Stahlwerke Bremen Selects Xybernaut(R)'s Mobile Assistant(R) IV as Platform for Inspection and Maintenance Project
Sep 28, 1999, 01:00 ET from Xybernaut Corporation
FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Xybernaut Corporation
(Nasdaq: XYBR), the leader in wearable computing, announced today that
Stahlwerke Bremen, a member company in the ARBED Group (Luxembourg), has made
an initial purchase of Xybernaut's Mobile Assistant (MA IV(TM)) wearable PC.
The MA IV has been chosen by Stahlwerke Bremen for a program to improve the
effectiveness and productivity of inspection and maintenance of steel cranes
within their production plant.
"One of our most challenging tasks is to increase the productivity of our
steel production. The key factor for success is the permanent availability of
the production equipment. Therefore, we need the best techniques available
for managing the processes of in situs inspection and maintenance," said Horst
Rollke, director of the service unit at Stahlwerke Bremen. "Together with our
partners at the Center for Computing Technologies (TZI), we intend to develop
a set of software tools for mobile computing, allowing for an improvement of
the productivity of our inspectors and service engineers. The MAIV will
support the different actions of capturing and analyzing data anywhere within
our plant, communicate the observables to the central service unit and allow
for instant reorganization of further steps of inspection and repair."
"The Center for Computing Technologies offers a broad range of new tools
and methods to be beneficially combined with Xybernaut's mobile computing
technology," Prof. Otthein Herzog, director of the Center for Computing
Technologies, added, "These days we present new tools for mobile multimedia
teleconferencing and a multimedia help system for complex mechanical and
electrical components. The Mobile Assistant IV provides a perfect platform
for our advanced software systems which we developed to be used hands-free in
different industrial applications."
Dr. Edwin Vogt, general manager of Xybernaut GmbH and senior vice
president of Xybernaut Corporation, stated, "We are excited that the
cooperative efforts together with TZI led to results showing a productivity
increase in data capture and analysis in the steel production process. The
integration of different technologies like data acquisition, workflow
management and data mining in a demanding industrial application like
inspection and maintenance will serve as a perfect showcase for the industrial
use of wearable computing."
About Stahlwerke Bremen:
Stahlwerke Bremen GmbH is an integrated iron and steel plant located in
Bremen, Germany, with approximately 5,000 employees. The plant runs different
facilities, allowing for the production of crude steel and rolled steel. With
sales totaling more than 1 billion dollars (2.03 billion marks), a crude steel
production in excess of 3.2 million tons in 1998, and an output of more than
3 million tons of rolled steel, Stahlwerke Bremen was able to consolidate its
position among the world's leading steel makers.
About the Center for Computing Technologies:
The Center for Computing Technologies (TZI) is part of the University of
Bremen. It is dedicated to application-oriented research and development in
computer science. The TZI comprises five departments with more than one
hundred scientists. The application-oriented projects in the TZI and the
basic research activities in the university groups guarantee for successful
R&D projects. The activities of the TZI include prototype development,
contracted research, feasibility studies, and consulting in order to transfer
proven technologies into practical applications.
About Xybernaut Corporation:
Xybernaut's wearable computer, the Mobile Assistant(R) IV (MA IV(TM)) is
being shipped worldwide. This full-function productivity tool features all
the benefits of a powerful WINTEL Pentium PC, with complete wireless
communication capabilities. It comes packaged as a belt-worn computer, with
users' choice of memory and hard drives, two PC card slots, a color VGA
head-mounted display with microphone and earphone or an optional wrist-mounted
VGA flat panel touch screen color display, a miniature keyboard, a battery
pack, and integrated voice-recognition software.
Xybernaut Corporation is the leading provider of wearable computing
hardware, software, and services. The company's patented wearable computers
allow users hands-free, feet-free access to information in the computer's
internal storage, in local area networks and on the Internet on an as-needed,
where-needed basis. Xybernaut's software is designed to provide users with
the right information when and where it's needed, using consistent navigation
techniques and screen presentations. With the MA IV, customers realize
immediate savings in maintenance and repair, diagnosis, inspection, inventory
control and data collection procedures. Key industries using Xybernaut's
products include manufacturing, distribution, transportation, government, and
utilities. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Xybernaut has offices and
subsidiaries in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Japan). Visit Xybernaut's web site
at http://www.xybernaut.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In
particular, when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan,"
"confident that," "believe," "expect," or "intend to," and similar conditional
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Act and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Act.
Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual
results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, market conditions, the availability of components and production
of the Mobile Assistant, general acceptance of the Company's products and
technologies, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete
additional financings and other risks described in the Company's SEC reports
and filings.
SOURCE Xybernaut Corporation
FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Xybernaut Corporation
(Nasdaq: XYBR), the leader in wearable computing, announced today that
Stahlwerke Bremen, a member company in the ARBED Group (Luxembourg), has made
an initial purchase of Xybernaut's Mobile Assistant (MA IV(TM)) wearable PC.
The MA IV has been chosen by Stahlwerke Bremen for a program to improve the
effectiveness and productivity of inspection and maintenance of steel cranes
within their production plant.
"One of our most challenging tasks is to increase the productivity of our
steel production. The key factor for success is the permanent availability of
the production equipment. Therefore, we need the best techniques available
for managing the processes of in situs inspection and maintenance," said Horst
Rollke, director of the service unit at Stahlwerke Bremen. "Together with our
partners at the Center for Computing Technologies (TZI), we intend to develop
a set of software tools for mobile computing, allowing for an improvement of
the productivity of our inspectors and service engineers. The MAIV will
support the different actions of capturing and analyzing data anywhere within
our plant, communicate the observables to the central service unit and allow
for instant reorganization of further steps of inspection and repair."
"The Center for Computing Technologies offers a broad range of new tools
and methods to be beneficially combined with Xybernaut's mobile computing
technology," Prof. Otthein Herzog, director of the Center for Computing
Technologies, added, "These days we present new tools for mobile multimedia
teleconferencing and a multimedia help system for complex mechanical and
electrical components. The Mobile Assistant IV provides a perfect platform
for our advanced software systems which we developed to be used hands-free in
different industrial applications."
Dr. Edwin Vogt, general manager of Xybernaut GmbH and senior vice
president of Xybernaut Corporation, stated, "We are excited that the
cooperative efforts together with TZI led to results showing a productivity
increase in data capture and analysis in the steel production process. The
integration of different technologies like data acquisition, workflow
management and data mining in a demanding industrial application like
inspection and maintenance will serve as a perfect showcase for the industrial
use of wearable computing."
About Stahlwerke Bremen:
Stahlwerke Bremen GmbH is an integrated iron and steel plant located in
Bremen, Germany, with approximately 5,000 employees. The plant runs different
facilities, allowing for the production of crude steel and rolled steel. With
sales totaling more than 1 billion dollars (2.03 billion marks), a crude steel
production in excess of 3.2 million tons in 1998, and an output of more than
3 million tons of rolled steel, Stahlwerke Bremen was able to consolidate its
position among the world's leading steel makers.
About the Center for Computing Technologies:
The Center for Computing Technologies (TZI) is part of the University of
Bremen. It is dedicated to application-oriented research and development in
computer science. The TZI comprises five departments with more than one
hundred scientists. The application-oriented projects in the TZI and the
basic research activities in the university groups guarantee for successful
R&D projects. The activities of the TZI include prototype development,
contracted research, feasibility studies, and consulting in order to transfer
proven technologies into practical applications.
About Xybernaut Corporation:
Xybernaut's wearable computer, the Mobile Assistant(R) IV (MA IV(TM)) is
being shipped worldwide. This full-function productivity tool features all
the benefits of a powerful WINTEL Pentium PC, with complete wireless
communication capabilities. It comes packaged as a belt-worn computer, with
users' choice of memory and hard drives, two PC card slots, a color VGA
head-mounted display with microphone and earphone or an optional wrist-mounted
VGA flat panel touch screen color display, a miniature keyboard, a battery
pack, and integrated voice-recognition software.
Xybernaut Corporation is the leading provider of wearable computing
hardware, software, and services. The company's patented wearable computers
allow users hands-free, feet-free access to information in the computer's
internal storage, in local area networks and on the Internet on an as-needed,
where-needed basis. Xybernaut's software is designed to provide users with
the right information when and where it's needed, using consistent navigation
techniques and screen presentations. With the MA IV, customers realize
immediate savings in maintenance and repair, diagnosis, inspection, inventory
control and data collection procedures. Key industries using Xybernaut's
products include manufacturing, distribution, transportation, government, and
utilities. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Xybernaut has offices and
subsidiaries in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Japan). Visit Xybernaut's web site
at http://www.xybernaut.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In
particular, when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan,"
"confident that," "believe," "expect," or "intend to," and similar conditional
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Act and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Act.
Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual
results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, market conditions, the availability of components and production
of the Mobile Assistant, general acceptance of the Company's products and
technologies, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete
additional financings and other risks described in the Company's SEC reports
and filings.
SOURCE Xybernaut Corporation
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