Pictured above: (l-r) Anant Peshavaria, director of
business development, ECO Automation Limited; Gillian Ward-Stokes,
innovation advisor, Sustainable Construction iNet; Mike Morley,
managing director, ECO Automation Limited and Lord Mackenzie of
Framwellgate, OBE LL.B at the ECO Automation product launch at the
House of Lords recently
Not one, but two unique environmentally friendly automatic door
systems developed by ECO Automation Ltd were unveiled at a special
launch event held recently at the House of Lords hosted by Lord
Mackenzie of Farmwellgate OBE LL.B.
Founded less than two years ago, the Corby-based company has
produced two new products developed in line with the Government's
Low Carbon Initiative, namely Eco Swing and Eco Slide, both of
which are energy efficient automatic door operating systems with
Eco Swing requiring no mains power whatsoever.
Having set up a Research and Development division, the team at
ECO Automation quickly identified a vast number of "energy
efficient" automatic door operators already on the market, all of
which required mains power. The revolutionary Eco Swing is a
standard door closer which operates by storing kinetic energy
through its normal open and close motion. The system has the added
bonus of also being able to facilitate automatic opening by way of
push pads or key fobs when required, all this despite not being
connected to mains power.
In addition, ECO Automation has developed an energy efficient
sliding door operator Eco Slide, which features a 'plug and play'
design for radars, sensors and control switches greatly reducing
installation time, together with a low wattage cycle making
the system energy efficient and over 95% recyclable.
Gillian Ward-Stokes, an innovation advisor with the Sustainable
Construction iNet which recognises and supports business
initiatives throughout the East Midlands attended the event and was
clearly impressed with what the company has produced so far.
"These fantastic products, which on the face of it seem highly
marketable are exactly the type of innovation and product
development we at Sustainable Construction iNet would look to
encourage, whether that be through business advice, expert
knowledge or grant support," commented Gillian, "I was pleased to
be part of this exciting launch and am looking forward to
developing an ongoing relationship with the team at ECO Automation
in the future."
ECO Automation's director of business development Anant
Peshavaria said: "Eco Swing is currently being assessed for a UK
Patent grant and large scale production is planned for the last
quarter of 2010 with availability from February 2011. Eco Slide has
passed full EMC testing and CE marking and will be available from
September 2010. We are looking forward to working with Gillian and
the team at Sustainable Construction iNet as we continue to refine
our existing products and develop new ones. This is a very exciting
time for a new business like ECO Automation."
To date the Sustainable Construction iNet has helped more than
35 businesses in the East Midlands region with targeted funding
support, and more than 150 with specialist advice & guidance.
It also aims to run 12 - 15 events throughout 2010 and expects to
see upwards of 1500 firms utilising the network.
One of four iNets, it aims to achieve business growth and
development and ultimately, create new jobs. Each iNet is a
regional consortium, funded by East Midlands Development Agency
(emda) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which
incorporates a range of stakeholders across businesses,
universities and other bodies, who have shared interest and expert
knowledge of the particular sector.