Vandrico, or Vandrico Solutions Inc. was a Canadian technology company located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The company develops and licenses software for industrial and commercial operations worldwide. In 2013, Vandrico helped pioneer the use of wearable technology in traditional industries, such as mining.[1] The company is best known for its database of wearable technology and its Connected Worker software platform that enables ease of interoperability between legacy and new enterprise systems.[2]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware, Computer software, IT services, IT consulting |
| Founded | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (March 15, 2011) |
Number of employees | 10-50 |
| Website | vandrico.com |
Wearables in Industrial Operations edit
On January 28, 2014 Vandrico announced a joint project with Motion Metrics International to extend their existing Payload Monitoring systems into wearable devices.[3]
On July 14, 2016 Vandrico announced a partnership with Deloitte to increase employee efficiency using wearable technology using their Connected Worker platform.[4]
May 2017 Vandrico launched its enterprise deployment-ready v4.0 of the Connected Worker(CW) software platform. CW is an open data platform, easily interoperable with disparate systems and new devices. It is meant to ease innovation for traditional industries like mining, oil & gas, utilities and construction.
May 2018 Vandrico supports many safe productivity use cases in industrial operations including automated work order dispatch, short interval control, ventilation on demand and fatigue management. Its killer use case is bringing worker biometrics visually and seamlessly into real-time operational intelligence and correlating that data across disparate systems.
Media Attention edit
On February 13, 2014 Vandrico launched their wearable technology database which was featured by TechCrunch the following day,[5] and subsequently re-blogged many times by other publications.[6][7][8]
In the summer of 2013 Vandrico received media attention for their work as one of the first Canadian companies to develop software for Google Glass.[9][10][11][12]
Acquisition edit
The company was acquired by an undisclosed buyer early in 2019.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "Vancouver Wearable Tech Developers | Vandrico Inc". Vandrico.com. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- ^ "Want A Neat Overview Of What's Going On In Wearables? Point Your Eyes Right Here…". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ "Local companies focus on workplace wearable tech | Technology | Business in Vancouver".
- ^ "Deloitte joins Vandrico to increase employee efficiency with wearable tech | Technology | Business in Vancouver". Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ "Want A Neat Overview Of What's Going On In Wearables? Point Your Eyes Right Here…". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ "A Database of Wearable Devices & Technology | DIAMETRICS°".
- ^ "Vancouver's Vandrico Compiling Wearable Technology Database | BetaKit".
- ^ "Wearable Technology Database | Vandrico Inc | Richards Innovation Blog".
- ^ National (2013-07-30). "Potential of Google Glass | Watch GlobalNews Videos". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- ^ Fumano, Dan (2013-07-30). "Google Glass opens eyes at B.C. software firm". Theprovince.com. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- ^ nurun.com (2013-07-30). "North Van company develops Google Glass 'apps' | Vancouver 24 hrs". Vancouver.24hrs.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- ^ Bennett, Nelson (2013-08-13). "OK, Glass, take a video of me welding this pipeline | Technology | Business in Vancouver". Biv.com. Retrieved 2013-11-27.