SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron, a provider of automatic meter reading (AMR) equipment and services to the utility industry, announced the sale of 50,000 Genesis Meter Modules to Sontex S.A., a Swiss distributor of thermal energy meters and heat cost allocators.
Sontex will integrate Itron’s modules into its meters to provide remote meter reading capabilities. When fitted with the modules, Sontex meters will be capable of two-way data communications with Itron’s handheld or fixed network AMR solutions, the company said.