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Editorial We are excited about our participation at this year’s European Utility Week in Amsterdam. To coincide with the smart metering rollouts by a large number of European utilities, Landis+Gyr is prepared with its next generation smart metering platform. This can be seen in action during the Gridstream AMI live demo at the EUW booth. Smart metering is the stepping stone to a smart grid, and this year our customers will gain the chance to see how Oliver Iltisberger Takeshi Yokota Landis+Gyr’s and Toshiba’s portfolio supports utilities in every aspect of their transition to the smart grid, from fexible energy demand management solutions, to advanced levels of grid automation aimed at optimizing the power grid at the local level. Landis+Gyr and Toshiba are committed to strengthening their position as a one-stop-shop provider of technology platforms and services that will form the basis of advanced Smart Community solutions. For over a century Landis+Gyr has been at the forefront of advances in energy management, as one of the frst companies to develop electronic meters and partnering with major utilities worldwide to enable the transition from conventional to smart metering. In Europe alone, Landis+Gyr has deployed over 20 Million metering endpoints for 100 customers and over 300 smart metering systems. This experience has guaranteed the company’s products and solutions with feld-tested reliability under the most demanding conditions. Customers and stakeholders beneft from Toshiba’s global reach and broad portfolio, which spans power generation to intelligent energy storage systems. To control and manage energy better utilities need to have access to real-time power data. Landis+Gyr and Toshiba offer a broad portfolio of smart metering and smart grid solutions that support customers in achieving compliance with local regulation, meeting sustainability targets and reducing operating costs. Our companies combined their expertise to match customer demands in respect to grid automation with the Micro Energy Management System (µEMS) as well as the need for enhancing existing utility infrastructure with state-of-the-art Meter Data Management System (MDMS), advanced grid analytics and network monitoring functionalities. With the extended offering from Landis+Gyr and Toshiba, utility customers are fully supported in their smart energy strategies that expand from smart metering to sensoring, distribution automation and microgrids. We will be exploring these topics further during our presentations at the conference. We look forward to meeting you in person at our booth in Amsterdam! Oliver Iltisberger Takeshi Yokota Executive Vice President EMEA , Corporate Senior Vice President, Landis+Gyr Toshiba Corporation