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14 May 2013

HITEC Luxembourg will be present at the 4th European Civil Protection Forum in Brussels, 15-16 May 2013. For more information please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/echo/partners/civil_protection/forum2013_en.htm

03 May 2013

HITEC Luxembourg S.A. announced today that its rubber testing equipment product line has been labelled "Made in Luxembourg" by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce.

These products in the field of rubber industry testing are used worldwide with all major producers of carbon black and rubber goods. Over 100 industrial customers in over 30 countries rely on the performance of instruments "Made in Luxembourg".

HITEC Luxembourg will be present at the Foire de Printemps in Luxembourg from 03 till 10 May at the booth of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (hall 9B, stand 29) with one of these testing instruments on display.

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26 April 2013

To strengthen our team, HITEC Luxembourg S.A. has three immediate openings:

Electrician (M/F)

Mechanical Design Engineer (M/F)

Java Software Developer (M/F)

For more information visit our Careers section.

14 March 2013

HITEC Luxembourg helps to make Alpine Search and Rescue missions more efficient and secure with innovative software and hardware solutions in use with mountain rescue services in Italy and Slovenia

Mountains are fascinating many people. Whether it might be climbing, hiking or skiing - this impressive landscape offers a high recreational value. Nevertheless, each year one can read from reports of mountain rescue operations in the newspapers. People have an incident while climbing, do not return from a hike or are caught in avalanches. In all these situations mountain rescue and civil protection units are on disposal to rescue people. The time to locate a missing person that is possibly injured is critical. Coordination of teams and optimization of the search are essential - especially when it comes to cross-border operations. [...]

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Update 21 March 2013:

TV report from the AlpSAR conference (starting at min 17): click here.

The PCRAFVG has setup a webpage with information from the conference.

17 January 2013

HITEC Luxembourg will be present at the 7th India Rubber Expo and Tyre Show. The exhibition will take place from 22nd to 24th January, 2013 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India.

Visit us at stand E11! For more information:http://indiarubberexpo.in

20 November 2012

HITEC Luxembourg S.A. is proud to announce the receipt of the special prize for SME of the Prix de l’innovation de la Fedil - Business Federation Luxembourg – Promotion 2012 for its solution Public Safety Suite – NoSaco & DISP.

The award acknowledges the innovative solutions developed by HITEC Luxembourg.

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18 September 2012

HITEC Luxembourg S.A., the Luxembourg based engineering and technology company, announced today that it has been selected for provisioning four antenna systems as part of the satellite ground stations to monitor and control the EDRS satellite network. The project is led by SES TechCom as a subcontractor to DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt). DLR recently signed a contract with Astrium to furnish major parts of the ground segment. The contract with HITEC Luxembourg includes the design, manufacturing and on-site installation of the antennas at key sites in Germany, UK and Belgium.

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24 July 2012

The project AlpSAR (Alpine Search and Rescue for Slovenia and Italy) released some videos capturing the first field exercise which took place in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) and Travisio (Italy). The videos explain the planning of the exercise, the different applications and systems used as well as the benefits the solution.

The project will improve the collaboration between both Slovene and Italian mountain rescue services according to the signed protocol to improve the national and international coordination of search missions caused by avalanches as well as missing or injured people in the Alpine mountains. HITEC Luxembourg is providing software applications and satellite systems which will allow for a better collaboration between the two countries.

The videos are accessible via: www.alpsar.eu 

03 July 2012

HITEC Luxembourg Managing Partner & CEO honoured by Deutsche Bank Luxembourg Foundation

Yves Elsen, Managing Partner & CEO of HITEC Luxembourg, was honoured by the "Stiftung zur Förderung der deutsch-luxemburgischen Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Wissenschaft" of Deutsche Bank Luxembourg SA. It is the first time that this prize has been awarded to an outstanding engineer, entrepreneur and stakeholder in the Luxembourg research and development community.

Prof. emeritus Dr. Pierre Seck, Vice Chairman of the Foundation, stated in his laudation, that the selection of Yves Elsen is based on the unique combination of technological, economical and entrepreneurial competencies which has fostered the German-Luxembourg cooperation in research and development.

In his response, Yves Elsen illustrated and underlined the importance of systematically linking innovation, technology, development, cooperation and entrepreneurship to provide state-of-the-art products and services. Such a combination provides SME's with a sustainable business model.

The foundation for the promotion of German-Luxembourg cooperation in the field of sciences was established by the Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. Since its inception in 1995, the prize has been awarded eight times.

25 June 2012

SES TechCom S.A., a subsidiary of SES, and HITEC Luxembourg S.A., the Luxembourg based engineering and technology company delivered today an In Orbit Testing (IOT) ground station to DLR, the German Aerospace Center. Part of the IOT ground station is a high end, high precision full-motion antenna delivered by HITEC Luxembourg S.A.

The IOT station, located in Weilheim, Germany, was inaugurated in the presence of François Biltgen, member of the Luxembourg government and Minister for Higher Education and Research, a delegation from the Luxembourg Ministry as well as State Secretary Peter Hintze, member of the German federal government. The visit is a great honour for the project consortium and a chance to demonstrate the work done in the field of space technology in Luxembourg. The project led by SES TechCom with the support of HITEC Luxembourg as the key antenna supplier included the design, manufacturing, and on-site installation of the antenna and the IOT system including the related training of personnel.

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30 May 2012

As a part of our CSR activities, we are pleased to welcome three students at HITEC Luxembourg from 30th to 31st May 2011. In the frame of the Engineering Trainee Days, organised by the Jonk Entrepeneuren Luxembourg asbl and l’Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs (l’ALI), the students will have an insight in our company's business activities and working methods. The project aims to motivate young students to get interested into engineering and the work environment of technology and applied sciences. For more information please visit: CSR at HITEC Luxembourg and http://www.jonk-entrepreneuren.lu/.

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