The safety technology company BARTEC will cooperate with Symbol Technologies, the internationally leading supplier in mobile computing. The target of this international partnership is to supply mobile computers from Symbol as explosion protected variants and to market them internationally. These devices were specifically developed for use in potentially explosive gas atmospheres occurring in industrial plants. The equipment allows customers in the chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas industries as well as in the energy and environmental sectors, in plant engineering and transport to increase their productivity and to improve the efficiency of their companies.

“The cooperation offers enormous potential to both companies,” said Ralph Köster, CEO of the BARTEC Group. “BARTEC and Symbol pool their strengths and market innovations at the highest level. Due to the cooperation in mobile computing, our product range including components, devices, equipment and services in safety technology will be ideally complemented. Our customers will benefit from this alliance to a great extent.”

MC9060ex mobile computers offer flexibility and reliability with integrated barcode scanning function and local 802.11b radio technology based on the mobile computer platform MC 9000, Symbol’s showcase. The robust design is resistant to a height of fall of 1.2 m on concrete. The equipment is available in two different variants – one is certified in accordance with the North American Underwriters Laboratory (UL) for areas, Class I, Division 1, Groups C, D. The other variant is ATEX-certified for potentially explosive atmospheres, zone 1, in accordance with the safety regulations defined by the European Union for potentially explosive atmospheres.

“The cooperation with BARTEC allows us to essentially expand the fields of application for our mobile computers,” explains Chuck Dourlet, Vice President Mobile Computing, Symbol Technologies. “We have been able to respond to the demand for multi-purpose mobile computers for use in potentially explosive atmospheres due to the cooperation with BARTEC providing comprehensive know how and long-time experience in this area.“

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Posted December 2005