OULU, FINLAND – Scanfil has been chosen by Grandcentrix to manufacture and further develop its Modbus Cloud Connect IoT solution.

“IoT has been a buzzword for years, but the breakthrough has not been as rapid as expected,” said Scanfil Global Sales Manager Andreas Bohner. “One major issue has been the cost of equipment and installation. Grandcentrix has a plug & play (PnP) solution for this. We at Scanfil, are proud and excited about being part of commoditizing IoT”

Modbus Cloud Connect is an all-in-one product that includes hardware, connectivity, self-service-portal and support and is designed to connect all Modbus protocol devices to the cloud. One of the first large-scale customers for the IoT solution was the industrial air compressor company ALMiG.

“We at Grandcentrix realized that the biggest obstacle for companies to utilized is the complexity of implementation. Our solution was to create an all on one standardized product with easy installation and operation," said Philipp Buhl, head of marketing & channel management at Grandcentrix. “Modbus Cloud Connect has enabled ALMiG to have new digital service management and improve customer satisfaction. This all with scalable and cost efficient solution.”

ALMiG uses Grandcentrix Modbus Cloud Connect to connect new and legacy machines to the cloud. The aim was to connect machines to cloud analytic platforms in the simplest way possible using a low-cost connectivity solution that can support all devices.

“We had a hard time in getting together a solution with different partners for different services. Modbus Cloud Connect was the perfect answer to those challenges of the past, because all relevant building blocks are already harmonized and integrated as one product out of one hand," said Ralph Jeschabek, head of marketing at ALMiG.

Scanfil manufactures Grancentrix Modbus Cloud Connect and asset tracker devices in its Malmö and Suzhou factories.