Telvent
Encyclopedia
Telvent is an information technology
and industrial automation company specializing in SCADA
, GIS and related IT systems for pipeline, energy utility, traffic, agriculture and environmental monitoring industries. Their customer base is worldwide, but concentrated in Spain
and North America
. In 2011, Telvent was acquired by the Schneider Electric
group.
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and industrial automation company specializing in SCADA
SCADA
SCADA generally refers to industrial control systems : computer systems that monitor and control industrial, infrastructure, or facility-based processes, as described below:...
, GIS and related IT systems for pipeline, energy utility, traffic, agriculture and environmental monitoring industries. Their customer base is worldwide, but concentrated in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. In 2011, Telvent was acquired by the Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Systems, a major international electrical group at the time. The group began manufacturing...
group.
Subsidiaries
- Almos Systems - manufacturer of meteorological monitoring equipment and systems
- Miner and Miner - provides GIS for the energy utility market
- Farradyne - transportation management systems
- Telvent DTN (formerly DTN) acquired by Telvent in 2008, provides automation systems for agriculture, refined petroleum fuels marketing and terminal transportation, and precision meteorological data.
- DTN/The Progressive Farmer