HONG KONG,CHINA - MediaOutReach - January 30, 2019 - Globaltechnology-solutions provider, Arrow Electronics today announced that it hasenabled Nikko Group, a Hong Kong-based lift services company, to incorporate IoTand sensor technologies in a cost-efficient and easy-to-deploy integratedsolution that provides real-time data monitoring for critical lift safetyprotection mechanism.   

Simon Yu, president of Arrow's Asia-Pacific components business （right）and Francis Lau, director of Nikko Group announced collaboration to develop IoT-based real-time monitoring device for raising lift safety standards

Under the notion of developing Hong Kong as a sustainable smartcity, the government is currently facing three big challenges - people aging, building agingand policy aging.  Following a series offatal lift accidents in Hong Kong in recent years, the Electrical andMechanical Service Department reported that 80 percent of lifts in Hong Konghave not adopted the recommended enhancement solutions set out in thegovernment's "Guidelines for Modernising Existing Lifts" which includes theinstallation of an Unintended Car Movement Protection (UCMP) device.[1]  UCMP is a safety device that triggers emergencybraking systems to prevent unintended lift car movements which may cause fatalinjuries.

Powered by an integrated system with a microprocessor, sensors, LoRaWANconnectivity, and a cloud-based data dashboard, this monitoring device is ableto track the operational status of the UCMP device.  The benefits of having access to real-timedata are better deployment of lift maintenance resources and earlier detectionof malfunction situations of the UCMP device which will help improve safetystandards.

Francis Lau, director ofNikko Group who is a registered lift engineer with 40 years of experience inthe lift service industry, said, "For decades, lifts have modernized our livesby providing convenience and comfort that we have already taken forgranted.  However, with the rise of agingbuildings and lifts in our community, it is time that we embrace newtechnologies, new components and new approaches to modernize our lift maintenanceservice.  We can't succeed without thehelp from technology companies such as Arrow. Arrow has given us guidance on adopting innovative IoT technologiesincluding wireless connectivity, sensors, system integration, and cloud-baseddata management.  Their support hasassisted us to overcome hardware design challenges, accelerate our solutiondevelopment cycle, and reduce our R&D cost."

Francis Lau and his engineers are amonga community of 800 engineers and innovators who use Arrow's Open Lab in theHong Kong Science Park as a center of innovative collaboration for creating,making and managing technology.  Established in June 2016, Arrow Open Lab is open toall technology entrepreneurs, companies, and organizations for pursuinginnovation and product development and accelerating their design-to-impactjourney.

"We are keen to assist largeenterprises and tech start-ups or any innovators and creators to embrace anddeploy IoT and smart technologies for improving our homes, communities, andlives," said Simon Yu, president of Arrow's Asia-Pacific componentsbusiness.   "We believe Arrow is equippedwith the technology know-how and engineering resources that they need to stay focusedon what they know and do best and make the future better, for all."

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