From LoRaWAN network planning to hardware selection and managed IoT hosting – your IoT service provider for Witten and the Ennepe-Ruhr district. GDPR-compliant, personal, on-site.
Witten combines specialty steel production, academia, and nature in close proximity: Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW) represents heavy industry with high demands for condition monitoring, Witten/Herdecke University drives healthcare innovation, and the Ruhr and Ennepe rivers require reliable environmental monitoring. We host the IoT platforms that process your sensor data from smelting furnaces, lecture halls, and waterways.
Your IoT stack on GDPR-compliant servers in Germany. Data sovereignty and compliance for Witten-based companies, the university, and municipalities.
Around-the-clock monitoring of your IoT infrastructure. Automatic alerting for anomalies at rolling mills, campus systems, or water levels.
Regional contact person who understands the industrial and academic requirements in Witten. On-site deployments when needed, fast response times.
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Witten-based companies – from specialty steel production to the university campus.
Complete LoRaWAN network deployment in Witten: hardware selection (Milesight gateways & sensors), radio coverage analysis for industrial environments with metal structures, on-site gateway installation, and network server configuration.
End-to-end development of your IoT solution: custom web apps, mobile apps, and dashboards for condition monitoring, campus automation, and environmental data. From platform setup to finished application – cloud or on-premise.
Hosted monitoring platform for vibration monitoring, temperature tracking, and predictive maintenance at rolling mills and smelting furnaces. Non-invasive sensors connected via LoRaWAN to real-time dashboards with automatic anomaly detection.
Tech Stack
ThingsBoard, Grafana, MQTT
Hosting the IoT platform for building automation, room occupancy sensing, energy monitoring, and medical laboratory sensors. Intelligent control of heating, ventilation, and lighting – data-driven and energy-efficient.
Tech Stack
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Milesight
Central hosting for water level monitoring, water quality measurement, and flood early warning along the Ruhr and Ennepe rivers. LoRaWAN sensors at critical measurement points, threshold alerting, and historical data analysis.
Tech Stack
Grafana, Node-RED, ChirpStack
These are just examples – we serve many industries and use cases.
Open-source stack optimized for industrial and academic environments: ChirpStack for LoRaWAN network management, ThingsBoard for device control and rule engine, Grafana for visualization. Hosted on Linux servers with TLS encryption, automatic backups, and regular security updates.
15+ km
Range
10+ years
Battery
IP67
Protection
868 MHz
EU Frequency

We rely on Milesight and know the product portfolio inside out – from environmental sensors to LoRaWAN gateways to industrial controllers. We advise, source and integrate the right hardware for your use case.
Milesight hardware ships worldwide – we deliver pre-configured and firmware-updated, ready to deploy.
We also work with hardware from other manufacturers – whether proprietary or open-source. What matters is that it works reliably and integrates into our stack.
From Witten, we manage IoT infrastructure across the entire Ennepe-Ruhr district and the adjacent Ruhr region.
React Native apps for iOS & Android: device pairing, sensor data, push notifications — GDPR-compliant.
Plan, deploy, and operate LoRaWAN networks. Gateway installation, ChirpStack, sensor integration – GDPR-compliant.
Multi-tenant IoT platforms on ThingsBoard: custom dashboards, rule engine, API integration – GDPR-compliant.
Custom rule chains, white-label, API integration and managed hosting. CE & PE – GDPR-compliant.
Custom dashboards, embedded panels, alerting and self-hosting. IoT monitoring with InfluxDB and Prometheus – GDPR-compliant.
Answers about our IoT services in the Ennepe-Ruhr district – from condition monitoring in specialty steel production to campus IoT and water monitoring to managed operations for industry, academia, and municipalities.
Themen
We deliver condition monitoring platforms for specialty steel production: vibration monitoring at rolling mills, temperature tracking at smelting furnaces, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection. Sensors are connected via LoRaWAN, and we host and operate the platform with real-time dashboards and automatic alerting.
Yes. Non-invasive sensors for vibration, temperature, power consumption, or compressed air usage can be retrofitted without interfering with machine controls. Data is transmitted via LoRaWAN or MQTT to our hosted platform and visualized in custom dashboards.
Through continuous monitoring, the platform detects wear patterns and anomalies early – before unplanned downtime occurs. Maintenance intervals are optimized based on data, spare parts are ordered in time, and production outages are minimized.
Metal structures such as steel halls, rolling mills, and storage racks reflect and attenuate radio signals. We account for these factors in radio coverage planning: strategic gateway placement, use of industrial-grade external antennas, and mesh topologies where needed for seamless coverage.
Primarily Milesight gateways and sensors – CE-certified, IP67-rated, and suited for industrial deployment. For specialized requirements like vibration sensing at rolling mills or high-temperature monitoring at furnaces, we also integrate sensors from other manufacturers via MQTT, HTTP, or Modbus.
We start with an on-site walkthrough of the factory grounds. Based on the building structure, metal constructions, and electromagnetic interference sources, we create a radio coverage analysis. Gateway locations are chosen to ensure reliable coverage in production halls and outdoor areas alike.
Yes. Beyond standard dashboards in Grafana and ThingsBoard, we build custom web apps and mobile apps – for example, room occupancy apps for Witten/Herdecke University, water level overviews for the Ennepe, or condition monitoring cockpits for production facilities.
Our stack: ChirpStack as the LoRaWAN network server, ThingsBoard for device management and rule engine, Grafana for real-time dashboards, and Node-RED for data flow automation. Custom apps are built with React, Next.js, and React Native.
Yes. Via ThingsBoard and Node-RED, we integrate LoRaWAN, MQTT, HTTP, and Modbus sources into a unified platform. This allows machine data from specialty steel production, building data from the university campus, and water levels to be analyzed together and forwarded to existing systems.
On GDPR-compliant infrastructure in German data centers. Alternatively, we install the platform on-premise in your own server room in Witten – including VPN connectivity for our remote maintenance.
SLA tiers with availability guarantees up to 99.9%. Redundant infrastructure, automatic failover, and 24/7 monitoring ensure uninterrupted operations – even for critical production data from specialty steel manufacturing.
Yes. We install and harden the entire IoT stack directly in your data center. Via a VPN-secured connection, we handle proactive monitoring and remote maintenance without production or research data leaving your network.
Simple monitoring setups can be operational within a few days. More complex projects involving factory walkthroughs, radio planning in industrial halls, and custom development are planned in phases with clearly defined milestones.
No. Our managed services are cancellable monthly. We rely on strong collaboration and demonstrable results rather than contract lock-in.
Yes. We design multi-tenant platforms for companies and municipalities with multiple sites – whether Witten, Hattingen, Herdecke, or Wetter. Each location gets its own dashboards, access controls, and alerting profiles.
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Timo Wevelsiep
Lead IoT Solutions Architect


