In our final piece marking our 20th anniversary we take you through the milestones of Educonnect Ltd, which has traded as Ecl-ips since 2007. For a more indepth article about the company, and its people, read our previous blog.
2002
September: Company set up by Nigel Smith as Educonnect Ltd, a data cabling company focusing on the education sector
2005
September: Aaron Kernaghan joined the company to set up a new part of the business, Educonnect Ltd IP Services (Ecl-ips) focusing on using IP networks for alternative purposes other than PCs and phones
2006
Started working with Mobotix to supply CCTV due to customer demand for us to provide external CCTV
Won and deployed Network Rail project: Netbotz installation and support
June: Darren Roe joined to work for Aaron as a project engineer
2007
Moved into first offices and store room in Bromsgrove
Split of business: emergence of Ecl-ips as the company name (officially we are still Educonnect Ltd trading as Ecl-ips). Aaron buys out Nigel Smith to become Managing Director. Nigel Smith continues to operate a data cabling company, Educonnect (South) Ltd
Added Electronic Access Control to our product mix – again connected to the IP network
2008
Won and deployed National Blood and Transplant Service: Netbotz installation and support in Bristol and then, additionally, in London.
June: Stephen Gilbert joins the company as a project engineer.
November: Became an APC Select Partner
2009
Moved into Waterside House, Harris Business Park, Stoke Prior.
2010
Won insurance and employee benefits company, Aon,: Netbotz installation and support: nationwide contract
Worked towards and achieved National Security Inspectorate accreditation (Silver-approved installer)
Won Harrow School: CCTV installation, subsequently added access control
2012
Started working with Avigilon, a CCTV supplier – one of our defining milestones, as it has produced more partnerships following its acquisition by Motorola Solutions.
Became a Paxton Access installer
September: Recognised as an APC Premier Partner
2013
Darren Roe becomes Operations Director at Ecl-ips
Won insurance and benefits consultants, JLT, (acquired by Marsh McLennan in 2019) project to upgrade and centralise both power protection and environmental monitoring on 20 sites. Remote monitoring continues for many of these sites.
June: Recognised as an APC Elite Partner
2014
Won Bromsgrove School: CCTV maintenance and support
Business Sustainability Award winner presented by business coaching company Arrivista
November: Nicky Ayers joined as Sales & Marketing Executive
2015
Exciting project for Oleo International installing cameras within an elevator buffer testing facility
December: Darren Roe wins the ‘1 to 1 Client Award’ from business coaching company Arrivista
2016
Installed Avigilon CCTV system at Gtech’s new headquarters in Worcester
2018
August: Angela Price joined as Business Support Co-Ordinator
2019
Recognised as a high-level direct partner for Avigilon
January: Karen Uppal appointed as Digital Marketing Executive
June: Won a competition, organised by North Worcestershire Economic Development and Regeneration (NWedR) and North Worcestershire Business Leaders (NWBL) to feature in a calendar promoting businesses across North Worcestershire
August: Became an NSI Gold Installer and achieved the ISO 9001 quality standard
November: David Harris joins as Project Engineer
2020
Added body-worn cameras to our product range
February: Featured flipping pancakes in the 2020 calendar, produced by NWedR and NWBL, promoting businesses across North Worcestershire
July: Takeover of Bristol-based Security Group, signals a move into intruder alarms and one of our biggest milestones.
2021
Installed an Orisec Grade 3 intruder alarm system for Atmos VR in Birmingham, one of our first intruder alarm projects as Ecl-ips
Added Density Fog Generators and the Halo Smart Sensor to our product mix
November: Lee Walker joined as project engineer
2022
February: Peter Coughlin joins as business development manager, predominantly covering the south-west of England and South Wales working for Security Group and Ecl-ips
June: Stephen Gilbert promoted to the role of Technical Manager; Aaron becomes Associate member of the Association of Security Consultants
August: Successful renewal of our NSI Gold Accreditation
September: September 12 marked the 20th birthday of Educonnect, trading as Ecl-ips. We celebrated this, and our record-breaking year end business success, as a team on September 30 with a cookery event at Hengata, in Harborne, Birmingham.
We hope to have many more milestones to celebrate over the next 20 years and beyond! If you want to know how we can help you with your security and monitoring needs, please contact us.