Cold Chain Logistics now offered by leading Satellite Service Provider

Tewkesbury, UK & Washington, DC, USA; February 2007: Satamatics, the global provider of satellite-telematics, asset tracking and monitoring services, has launched its new “Reefermatics®” service. The launch is a major step towards enhancing the company’s offerings in the over-the-road long haul trucking and cold chain logistics sectors. The satellite-based solution is initially being targeted at the US trucking, rail and container industry.

The Satamatics SAT 201 integrated solution, used in Reefermatics, is the first satellite modem of its kind in the industry to run the refrigerated systems’ microprocessors protocol in its firmware. This significantly reduces reliability issues previously experienced in the industry and greatly reduces the equipment cost for this type of technology.

Reefermatics’ tracking system provides essential information on a refrigerated trailer's status, location, temperature set point, fuel levels, battery and history. Operating over the Inmarsat D+ satellite network, the new solution is also able to remotely start and control refrigerated systems. This combination of control, security and data monitoring allows cold chain logistic companies to provide the most reliable and protected services to the shippers of perishable and high value commodities and products.

Brian Hester, President & COO of Satamatics Inc., commented, "Up until now, remote refrigerated control and monitoring has been technologically complicated, requiring several microprocessors to communicate between the onboard microprocessor that runs the refrigeration system and then sending the resulting data through various satellite or terrestrial communication modems. Our goal was to reduce the multiple failure points in the communication of this critical refrigeration information. In doing so, we have created a highly reliable cost-effective system for less than the cost of cellular-based systems. Satamatics has the ability to deliver locally or globally critical cold chain logistics information, providing end users with real time information for better management, usage and protection of refrigerated cargo and the assets that move them."

Satamatics' Inmarsat-based D+ worldwide telematics services provides customised, end-to-end tracking and monitoring solutions that will work anywhere in the world. With over 100,000 terminals operating on its network, Satamatics enables land transport, security, maritime and oil and gas organisations to locate, track and communicate with mobile assets, safeguard their fleets, cargo and personnel, and monitor their fixed and mobile assets in the most hostile or remote terrains across the globe.

Headquartered in the UK with offices in the US, Satamatics’ global services provide seamless coverage throughout the world, and include secure access to the company’s modern network of satellite gateways and data handling centres. The service utilizes the Inmarsat system of geostationary satellites to ensure maximum quality of service, the fastest message delivery times. www.satamatics.com

Nick Salvi
Satamatics Inc.
12134 Main St.
Libertytown, MD 21762 USA
Tel: +1 877 SAT MATD
nicksalvi@satamatics.com
www.reefermatics.com
www.satamatics.com

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