Eurotech Wins $1.4M Contract in the United States with King County Metro [Press Release]

Amaro, Italy, April 23, 2016 –(PR.com)– Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and IoT systems, today announces a contract with King County Metro Transit to deliver the DuraMAR mobile access router to buses in the greater-Seattle area. The 12-month contract is valued at $1.4 Million USD. King County Metro Transit has been working with Eurotech since 2010 to enable wireless communication with diverse on-board systems such as vehicle diagnostics, GPS and fare collection through a single mobile access router installed on each bus.The DuraMAR chosen by King County Metro Transit is an integrated rugged Cisco mobile IP router specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of trains, buses, first responders and other service vehicles. Combined with a Eurotech embedded Linux wireless communication controller, the DuraMAR router supports King County Metro’s fleet communications for many years to come.

King County Metro Transit serves more than 2 million area residents, with a daily weekday ridership of more than 395,000 boardings. Eurotech’s DuraMAR is a modular mobile access router used to seamlessly connect vehicles to the agency’s IP network through a 4.9 GHz wireless corridor or an optional integrated cellular modem. This DuraMAR product will be used to transfer electronic fare payments and other operational data to and from transit buses, provide seamless network roaming for transit signal priority operation and the display of bus departure information on electronic signs along selected corridors, and improve transit security by supporting the expanded use of on-board digital video cameras.

Under the contract, Eurotech will deliver the DuraMAR to King County Metro Transit in 2016 and 2017.

About Eurotech

Eurotech (ETH:IM) is a global company that integrates hardware, software, services and expertise to deliver embedded computing platforms, M2M integration platforms and IoT enabling solutions to leading OEMs, system integrators and enterprise customers for successful and efficient deployment of their products and services. Drawing on concepts of minimalist computing, Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes physical size and reduces coding complexity to bring embedded platforms, sub-systems and ready-to-use devices to market, specializing in transportation, industrial, security, logistics and medical segments. By combining domain expertise in wireless connectivity as well as communications protocols, Eurotech architects platforms that simplify data capture, processing and transfer over unified communications networks.

Learn more about Eurotech at www.eurotech.com.