Preco Explained

Preco Electronics Inc
Type:	Private
Foundation:	1947
Location City:	Boise, Idaho
Location Country:	United States
Industry:	Vehicle Safety and Object Detection Systems
Products:	PreView Radar Systems
Homepage:	www.preco.com

Preco Electronics Inc is a multinational vendor of radar-based object detection systems headquartered in Boise, Idaho, United States.

Preco was founded in 1947 by Edwin R. Peterson as a rebuilder of electronic water pumps, generators, and batteries^[1] and introduced the first reverse-motion alarm in 1967.

Current products

PreView is a solid-state, pulsed-radar object detect system engineered to alert vehicle operators of both moving and stationary obstacles.^[2] The system can also be combined with automatic braking systems to stop vehicles when an obstacle is near.^[3] PreView is designed to work in extreme environmental conditions.^[4]

Industry associations

• National Waste & Recycling Association http://www.WASTEC.org
• Technology and Maintenance Council (American Trucking Associations) http://www.truckline.com/Federation/Councils/TMC/Pages/default.aspx
• SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America)
• National Association of Fleet Administrators
• Executive member of Association of Building Contractors http://www.ABC.org
• SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration) http://www.smenet.org/

External links

• http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/rfi/rfi141.html
• http://www.icuee.com/Documents/VTS/Brochure/pWMGXu5fsY/CSIdaho.pdf
• http://aggminmarketplace.com/results.php?search_type=keyword&si=sme&wS=1&v=2.2&term=preco+electronics&btnSubmitSearchMarketplace.x=0&btnSubmitSearchMarketplace.y=0
• http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=3629819.PN.&OS=PN/3629819&RS=PN/3629819

Notes and References

1. http://www.aboutus.org/Preco.com
2. Web site: Intec Video Systems, Inc. - Radar . www.intecvideo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071203061148/http://www.intecvideo.com/radar.php . 2007-12-03.
3. Web site: Design Product News - OBJECT DETECTION AND BRAKE INTERLOCK SYSTEM . www.dpncanada.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091219071156/http://www.dpncanada.com/index.php/Sensors/OBJECT-DETECTION-AND-BRAKE-INTERLOCK-SYSTEM.html . 2009-12-19.
4. http://www.globalwasteindustry.com/Preco-Electronics-cp173770.htm