and multimedia technology, digital cinema systems, design automation and integrated circuits, wired, wireless and optical networks, localization and navigation, high-speed camera systems, imaging systems and nanofocus X-ray technology, medical sensor solutions and communications technology in transport and logistics.

 

The group "integrated energy supplies" conducts research and development in the field of power and battery management, wireless energy transmission and energy harvesting. Typical applications of the resulting ICs, software and electronic systems are wireless sensor notes or hybrid and electric vehicles.

IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of energy harvesting, printed electronics, RFID, electric vehicles and allied technologies.

 

You can trust IDTechEx to help you build your business. We provide consultancy, market research and executive-level events across the US, Europe and Asia.

ITT-Acoustic Systems, located in Salt Lake City, UT, is North America's largest supplier of piezoelectric ceramic. For the last 60 years ITT, formerly EDO, has provided piezo ceramics and integrated systems to the commercial and military markets. ITT Acoustic Systems has applied our advanced piezo ceramic materials and processing knowledge to the Energy Harvesting Market. Development of complete systems from the energy harvester to web based reporting tools is no longer a vision but within the grasp and capability of ITT - Acoustic Systems and ITT-Industrial Products. ITT - "Engineered for life".

Java Information Technology was established in 1996 and continuously grown to develop the technology and construct actual project experience through ¡¯97 and ¡¯98 to enhance the technology related to ubiquitous to a higher level.

Moreover, Java Information Technology also organized solutions from ubiquitous and applied into packages to adapt for the developed business.

Java Information Technology is one of the leading companies of SI (System Integration), which based on selected human resources and strong excellent technology with trust. We also provide development of various solutions based on technology of ubiquitous for the geographic information system, which is becoming the core of information industry.

Kanazawa University, inheriting the tradition of its predecessor school, was established in 1949. As the leading university on the Sea of Japan coast, Kanazawa University has contributed greatly to Japanese higher education and academic research. The university shall actively contribute to society by opening up new academic fields and by promoting the transfer of technology and the creation of new industry.

Laird Technologies designs and manufactures customized, performance-critical products for wireless and other advanced electronics applications. The company is a global market leader in the design and supply of RFID antennas for high-performance reader applications throughout the world. Its RFID technology platform provides the means to significantly enhance user rate accuracy via the use of high-performance, optimized antennas that function across all popular domestic and international UHF RFID frequencies. Laird Technologies also offers the widest range of high-performance embedded modules that add true power and performance to any product they are incorporated into, including end-to-end solutions for wireless applications and systems.

Micropelt GmbH, Freiburg, Germany, develops, produces and markets the world's smallest and most effective thermoelectric elements for clean-tech micro energy harvesting, thermal sensing, cycling and cooling. The company employs 20 staff and currently commissions their first million-unit production facility, also located in Germany.

Micropelt's thermoelectric chips are based on a patented scalable thin film micro-structuring platform technology, which minimizes component size while maximizing power density for energy harvesting, cooling or thermal cycling applications. Process-inherent economies-of-scale break previous cost and price barriers of conventional thermoelectrics. Batteries become obsolete as cost-free electricity from waste heat powers wireless sensor networks for their entire life. Chip-thermogenerators also boast unprecedented sensitivity, resolution and dynamics in sensing heat flux and temperature change.

Nextreme Thermal Solutions offers energy harvesting and electronics cooling solutions for sensor, telecommunications, semiconductor, consumer, medical, aerospace and government markets. The company uses microscale thin-film thermoelectric technology and high-volume semiconductor manufacturing processes to address the growing needs for clean-energy solutions world-wide. Nextreme also offers sophisticated modeling, design, engineering, and contract manufacturing services to deliver fully-optimized solutions from standard and customized products that solve the most challenging power and thermal management issues. Nextreme's headquarters and manufacturing facility are based near Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Visit www.nextreme.com.

Smart Material is developing and manufacturing advanced piezo-composite materials and systems based on these materials.

Piezo-Composite materials manufactured by Smart Material Corp. are used in a wide spectrum of applications as actuators and sensors, in ultrasound transducers, energy harvesters and Structural Health Monitoring.

Our mission: To provide advanced piezo composites for commercial applications in high quantity, high quality and low cost and engineering services for developing systems based on these materials.

Smart Material operates in the markets of North America, Europe and Asia. We are serving a wide range of market segments in the industrial, defence, medical, and consumer sectors.