industrial oil & gas fire hazmat safety equipment founded 1991 founder robert i. chen peter hsi headquarters san jose california u.s. area served world wide products wireless personal area transportable and fixed gas and radiation detection systems website www.raesystems.com rae systems inc. is a global provider of wireless gas and radiation detection instruments and systems that enable real time safety and security threat detection to help mitigate risk and protect workers contractors the public and assets . 1 2 rae systems is located in san jose california . 1 the company was founded in 1991 by robert i. chen and peter hsi . 3 the company s competitors include mine safety appliances industrial scientific corporation and dr ger . 4 some of its customers include bp chevron and total petroleum in the energy sector ; the united states air force and navy and department of homeland security in the government sector ; dupont and formosa plastics in other industry sectors . 5 contents 1 history 2 technology 3 industries 4 references 5 external links history edit robert i. chen and peter hsi founded rae systems in 1991 to apply sensor technology to monitor toxic chemicals for environmental industrial safety energy hazmat emergency response and government applications . 3 the co founders started the company after selling applied optoelectronic technology corporation a manufacturer of computer aided test systems to hewlett packard . 3 in 2013 the company s detectors are used in 120 countries by industrial organizations emergency responders and government agencies . 5 in april 2013 the company was acquired by honeywell . 6 technology edit the company holds over 40 chemical sensor patents in the detection sensor field which include patents for photoionization wireless and radiation technologies . 5 7 the company s offerings include wirelessly enabled solutions for emergency response national security cbrne agent detection fire and military end user applications . 3 also the company has solutions for real time detection of unseen threats such as radiation chemical warfare agents cwa and toxic and combustible gases . 5 7 with its photoionization technology the company provides photoionization detector pid that can help safety professionals monitor and measure volatile organic compounds vocs 8 combustible gases and vapors and toxic gases . 9 with its wireless and radiation technologies the company developed portable devices that are able to detect low level radiation in real time as well as dosimeters that can detect dose rates and help protect industrial workers from radiation exposure . 9 rae systems wireless gas detection systems enable incident commanders to extend monitoring capabilities and share critical data in real time as emergencies unfold . 10 the company also incorporates wireless communication and data transmission capabilities into its offerings . 11 in 2001 rae systems introduced its first wireless data transmission product . in the first quarter of 2012 the prorae guardian was launched enabling access to real time data on toxic gases and radiation combined with the physiological status and location of workers and emergency response teams . 12 in january 2012 the company released its cloud based service called prorae guardian cloudserver for first responders to detect hazardous threats in real time and to share gas and radiation data globally . 10 13 this service helps emergency response teams shorten the time to analyze threats and make decisions . 14 industries edit the company serves five key industries including energy exploration and refining oil and gas industrial safety national security fire and hazmat and the environmental market . 1 3 the energy exploration and refining oil and gas industry need process measurements and safety warning systems to deal with global industrial accidents such as the 2010 catastrophic explosion of the deepwater horizon oil rig and total s elgin platform gas leak that took place in march 2012 . 15 the company s monitors are utilized by energy companies for exploration refining as well as downstream monitoring and safety . 3 in the industrial safety market there is an increasing awareness that long term exposure to even very low concentrations of toxic or hazardous gases can adversely affect workers health . companies and organizations need constant monitoring and detection solutions to measure the acceptable level of toxic gas exposure to personnel . 5 in the oil & gas industrial production fire and hazmat national security and environmental industries the company s products are deployed by first responders to improve public protection and reduce response times . 10 in addition the company s solutions such as its arearae wireless monitoring system are used for risk mitigation asset protection and worker safety by global organizations and sports venues such as the super bowl world series games nba championship as well as government conventions . 11 16 the company s sensors were also deployed at the london 2012 olympics and other international table tennis tournaments where the international table tennis federation itff asked rae systems to provide sensors to test paddles . 17 references edit a b c lisa sibley silicon valley business journal . rae systems names agilent s chris toney as coo . april 10 2012 retrieved february 12 2013 . rachael king cio journal . cloud services drive fast growing outsourcing market . august 15 2012 retrieved march 27 2013 . a b c d e f the wall street transcript . robert i. chen . december 3 2007 . retrieved january 29 2013 . wikinvest . rae systems rae competition . retrieved apr 26 2013 . a b c d e azosensors . rae systems receives frost & sullivan global leadership award for gas detection . march 29 2013 . retrieved april 3 2013 . cromwell schubarth silicon valley business journal . honeywell buys rae systems for 340m . apr 23 2013 . retrieved june 12 2013 . a b bulk inside . rae systems . retrieved february 12 2013 . t. l. longworth k. y. ong sep 2001 . domestic preparedness program testing of rae systems ppbrae volatile organic compound voc monitor photo ionization detector pid against chemical warfare agents summary report . a b businessweek . company overview . retrieved february 12 2013 . a b c stew magnuson national defense . chemical biological detectors to improve first responder reaction . june 2012 retrieved january 29 2013 . a b jerry laws occupational health & safety . wireless detectors aiding emergency responders . january 1 2012 . retrieved apr 26 2013 . fire engineering . rae systems offers the prorae guardian at fdic 2012 . april 21 2012 . retrieved march 27 2013 . fire engineering . rae systems software enables interoperability among responders . october 28 2011 . retrieved march 27 2013 . oil gas & petrochem equipment . multi remote real time detection data sharing gas and radiation . january 31 2013 . retrieved march 27 2013 . karolin schaps and muriel boselli reuters . total plans to fly staff to gas leaking north sea platform . april 1 2012 . retrieved march 18 2013 . tactical defense media . cst & cbrne source book . june 2010 . retrieved march 18 2013 . ben woods zdnet . ping pong detectives rae systems called in to find olympics paddle doping cheats . august 9 2012 . retrieved march 27 2013 . external links edit rae systems website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rae systems & oldid 733017731 categories manufacturing companies based in san jose californiacompanies established in 19911991 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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