Founded in 2002, COPALP’s mission is to provide software tools and components for embedded systems in the field of industrial control for customers that are looking for robustness, extreme quality, long term relationship, compatibility insurance and full compliance to standards.

Focussed on IEC61131-3, COPALP's technology is fully dedicated to machinery and controller manufacturers, to system integrators and to machine builders. This technology fulfils the 4 key requirements they apply to their products: Small, Smart, Simple and Speedy.

Moreover, thanks to the 15 years experience in embedded control, COPALP brings to customers expertise for implementation of embedded systems. The enthusiasm of their team and its motivation make COPALP the leader in the next generation of tools for open industrial control.

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Extronics is a leading company specialising in the manufacture and supply of a diverse range of intrinsically safe and explosion protected electrical and electronic equipment.

Extronics is continually enhancing its product range for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in order to provide one of the most comprehensive portfolios of products for the international market. The product range embraces technology to meet with the requirements of many more applications, within Process Automation, Monitoring and Control, Electrical Installation, Test, Calibration as well as emerging and dynamic Communications arena providing the infra structure for WLAN (Wireless Local Area Networks).

For more Information on their product range have a look at Extronics' website, which incorporates a useful section on Ex standards and related material.

InfoStream is a leading provider of field force solutions and real time system integration services. InfoStream provides solutions that make accurate, timely information available across the whole of their customer's businesses. Their systems and leading edge smart mobile technology reduce manual data input and remove human error to manage risk and increase operational efficiency.

InfoStream provides software, consultancy and system integration expertise using the most appropriate proven and leading edge technology to work with existing SCADA, MIS and asset management systems. With over 15 years of experience in system integration, the team at InfoStream are recognised innovators and opinion leaders with numerous technical publications and articles.

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MetaSphere (formerly a division of LogicaCMG) has been involved in the remote monitoring and control business since the early 1980s. In this time, MetaSphere has implemented telemetry systems for customers in the oil & gas, water and electricity sectors in the UK, Europe and Australia.

MetaSphere has to date it has supplied over 20,000 Remote Telemetry Units (RTUs) to customers around the world and has implemented some of the most innovative solutions integrating telemetry with business systems such as automating the management of field staff responding to incidents raised through telemetry and integrating telemetry data with other sources of information to provide meaningful business solutions.

Learn more about MetaSphere at their website.