As the corona crisis develops, Belgian Avalasia is being flooded with orders for its fever scanner. The camera, combined with heat vision, can measure the body temperature of individuals within large crowds. Originally marketing it as military equipment, the company couldn’t have predicted the sudden demand.
As many companies struggle to continue with operations, some are experiencing unprecedented activity. One such company is Belgium’s Avalasia, which develops and sells ‘fever scanners’. These scanners can be used to measure the body temperature of individuals, in order to identify possible illness within large crowds. In the second week of March, the Menen-based company sold dozens, valued at 25,000 euros apiece. CEO Nico Ramacker: “I used to struggle to convince possible clients that checking their employees for body temperature was necessary. That hesitance has vanished completely.”
They never meant to make a profit out of the crisis, emphasizes Ramacker. “The scanner was already our core business. We’re just trying to fill this sudden need for detecting fever.” Ramacker explains that right now, they’re solely in reactive mode. “We couldn’t have predicted this sudden demand.”
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