RAE Systems, Inc., or RAE System by Honeywell, is a provider of wireless, gas and radiation detection instruments and systems that enable real-time safety and security threat detection to help mitigate risk, and protect workers, contractors, the public, and assets.Lisa Sibley, Silicon Valley Business Journal.

" April 10, 2012, Retrieved February 12, 2013. RAE Systems is located in

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. The company was founded in 1991 by Robert I. Chen and Peter Hsi.The Wall Street Transcript.
Robert I. Chen
" December 3, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2013. The company's competitors include Ion Science Ltd,

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, Industrial Scientific Corporation, and Dräger. Some of its customers include BP,

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, and Total Petroleum in the energy sector;

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, and

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in the government sector;

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and Formosa Plastics Corp in other industry sectors.AZOSensors.
RAE Systems Receives Frost & Sullivan Global Leadership Award for Gas Detection
" March 29, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.

History

Robert I. Chen and Peter Hsi founded RAE Systems in 1991 to apply sensor technology to monitor toxic chemicals for environmental, industrial safety, energy,

hazardous material Dangerous goods are substances that are a risk to health, safety, property or the Natural environment, environment during transport. Certain dangerous goods that pose risks even when not being transported are known as hazardous materials (syll ...

(HazMat), emergency response, and government applications. The co-founders started the company after selling Applied Optoelectronic Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of computer-aided test systems, to

Hewlett-Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company. It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California ...

. In 2013, the company's detectors were used in 120 countries by industrial organizations, emergency responders, and government agencies. In April 2013, the company was acquired by

Honeywell Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building automation, industrial automa ...

Technology

The company holds over 40 chemical sensor patents in the detection-sensor field, which include patents for

photoionization Photoionization is the physical process in which an ion is formed from the interaction of a photon with an atom or molecule. Cross section Not every interaction between a photon and an atom, or molecule, will result in photoionization. The prob ...

, wireless, and radiation technologies.Bulk Inside.
RAE Systems
" Retrieved February 12, 2013. The company's offerings include wirelessly-enabled technologies for emergency response, national security, CBRNE agent detection, fire, and military end user applications. Also, the company has products for real-time detection of unseen threats such as radiation, chemical warfare agents (CWA), and toxic and combustible gases. With its photoionization technology, the company provides photoionization detector (PID) that can help safety professionals monitor and measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs), combustible gases and vapors, and toxic gases.BusinessWeek.
Company Overview
" Retrieved February 12, 2013. With its wireless and radiation technologies, the company developed portable devices that are able to detect low-level radiation in real-time, as well as

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s that can detect dose rates and help protect industrial workers from radiation exposure. RAE Systems wireless gas detection systems enable incident commanders to extend monitoring capabilities and share critical data in real time as emergencies unfold.Stew Magnuson, National Defense.
Chemical, Biological Detectors to Improve First Responder Reaction
" June 2012, Retrieved January 29, 2013. The company also incorporates wireless communication and data transmission capabilities into its offerings.Jerry Laws, Occupational Health & Safety.
Wireless Detectors Aiding Emergency Responders
" January 1, 2012. Retrieved Apr 26, 2013. In 2001, RAE Systems introduced its first wireless data transmission product. In the first quarter of 2012, the ProRAE Guardian was launched, enabling access to real-time data on toxic gases and radiation, combined with the physiological status and location of workers and emergency response teams. In January 2012, the company released its cloud-based service, called ProRAE Guardian CloudServer, for first responders to detect hazardous threats in real-time and to share gas and radiation data globally. This service helps emergency response teams shorten the time to analyze threats and make decisions.

Industries

The company serves five industries, including energy exploration and refining/oil and gas, industrial safety, national security, fire and HazMat, and the environmental market. The energy exploration and refining/oil and gas sector requires process measurements and safety alert systems to address worldwide industrial incidents, like the 2010 catastrophic explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and Total's Elgin platform gas leak in March 2012. The company's monitors are utilized by energy companies for exploration, refining as well as downstream monitoring and safety. In the industrial safety market, there is an increasing awareness that long-term exposure to even very low concentrations of toxic or hazardous gases can adversely affect workers’ health. Businesses and organizations require ongoing monitoring and detection to assess the acceptable level of toxic gas exposure for personnel. In the oil and gas, industrial production, fire and HazMat, national security, and environmental industries, the company's products are deployed by first responders to improve public protection and reduce response times. Additionally, the company's offerings, like its AreaRAE wireless monitoring system, are utilized for risk management, asset security, and employee well-being by international organizations and sports venues such as the Super Bowl, World Series games, NBA championship, and Government conventions. The company's sensors were also deployed at the London 2012 Olympics and other international table tennis tournaments, where the International Table Tennis Federation (ITFF) asked RAE Systems to provide sensors to test paddles.Ben Woods, ZDNet.
Ping-pong detectives: RAE Systems called in to find Olympics 'paddle doping' cheats
" August 9, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2013.

References

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