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The Company
Fourier Facts
Testimony to Fourier Success
Market Facts
Current Product Line
Product Highlights
Research and Development
Competitive Advantages Summary
Fourier Industrial Products Opportunities

The Company

Fourier Systems Ltd., a Hi-Tech company, developing, manufacturing and marketing advanced and award winning data acquisition systems, for the educational and industrial markets.

Industrial Market was penetrated in the last five years with innovative wireless, portable graphic data loggers and data acquisition systems. These systems are being used for monitoring and recording ambient conditions in many industrial fields. Fourier spans the full spectrum of corporate environments including medicine and pharmaceutical industries, food transportation, storage, air conditioning, ventilations and warehousing.

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Fourier Facts

• More than 60 worldwide distributors
• Fourier produces annually 100,000 products
• Products translated into over 16 languages25% R&D investment optimally adjusting products to market demands

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Testimony to Fourier Success

Despite being “young” in the market, there has been annual 100% growth for the last two years, with sales for prominent customers including NASA, Nestle, Cadbury, Coca-Cola, Teva (Israel's largest pharmaceutical company), Tnuva (Israel's largest food company), Nokia, Honda, and the Guggenheim Museum to name a few.

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Market Facts

North USA Industry data logging market for wireless sensors in selected industrial applications was $24 million in 2001 with expectations of $700 million by 2006. As such there is a very optimistic forecast for wireless sensing.

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Current Product Line

The family of solutions for the industry market consists of two main products lines:

1. The Datanet Line - Intelligent Zigbee Network data logging
2. The MicroLog Line - Sensors and data loggers
3. The Data Acquisition Line - Portable graphic data acquisition system

The DataNet Line

The DataNet is a 16-bit data logging system with 4 inputs for direct  measurement and recording of PT-100, thermocouple, voltage 4-20 mA, frequency and pulse. Data transmission from units to the central computer utilizes the brand new ZigBee wireless telemetry protocol.

ZigBee wireless protocol uses a 2.4GHz license free frequency RF Band. Each DataNet unit also serves as a transmission repeater to neighboring units,forming a reliable mesh network of up to 65,000 units.

 The MicroLog Line

For environmental parameters monitoring and recording, with wireless capabilities

Fourier provides compact portable data logging devices and accessories for advanced data acquisition (DA), communications and analysis, to the industrial market. Fourier's products are the ideal cost effective solution for ongoing data logging needs across a wide spectrum of industry, including food transportation, storage, air conditioning and ventilation, process automation, clean rooms, warehouses and galleries to name but a few.

Fourier, although being very “young” in this market, succeeded in satisfying a number of prominent customers including Nestle, Cadbury, Coca-Cola, Teva, Tnuva, Nokia, Honda and many more.

The MicroLite - small data logger for monitoring and recording temperature. MicroLite is the ultimate plug and record data logger. Despite the compact design MicroLite data is clearly displayed on the logger's numeric screen. In addition, the stored MicroLite data can be downloaded automatically to the MicroLab Lite software. The MicroLite has been dustproof and waterproof tested to meet highest market standards (IP 68). To further ensure easy global usage, the battery is easily replaceable since it is a standard model used worldwide.

The product is designed for ultimate application accessibility whether mobile or static. Typical applications for this product include transportation as well as warehousing of food, drugs and hi-tech equipment.
 

 The Data Acquisition Line

For a wide variety of process control and monitoring, where immediate feedback and data recording are required

TriLink: TriLink is the latest innovative user friendly offering from Fourier that leverages cutting edge wireless data logging for stand alone or field monitoring. TriLink brings powerful monitoring to the palm of your hand and enables communication with all types of current and future PALMs, PCs and Pocket PCs. TriLinkis the ideal solution for mobile, outdoor simultaneous data logging applications in food transportation, processing and storage, HVAC, clean rooms, warehousing and chemical processing among many more.

DaqPRO: A battery operated portable and graphic data logger, capable of sampling, processing and displaying measurements without connecting to a computer. Designed to serve the needs for professional data loggers, DaqPRO is a professional, cost-effective, compact and stand-alone data logging system that can be used with a wide variety of applications. This 16-bit, high-resolution, eight-channel data logger offers graphic displays and analysis functions for measuring voltage, current and temperature in real-time.

Applications:

• Quality assurance
• Plant and machine condition monitoring
• Field monitoring stations
• Automotive testing
• HVAC
• Plant trouble shooting
• Food, drug and electronic equipment storage conditions
• Water quality testing
• Research

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Product Highlights

Answering Users’ Needs

• Complete solution for all science and sensor DA fields
  Accurate, fast sampling and the largest selection of sensors, covering all science fields
   
• Pioneer in Wireless Sensors network
  Wireless data collection from up to 200 sensors/data loggers to a
  central PC.
   
• Suitable for both Lab and outdoor work
  Display, keypad and rechargeable batteries, making the data logger the best choice for indoor and outdoor usage
   
• Able to transfer data to any computing platform
  Connects to PCs, Macs and PALM OS platforms
   
• High accuracy and detection resolution
  Less than 3% error on the sensors, 10-16b A/D loggers' resolution
   
• Gives immediate feedback
  Graphic display & connection to handheld in the TriLink and MicroLog Solutions and DaqPRO
   
• Intuitive and easy to use
  Simple keypad, icon driven menu in both logger and software
   
• Best price performance
  A stipulated reason for major recent tender wins 
   

Fourier introduces advanced technologies, including wireless, Internet, remote-operation, smart sensors, graphic and multimedia software, into product functionality for superior and easier-to-use solutions.

 Proprietary Technology

Beyond unique product features, Fourier has developed proprietary technologies (patented) for data acquisition in remote sites and multimedia data collection in full sync with video and audio information. The solutions integrate the WIN CE computing platform with data logging capabilities.

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Research and Development

Highly qualified engineers perform all hardware and software in-house research and development (R&D).
The R&D group consists of:

• Top hardware engineers, each with many years of experience in Analog and Digital Electronics
• Experienced software engineers
• Firmware engineers with more than 10 years experience
• Testing and technical writing engineers

Mechanical and art designs are subcontracted to some of the best design groups internationally.

Production: Fourier uses subcontractors for production. All subcontractors have been carefully selected, after proving quality and high QA certification (ISO 9001/2). All products are closely inspected, either by the R&D department for the first test lots, or by the Operations and QA manger during the fluent production processes.

Test and Calibration: All Fourier products are tested and calibrated. Fourier operates a test and calibration laboratory, fully outfitted with certified equipment.

Dispatch: All products are dispatched from Fourier premises, after being carefully tested, properly packed and documented, by qualified forwarders like FedEx and UPS. The entire dispatch process is computer controlled by the Priority Data System.

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Competitive Advantages Summary

Products Related Advantages

Significant technological advantages over competition - Fourier's products have better characteristics than the competition: Number and variety of inputs, accuracy, memory, sampling rate, display and more.

Able to transfer data to any computing platform - Connects to PC, MAC, Palm and PC platforms.

Gives immediate feedback - Stand alone graphic display.

Intuitive and easy to use - Simple keypads, icon driven menu in both loggers and software

Additional functions and add-ons - including Multimedia analysis software

Excellent solution for defined applications - For Industry

Best price performance - A stipulated reason by many customers.

Company Related Advantages

Pioneer in Wireless Sensors - Ahead of its competitors, ready to lead in future wireless applications.

High R&D capabilities - Able to answer markets needs by developing advanced tailored in short response time.

Innovative Orientation - Leads Fourier to be pioneer in implementing updated technology and state of the art products.

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Fourier Industrial Products Opportunities

Opportunities

• Growing regulatory demand for on line measurements and data logging, under different standards such as FDA and CFR
• Due to cost and benefits, Wireless Network Sensors are expected to be part of almost every industrial and commercial application in the next decade
• Massive growing use of data logging for better quality and control
• Increasing automation (industrial processes, home automation) increases demand for sensors and DA
• High growth forecast of wireless sensing and remote monitoring and control
• No competitor has in house wireless capabilities. Using subcontractors will increase time to market and prices
• Growing demand for low cost portable data acquisition systems for medium and lower segment applications
• Established companies with wide range of products are looking for OEM suppliers of complimentary products
• The market is used to catalogue purchasing (sensors and loggers)
• Small competition in the medium and low-end data acquisition systems. The DaqPRO is actually the only complete hand held DA system available today. Thus there is an opportunity for market penetration

Strengths

• Product advantages, as compared with competitor products at the same level. For both families, no competitor products can meet the full list of Fourier features. The DaqPRO is the only genuine complete DA portable system in its class
• Innovative orientation will enable Fourier to maintain its product advantages, in spite of the low technological barriers
• Prices - Fourier’s prices are lowest as compared with parallel competitor products. This is due to efficient operation and outsourced manufacturing
• Industrial products R&D can knowledge-share the many years of experience educational products’ R&D. Thus reducing the ratio of R&D expenses for the industrial products
• In house wireless experience - creates a major competitive advantage, shortening time to market and enabling the company to develop products with wireless capabilities for the data logger applications. This avoids using standard wireless products from third parties with many unnecessary features which raise costs
• Wireless products early exposure - being pioneers in the wireless data loggers market has created contacts with leading customers in various industries including Coca Kola, Pepsi Kola, Nestle, Cadbury, Teva, Honda, Nokia

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