From LoRaWAN network planning to hardware selection and managed IoT hosting - your IoT service provider for the entire Ruhr area. Designed for multiple sites and a defined operating model.
Regional requirements, robust technology
The Ruhr area, with over 5 million inhabitants and thousands of industrial companies, is one of Europe's densest economic regions. From Dortmund through Essen to Duisburg, new requirements for connected infrastructure arise daily - for Industry 4.0, logistics networks, and smart city initiatives. We host the IoT platforms that enable this cross-location connectivity.
Sensors, gateways, data platform, business application, identities, interfaces, and operations are planned together. Additional sites, cloud services, or local edge systems can then build on the same architecture model.
Local planning profile
Across the Ruhr region, plants, logistics sites, municipal properties, and service providers are often distributed over several cities. Value emerges when these locations are not operated as separate IoT islands.
The architecture is organised around tenants, sites, and network segments. An initial deployment can start at one asset while platform, identities, and data paths are already ready for further entities or plants.
Concrete services
You can start with one clearly defined requirement. Architecture, devices, platform, applications, and operations are planned so the first component can become part of one coherent IoT system when needed.
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Cross-location hosting for industrial companies, logistics providers, and municipalities across the entire Ruhr area.
View serviceWe plan radio coverage and gateway positions from site and building data, select suitable gateways and sensors, provision devices and payload decoders, and integrate them with ChirpStack. Device onboarding, data validation, and radio testing are coordinated with the platform.
View serviceEnd-to-end development of your IoT solution: custom web apps, mobile apps, and cross-location dashboards for industrial and logistics data. From platform setup to finished application - scalable across the entire Ruhr area.
View serviceConnect machines, PLCs, HMIs, edge systems, ERP, and MES through documented protocols and interfaces in one controlled data flow.
View serviceRegional application fields
Typical starting points for companies and organizations in Ruhrgebiet and the surrounding economic region.
The examples illustrate possible application patterns. Architecture, radio coverage, device selection, data model, and operating scope are assessed for the specific project.
One system instead of isolated silos
Value does not come from a single sensor or dashboard. What matters is an end-to-end data path with clear interfaces, access rules, and operating responsibilities.
Sensors, gateways, machines, PLCs, and existing data sources are selected or connected according to the measurement task, environment, and protocol.
View componentLoRaWAN, MQTT, cellular links, edge gateways, and private networks move data between sites, platforms, and other systems in a controlled way.
View componentChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Grafana, databases, and rule engines provide device management, processing, history, and alerting.
View componentDashboards, portals, mobile apps, and ERP, MES, and API integrations put IoT data into the actual workflows.
View componentMonitoring, backups, updates, incident response, and service levels keep the platform and data paths maintainable and transparent.
View componentThe architecture can grow with more devices, sites, applications, and deployment locations without introducing isolated connections or hard-to-maintain special paths for every extension.
Technical foundation
Scalable for the industrial region: ChirpStack for LoRaWAN network management across multiple locations, ThingsBoard (Community & Professional Edition) for multi-tenant device management, Grafana for cross-location dashboards, and Node-RED for data flow automation. Highly available hosting with redundant infrastructure.
Project path
The initial step remains manageable. Device count, architecture, integrations, and operating responsibilities are defined only after the technical assessment.
Capture measurements, sites, users, existing systems, alert paths, and the expected business outcome.
Combine radio path, devices, platform, data model, interfaces, and security requirements in a testable design.
Provision devices, configure services, process data, and connect dashboards or business applications.
Agree monitoring, updates, backups, and response paths, then add further sites or capabilities in a controlled way.
Region and scale
A regional entry point does not limit the architecture. Platforms can cover multiple plants, properties, fields, or customer sites under one operating model.
Industries
The technical foundation can be adapted to different measurement tasks and business processes.
Specialist services
Dedicated service pages explain platforms, development, LoRaWAN, and visualization in detail.
React Native apps for iOS & Android: device pairing, sensor data, push notifications.
Plan and operate LoRaWAN networks. Pre-configured gateways, ChirpStack, sensor integration, and remote commissioning.
Multi-tenant IoT platforms on ThingsBoard: custom dashboards, rule engine, API integration.
Custom rule chains, white-label, API integration and managed hosting. CE & PE.
Custom dashboards, embedded panels, alerting and self-hosting. IoT monitoring with InfluxDB and Prometheus.
Answers about our end-to-end IoT services across the Ruhr area - from analysis and conception through LoRaWAN deployment and platform development to managed operations for Industry 4.0, logistics, and smart city projects.
Regional IoT entry points
Further regional pages explain LoRaWAN, platform integration, system connectivity and managed operations for the respective business area.
IoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Essen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Gelsenkirchen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Mülheim an der Ruhr
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Bottrop
View regional serviceReviews & projects
WZ-IT moved our studio infrastructure from decentralised individual devices to a central platform: every site is securely connected via VPN, new devices are onboarded automatically and an entire site is provisioned from a template, without manual steps on location. What impressed me most is the breadth and depth of their knowledge: Timo and Robin are not a typical IT provider who sets up a server and leaves. The two of them think their way into highly complex infrastructure and software topics, work through every requirement we put in front of them, and build networking, provisioning and operations so that everything fits together in the end. WZ-IT is an excellent partner for complex software, network and architecture projects.
Steve KirchnerManaging Director, nextGYM GmbH
International
WZ-IT designs, develops and operates infrastructure and software for clients in Germany and internationally. We deliver projects remotely and continue supporting them in ongoing operations after go-live.
IoT in Ruhrgebiet
Briefly describe the measurement task, sites, existing devices, and desired outcome. We will assess architecture, platform, integration, and possible operations.
No risk: worst case, you leave with a clearer understanding of your project than before.
WZ-IT's advice on our Azure migration was technically sound and completely non-binding right from the intro call - we took away a great deal.
