NKT group to decrease emission of CO2 by 12 percent over three years

“Recycling and the environment have been an integral part of NKT’s working agenda for many years. But our ambition is to be even greener,” says NKT’s CTO Søren Isaksen.

Over the next three years NKT will cut corporate carbon emission by a further 12%. The announcement of this specific target is a direct result of NKT’s decision last year to join the Carbon Disclosure Project.

“When submitting our first report to the Carbon Disclosure Project we could see that we had actually exceeded our own expectations. In the period 2001 to 2008, in our cable business, we reduced CO2 emission relative to output by 48%. So we feel we are already well on the way,” says Søren Isaksen, Chief Technology Officer for the NKT Group.

“However, this does not prevent NKT from setting new targets,” stresses Søren Isaksen. “In future, the ability to document carbon dioxide emission will be an important competitive parameter. Just as we impose demands on our suppliers, our customers impose demands on us. In this way, all players in the supply chain influence the environmental and carbon balance sheets.”

For more information on the Carbon Disclosure Project see:

• Carbon Disclosure Project to assess world business CO2 footprint


• Carbon Disclosure Project


• NKT lowers CO2 emission

Setting Standards for Highly Reliable DTS Performance

LIOS Technology GmbH is the leading manufacturer of industrial DTS systems with an impressive track record of more than 2000 installations in permanent operation. Its current DTS product series was carefully designed and thoroughly tested targeting reliable performance and smooth operation in industrial environments.
This was imposingly endorsed by the latest statistical field analysis in respect of a mean time between failures (MTBF) evaluation. Adapted from field data of our installed base of the current DTS product series an excellent MTBF figure of 28 years was reached.

High reliability is also a result of the unique optical frequency-domain reflectometry (OFDR) technology of the LIOS DTS systems. In contrast to time-domain technology using pulsed lasers with high peak powers, the LIOS OFDR DTS uses a quasi-continuous laser with low peak power resulting in a nonexistent wear out of the laser unit or any other fatigue of other optical components. The exceptional reliability favors the deployment of the LIOS DTS systems in all remote, safety-relevant and industrial applications.

Investments in Smartgrid Technologies encourage LIOS to open US office

LIOS Technology, leading provider of state of the art frequency domain based distributed temperature monitoring solutions (DTS), announced today that it has opened an office in Morganville, New Jersey to service the growing demand for distributed temperature solutions in the United States. The New Jersey office expands LIOS’ ability to offer local sales and support services to its fast growing base of customers and prospects in the North-American market.

Corporations in the United States have been strong adopters of DTS solutions particularly in the power industry where the security, reliability and performance of temperature monitoring systems are critical.

"Especially with the SGIG (Smart Grid Investment Grant Program) we are experiencing growth in market demand and level of interest in our products and solutions," said Konrad Linckh, director of the LIOS New Jersey office. „Our customers are expanding their commitment to ensuring the reliability and performance of the transmission and distribution systems they operate. The continuous and cost-effective grid monitoring solution offered by LIOS supports that commitment and is the essential success factor of Smart Grid implementations.”

The new office is located at:

LIOS Technology Inc.
1400 Campus Drive West
Morganville, NJ 07751, USA

Tel: +1 (732) 970-8062
Fax: +1 (732) 972-4410

Offshore Europe 2009 - Meet us in Aberdeen - 8-11 September 2009

LIOS Technology will be exhibiting at Offshore Europe 2009, from 8 till 11 September in Aberdeen, German Pavilion. In this show, we proudly present our full range and latest Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) systems for Oil & Gas applications.

See the latest information about our new HT SAGD application (high temperature steam assisted gravity drainage) for Oil & Gas including our new hydrogen resistant fibre rated 300 degree C and our latest auto calibration system.

Please contact us directly at oil@downhole-monitoring.com for more information or to make an appointment.

Visitors are invited to stop by the LIOS stand  No. 1397 b.
LIOS staff will be on hand to answer questions and discuss particular challenges.

Please register for free admission at  http://www.offshore-europe.co.uk/LIOSTechnology

Read more at our  Downhole Monitoring website.

Join us in Cologne - LIOS Festive Head Office Opening Event

LIOS Technology GmbH – Linear Optical Sensors has inaugurated its new head office building at Seiler Höfe, Cologne, Germany with a festive opening event on 27 May 2009. The Power-GEN / POWERGRID Europe trade fair which was held in Cologne this year served as an appropriate occasion for LIOS’ official launch party. The joyful gathering was well attended by customers and partners of LIOS coming from all parts of Europe, Asia and Oceania.

The 1912/13 built warehouses for cable and wire products were recently refurbished and converted into modern office and production space building the ideal showcase for LIOS’ innovative online condition monitoring solutions utilized in modern power management.