Telvent

Telvent GIT S.A.

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Information Technology and Industrial Automation
Founded	Seville, Spain (1941)
Headquarters	Madrid, Houston, Beijing, Calgary, Baltimore, Mexico City and others
Number of employees	5,753 (2010)
Parent	Schneider Electric
Slogan	Smart Information for a Sustainable World
Website	www.telvent.com

Telvent (a portmanteau of "Telecom Ventures") was an information technology and industrial automation company specializing in SCADA, GIS and related IT systems for pipeline, energy utility, traffic, agriculture and environmental monitoring industries. Their customer base is worldwide, but concentrated in Spain and North America. In 2011, Telvent was acquired by the Schneider Electric group.^[1]

Subsidiaries

• Almos Systems - manufacturer of meteorological monitoring equipment and systems
• Telvent Utilities Group (formerly Miner & Miner) - provides GIS solutions for electric and gas distribution, water, wastewater and fiber networks.
• Farradyne - transportation management systems
• Telvent DTN (formerly DTN) acquired by Telvent in 2008, provides automation systems for agriculture, refined petroleum fuels marketing and terminal transportation, and precision meteorological data.
• DTN/The Progressive Farmer

See also

• Data Transmission Network (Telvent DTN)
• Abengoa
• Schneider Electric

References

1. http://www.eleconomista.es/andalucia/noticias/3118851/05/11/Abengoa-vende-el-40-que-mantenia-en-Telvent-a-la-francesa-Schneider-Electric.html

External links

• Telvent home page