Haltian raises €22m to fund international expansion

Finnish IoT company Haltian has raised €22m to accelerate its expansion in the USA and Europe and launch more IoT products later in the year. The demand for IoT [...]

Zigbee enhances security in Pro 2023 release

Zigbee Pro 2023 brings several enhancements and features to the technology, allowing mesh networks to have a universal language that enables smart objects to work together. Announced this month [...]

Siemens smartens industry and buildings at Hannover Messe

At last week’s Hannover Messe, Siemens premiered Industrial Operations X for flexible industrial processes, plus new use cases with Building X, a scalable digital platform for buildings, “The next [...]

Matter to drive smart-home market, says Berg

The Matter standard is expected to drive the smart-home market to strong growth for at least the next five years, according to market watcher Berg Insight. Matter enables interoperability [...]

Reference platform speeds smart-home development

Arrow subsidiary Einfochips, a provider of product engineering and digital transformation services, has launched a reference development platform (RDP) for smart home, smart city and industrial verticals. The platform [...]

EarthCam IoT camera captures construction site data

New Jersey-based EarthCam has announced an IoT-based visual data camera for construction and facilities management. This should let retailers and contractors incorporate jobsite cameras and an array of IoT [...]

Myenergi receives £30m to support smart-home range

Eco-smart home technology manufacturer Myenergi has secured a £30m funding package from the HSBC bank to support the development and production of innovative smart home energy products. This significant [...]

Kidde notifies homeowners of threats

Canadian firm Kidde has launched smart devices and detection products that provide instant notification of home safety threats such as smoke, carbon monoxide (CO), water leaks, frozen pipes and [...]

Infogrid raises $90m to make buildings smart

Smart building technology firm Infogrid has raised $90m in fresh equity and converting CLNs, and a further $30m of debt facilities in series B funding after a fivefold growth [...]

Johnson pivots to healthier buildings

Johnson Controls has deepened its collaboration with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The company aims to expand on its existing building certification consulting services to incorporate WELL certification [...]

Renesas Building Sensors for Green Air Quality

Renesas has released new firmware for its ZMOD digital air quality sensors for commercial and public buildings. The latest firmware incorporates various green air quality standards for large scale [...]

ACR launch world-first rebar placement robot

Advanced Construction Robotics has launched a building construction robot: IronBOT. IronBOT can lift, carry and place 5,000-pound (2.3 tonnes) bundles of rebar in a transverse or longitudinal orientation without [...]