Chinese tech company takes on in-transit data logging

Tech company Cydiance is on track acquiring grounded knowledge of the Chinese cold chain industry. The company has recently launched temperature monitoring devices that are being adopted by Chinese and foreign fresh produce companies. “The Chinese industry is still upcoming, but the potential is huge. This year, whilst developing our products, we met with many clients and it has come clear that people realise the added value of a functioning cold chain,” according to Tina Sun, Marketing Manager at Cydiance.

Tina Sun (middle) together with Austin Gu (right) the Managing Director of Cydiance. They were meeting with a client at the Fresh Logistics Asia Exhibition held this June in Shanghai.

Cydiance C1 and C6
Cydiance launched two in-transit temperature data logging systems that are sold within China and on the international market. “We develop temperature monitoring devices, or temperature data loggers as we call them. One of our popular models is the Cydiance C1, which is a basic, single trip, electronic temperature recorder. It runs on a independent basis, collects temperature and produces PDF report on its own. Our second device is the Cydiance C6, a real-time cold-chain monitoring system. This device displays real-time location, temperature and humidity tracking, is fitted with a LCD screen and has a battery that runs for 25 days.”

The company will soon release a new model, the C4, which is equipped with data viewing software. The tool can connect to clients' existing data platforms for uploading data and content analysis if necessary. "We have developed this device because we believe it is better suited for clients that deal with large volumes to facility data integration with existing systems."

"We are also very close to launching a second, economic, version of our C6 device. For this tool, we removed the LCD screen to reduce size and cost. We hope to be able to integrate this new version with renowned data platform software from the US. Combined this would provide for a professional and more comprehensive monitoring device."

Case study: Hami melon farmer
"We met with a Hami melon producer from the West of China. This company is providing Hami melons to over 500 supermarkets across the country. They have an extensive cold chain network that includes a number of cold storage facilities in different cities. They shared an interesting narrative with us. In the past, when they did not use temperature controlled transport, they would lose around 10% of their crop during transport. Nowadays they work with temperature controlled transport lines. However, they realised that, if there are problems along the way with the temperature, losses can go up to 30%. This is significantly higher than in the previous situation. What is critical here is that it shows that if these logistic developments are not implemented well or used correctly, they can cause losses instead of generate gains. This implies that monitoring devices will become increasingly important."

For more information:

Tina Sun, Marketing Manager
Cydiance Technology
www.Cydiance.com
Tel: +86 21 6034 8000
Tina@Cydiance.com

Cydiance will be present at Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong from the 7th to the 9th of September.