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Finland, a Smart Metering Front-Runner In Finland, Landis+Gyr led the rollout of Smart Meter- ing systems to 98 % of the country’s households. This achievement makes Finland one of the most advanced metering markets in Europe. The project in which Landis+Gyr delivered one out of every three meters installed was quite complex, including logistics for the management of old and new meters, system installa- tion and integrations as well as comprehensive field testing prior to project acceptance. Recently, Landis+Gyr secured an Advanced Metering Management (AMM) contract in Poland from RWE, “The British Gas contract is one of Europe’s leading electricity and gas compa- the biggest of its kind the nies, for an interoperable device interface specifica- industry has ever seen. We tions (IDIS) certified solution to be implemented and will supply the majority of installed by the end of 2014. The contract also includes the 16 million Smart Meters maintenance of the IT system for a period of four British Gas will install in its years. In the Netherlands, Landis+Gyr received or- customer base.” ders from Stedin, Enexis and Liander, all three innova- tive utilities driving the Smart Meter rollout in that country. These and other new contracts made the Richard Mora, acting Executive Vice President EMEA Netherlands Landis+Gyr’s second-largest gas meter market in the EMEA region, right behind the UK, and put the Group in the market leader position for elec- tricity meters and for gas meters in targeted countries. In Germany, the Group also signed new contracts for heat meters with various OEMs and end customers. Joint Presence with Toshiba at European Utility Week Landis+Gyr and its parent company Toshiba joined forces at the European Utility Week in Amsterdam held in October 2013. The two companies showcased their joint product and solution highlights, such as Micro Energy Management System (μEMS), the latest TM Gridstream Meter Data Management Systems (MDMS) software release, upcoming enhanced PLC communication security in Head-End Systems (HES), scalability performance improvements, as well as their combined expertise and collaborative efforts in the Smart Grid area. 15 |