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HISTORY

 


2022 - REVOLUTION OF CONNECTED FIELDS

New line of products is introduced – nMETOS.


2021 - TEAM GROWTH, DAVIS INSTRUMENTS, xarvio®

Pessl Instruments team grows – joined by business growth, agronomy, engineering, IoT technology, and marketing experts. Partnership with Davis Instruments and xarvio® by BASF is signed.


2020 - EIMA AWARD, METOS SHOP, AND PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS

Pessl Instruments is awarded an EIMA mention award for Digital Plant Protection. FieldClimate v-2 for the Android operating system is launched. New partnerships are announced (ADAMA, Manna Irrigation, Microsoft Azure). Pessl Instruments introduces an online webshop – METOS® SHOP. MiniMETOS SOIL is added to the portfolio.


2019 - 35 YEARS OF PESSL INSTRUMENTS, VIRTUAL WEATHER STATIONS, LoRAIN

Pessl Instruments celebrates 35 years of establishment. It presents a new generation of weather stations -LoRAIN. Virtual weather stations are introduced to the market. Mobile application FieldClimate version 2 for iOS is launched.


2018 - INSECT RECOGNITION AND COOPERATION WITH JOHN DEERE

iSCOUT® – Optical high-resolution camera system for insect recognition is embedded inside insect trap, to remotely monitor insect pressure at fields. The beginning of cooperation with John Deere – the integration of hardware for John Deere Operations Center.


2017 - THE NEW WEB PRESENCE AND COOPERATION WITH SAP

Pessl Instruments online platform –
FieldClimate gets the new look and feel, as well as other online and mobile applications.
The beginning of cooperation with SAP – integration of METOS® to SAP Leonardo platform.
The beginning of cooperation with Inmarsat.

2016 - THE LPWAN (NB-IoT and LoRa)

The beginning of a collaboration with Huawei and Vodafone as the first company from the agricultural sector to work on NB-IoT. The beginning of the development of other LPWAN connectivity solutions.

2015 - 10 YEARS OF VIRAL iMETOS

Flagship product iMETOS and FieldClimate celebrate 10 years.
An intelligent irrigation controller ICA WIRELESS is introduced to the market.
Pessl Instruments receives investment from private equity company Mountain Cleantech from Switzerland and marks the beginning of ‘New Pessl Instruments’.

2014 - CropVIEW®, µMETOS Blue; iMETEO Pro

Pessl Instruments buys the majority shares in a USA distribution company (Morph20AG).
CropVIEW®, the high-resolution remote crop image monitoring with RECIM technology is launched.
Pessl Instruments celebrates 30 years of existence.
Legacy brand µMETOS Blue with Bluetooth and modern apps and Internet connectivity is re-launched. iMETEO Pro, a completely new concept of the localized microclimatic weather forecast, crop and animal management and disease outbreak alerts based on online subscription revolutionizes the market.

2013 - GOING WIRELESS

Wireless intelligent sensor mesh network is launched – complete wireless communication between the field and the smart device in your hand bring total control anywhere, anytime in near real-time.
CDMA interface is launched for the USA market.

2012 - MOBILE APPS

METOS® goes mobile – Apps for Android and iOS are launched.

2011 - iMETOS ECO D2

iMETOS ECO D2 is launched as low cost powerful logger for soil moisture, frost warning, meter reading and rain.

2010 - iMETOS ICA

iMETOS ICA, an automatic irrigation controller is developed and irrigation system gets automated intelligently via soil moisture readings.

2009 - T-monitor

Pessl Instruments celebrates 25 years and launches the T-monitor for silo and grain storage monitoring.

2006 - IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT & SOIL MOISTURE

New software and decision support system for irrigation management are launched. New soil moisture sensors are supported.

2005 - GOING ONLINE - FieldClimate.com

THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP: METOS® goes online and creates FieldClimate.
iMETOS is born and GPRS is used to transmit the data to the platform automatically and continuously.

2000 - µMETOS

µMETOS is developed. The small independent station has its own display and internal disease prediction models.

1997 - THE BEGINNING OF THE ‘WIRELESS AGE’

The beginning of ‘wireless age’ – data transfer via mobile networks using the GSM dial-in is launched.

1994 - SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS

Windows graphic software and new models for disease and irrigation management are developed.

1992 - METOS® Compact

METOS® Compact with a PC interface and modem dial in for remote communication was developed.

1990 - METOS® DAT

METOS® DAT – DOS Software – Met8 and Met9 was made to have data on DOS PC’s linked by cable.

1988 - METOS® Classic

New electronics and new design bring METOS® Classic – with built in mini printer and PC Interface.

1984 - THE BEGINNING

METOS® Electronic Disease Predictor for Apple Scab was made.

 
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