To strengthen the brand's visibility in the North American market, between the 23rd and 25th of May, the company will be in Dallas, in the United States, participating in Distributech Conference & Exhibition, an electrical segment fair focused on energy generation, distribution and transmission applications. In its third consecutive participation, the company returns to the event to present its latest developments in control and connectivity for IoT applications.
This year, the main highlight will be the new features designed for Nexto Series PLCs, products used in the main FPSOs operating in Brazil, such as Petrobras installed in pre-salt exploration fields. With high processing speed, advanced real-time diagnostics and support for network redundancy, Nexto programmable controllers deliver security and high availability for critical and highly complex processes, such as those found in top-side, hull and CSS systems on the market. offshore.
As we previously reported, we have added features to the Nexto Xpress solution, our latest line of compact PLCs, capable of further increasing the level of connectivity of the products, which were already born IoT ready. In the last few months, we have made several features available, such as support for the MQTT protocol, the expansion of inputs and outputs via CAN interface, the new model XP340 and, recently, support for the IEC 60870-5-104 Server protocol. Now, to increase security when using MQTT, the NX3003, NX3004, NX3005 CPUs and Nexto Xpress PLCs that support the protocol now feature TLS 1.2 communication.
Altus, Beijer and the North American market
This year, in addition to interacting with Altus experts and learning about the latest news about their products, visitors who stop by the company's stand will also be able to talk to business engineers from Beijer Electronics. Main partner in the foreign market, the company applies and distributes Altus programmable controller technology in different countries in Europe, Asia and North America. In order to value and strengthen this relationship that has lasted almost 15 years, experts from the company's North American unit were invited to share Altus' space at the fair.
Participation in Distributech is part of Altus' international expansion plan, which began in 2016. For a few years now, Nexto family are UL and cUL certified, being declared in compliance with Underwriters Laboratories safety standards. Certificates are a mandatory requirement for exporting products to the United States and Canada, which allows the company to explore the northern hemisphere and reinforces Nexto's concept as a world-class product.
So, if you're in the Dallas area between May 23rd and 25th, take a moment to visit the Altus space at Distributech 2022. The event will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The Altus space will be at stand 10 at the Brazil Pavilion.
