The high flexibility of IGEL thin clients, which have no cooling fans and thus operate soundlessly, enables easy, hassle-free integration of specialized applications. In mixed IT environments IGEL thin clients can be readily integrated into existing structures. The great number of integrated network, system and application protocols make them exceptionally easy to connect and allow them to be used in the greatest variety of server and host environments. With their ability to establish wireless connections, IGEL thin clients also support WLAN integration so that users can enjoy the convenience of mobile operation. Additionally, the range of included firmware offers a large number of useful applications, ranging from local browsers to SAP-certified interfaces. The full range of multimedia applications that be customized as needed. This means that IGEL thin clients can be easily adapted to meet specific customer needs.
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Customer Stories - Manufacturing Industry
Piper Aircraft (USA)
IGEL and Champion Solutions Group Help New Piper Aircraft Find New Freedom.
The mission of Piper Aircraft, manufacturer of the legendary Piper Cub,
is to give everyone 'the freedom of flight.' In order to complete this
mission, they have had to free themselves by implementing a thin client
network solution provided by IGEL and integrator Champion Solutions
Group.
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General Motors (USA)
IGEL Thin Clients Put Time on the Side of GM.
Imagine what it’s like to be responsible for accurately logging in the
hours of a company that employs more than 150,000 people in North
America, including 30 states and Canada. Now imagine having the
nation’s largest union constantly making sure that you are compliant
with union rules. This is a situation that calls for a reliable,
cost-effective time-management solution. And that’s why General Motors
chose IGEL thin clients.
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Cardale Doors (UK)
IGEL opens door to better IT desktop control.
Cardale, founded by Roy Sibley in 1945 originally began manufacturing
garage doors in 1964, and in 1968 Cardale Doors Limited was
established. Cardale Doors Limited today is still a privately owned
British company and has been dedicated to manufacturing quality garage
doors for the last 40 years. With head offices at Brackley and
manufacturing facilities at Brackley, Luton, Scunthorpe and Verwood,
and a distribution depot in Glasgow, the Company is able to offer the
widest choice of styles, designs and finishes in the UK.
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DaimlerChrysler (Germany)
Access to information for employees. Employee portals with IGEL thin clients improve internal communication.
Employee portals, such as those that will be deployed at
global corporation DaimlerChrysler, make information and tools for the
execution of daily operations available to workers and employees.
Hereby, the clever clients fro IGEL Technology serve as front end
terminals. Large corporations with multiple locations build a global
network from production, development, and service centers whose
successful operation and functioning can only be made possible through
unobstructed teamwork. In order to most effectively inform employees
within such a complex system and optimally support them in their daily
tasks, company portals are offered with which employees can access
company applications.
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Hegeman Groep Automotive Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Volkswagen Growth Fuels IT Renovation with IGEL.
Volkswagen Center Nijmegen is a division of Hegeman Groep Automotive, an independent car dealer that sells Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and company cars in the Nijmegen area. The company is booming to say the least. As a result of its success, it has invested heavily in new premises which accurately reflect Hegeman Groep Automotive´s allure. The company moved into the new premises just recently.
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Messer (Austria)
Industrial gas producer Messer is optimizing its workstation environment with the help of IGEL Thin Clients.
At the central headquarters of Messer Austria in Gumpoldskirchen, you find an overlap of IT generations. The inventory includes both ten year old PCs incorporating special cards for the control of gas chromatographs and ultra-modern Thin Clients with a black design. With regards to Thin Clients, Messer Austria had no doubts whatsoever. At present, 75 of the 150 IT users in Austria have access to a Server Based Computing (SBC) solution hosted in Germany with little need of support or maintenance.
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Maizey Plastics (South Africa)
Maizey Plastics thin client to migrate ERP to Microsoft Navision Axapta.
In its mission statement, the successful South African
plastics distributor Maizey Plastics adopts as its own a constant
striving for efficiency and profitability. The success achieved to date
by this medium-sized company, originally set up in 1950 as an engraving
and die sinking business, is proof that this mission statement is not
just empty words. Maizey Plastics is headquartered in Pretoria and is
one of the major distributors of plastic products in South Africa
today. The founder member of the national trade association PDASA
(Plastics Distributors Association of South Africa) currently has 17
branches and employs a staff of 323. With a distribution and logistics
centre covering an area of approximately 27,000m2, the company
distributes more than 170 different intermediate products used in
processing as well as end products for the signage, shop fittings,
interiors and digital media sectors.
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Scania (Sweden / Netherlands)
Scania keeps on trucking with IGEL Thin Clients.
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses, with 2004 sales totalling around 6 billion and net income of nearly 435 million. Scania employs some 30,000 people world-wide and operates in nearly 100 countries. Its European production and assembly plants in Sweden and the Netherlands make extensive use of IGEL Clever Clients to ensure that business critical workflow and supply chain applications are available 24 x 7.
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Akzo Nobel (Netherlands)
...reduces IT costs by 30 percent thanks to IGEL’s thin clients.
In order for Akzo Nobel, serving customers throughout the
world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals, to always be
able to offer their clients the best products and services, they need
to be on the forefront of technological development but also minimize
costs for their operations.
