UTECH wins overall Gold Award for “IoT Technology of the Year 2020/21” at APICTA

UTECH team receiving the award - from left: Sales and Admin Asst. Manager Zameem Amanulla, Senior RandD Engineer Senura Keheliya, Managing Director/CEO Riyad Ismail and Senior RandD Engineer Chamith Koperahewa 

UTECH Technologies Ltd., a leading Industrial 4.0 transformation enabler and Industrial Automation Solutions provider won two Gold awards for their innovative hardware and software, at the National Best Quality Software

Managing Director/CEO  Riyad Ismail

Awards (NBQSA) 2021.

By winning the National ICT awards, UTECH also had the rare opportunity to represent Sri Lanka at the Asia Pacific ICT Association Awards 2020/21 and brought honour to Sri Lanka by winning the overall Gold Award for “Internet of Things” Technology of the Year competing against pioneering nations in tech such as China, Australia, Singapore and a host of Asia Pacific countries.

UTECH is the only technology company in Sri Lanka that designs, develops, and manufactures the full IoT ecosystem including hardware and software, providing customers a secure end-to-end solution that is customisable to meet their specific needs.

UTECH’s patented technology the Blackbox and other innovative products Smartnode, Coollink, and Smart Energy meter are customisable and cost-effective telematic gateways used in a wide range of industrial automation and productivity monitoring for both core and auxiliary industrial machinery.

A unique feature of the solution provided by UTECH is the seamless integration into machines by tapping directly to the machine sensors, machine controllers or directly into the machine’s PLCs.

UTECH understands that production involves an interaction between both “Man and Machine” and to monitor the full process and measure efficiency and effectiveness has developed many solutions that have been embraced by a wide variety of industries. Customers are provided with a secure virtual dashboard to monitor and control machines in real time via the UTECH Remote web Portal from anywhere in the world by using a smartphone. 

The web portal enables real-time viewing of data, data-logging and graphing, routine service scheduling, SMS/email alerts and a host of other features. Such features ensure customers’ peace-of-mind that their industrial machines and workers are functioning optimally.

UTECH further offers Customised Value-Added Reports on productivity vs planned, production quality, machine breakdowns, time to repair, etc.

UTECH serves many Sri Lankan conglomerates and overseas markets with Industry 4.0 Solutions in diverse industries such as heavy machinery, manufacturing, FMCG, Warehousing, Cold Chain, Garments, Telco/ICT, and Agriculture/Aquaculture.

Managing Director/Chief Technology Officer Riyad Ismail said: “We are proud to have won National ICT Gold Awards and brought home the overall Gold for IoT Technology of the Year at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards. 

Such national and international recognition gives us confidence in our people and technology to make it big in the global arena. We will strive to continue improving our solutions to be world-class and provide a superior customer experience.”

UTECH’s Engineers are proud to have successfully built a vast array of pioneering value adding solutions, which include Factory machinery monitoring, Cold-Chain monitoring systems, Energy monitoring, Smart agriculture, Vehicle/Asset tracking, Server room monitoring, MHE safety solutions and many more exciting innovations to come.