We’re very excited to announce that Ray Almgren, formerly our Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as our new Chief Executive Officer. Ray, who helped launch Swift Sensors in 2016, plans to innovate our products and propel the industry forward with easy to use, plug-and-play hardware and software.
Controlling costs is always important for farmers, their restaurant customers and the companies that haul the goods from farm to customer. During a recession, finding ways to avoid product losses in transit is even more important to the bottom line. One costly problem that consistently affects these industries is food waste caused by damage in
Pharmaceutical innovation is one of the keys to a better quality of life for people around the world, and researchers are developing new, more effective treatments for many conditions faster than ever. In May 2019, the global market for vaccines was projected to reach $59 billion in 2020, nearly doubling the size of the market
As manufacturers reopen their plants and bring furloughed employees back to work, they face two major challenges. Safety and public health now require extra distance between workers, which can mean fewer workers per shift. And the economic climate means manufacturers need to optimize productivity to compete and survive. These challenges might seem to put companies
The U.S. food service industry and its workers have been hit hard by the Covid-19 outbreak and the shutdown of dining rooms that followed. Now, as some areas slowly reopen for business, restaurant owners and other food service managers face a new challenge: protecting employee health in settings where staying 6 feet apart is often
The Swift Sensors standard bridge is engineered for food and beverage manufacturing plant areas where water, cleaning solutions, and other chemicals come into contact with monitoring equipment. A ruggedized IoT networking solution, the water-resistant Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard bridge 1011 features an IP54-rated enclosure, a single cable for power and Ethernet, 256-bit AES enterprise
Protecting workers’ health and safety is key to getting manufacturing back online. As supply chains restart and stay-at-home rules ease, factories are starting to reopen. But production lines and factory floors look quite different from before the pandemic. Now, plants must give workers enough space to prevent the spread of viral particles. They should also
Every manufacturer wants to get the most value from their equipment investment because replacing machinery is expensive and disruptive. However, downtime and production errors caused by aging equipment failures are costly, too. Unplanned downtime costs industrial manufacturers an estimated $50 billion per year. To avoid replacement expenses and unplanned downtime costs, a growing number of
