“I’ve worked with many CEMs throughout my career, but the team at Offshore have consistently outperformed their competitors,” said Fireco purchasing manager Mark Challacombe. “I was unable to appoint the company in a previous role and really noticed the difference, so it made sense to bring the company back on board.”
Fireco, which is based near Brighton in Sussex, makes systems that allows fire doors in buildings to be held open, and then automatically closed if needed – all while complying with building regulations.
Introduced in the early 1990s, the hardware’s circuitry is now in need of a major update, said Fireco, which will allow three product variants to be consolidated into one all-purpose product, due to be released this year, that will continue to work with the company’s premises management software.
Fireco will be design the circuity and PCBs then, as part of its ‘design for manufacture’ service, “if necessary, so that it’s ready for mass production, Offshore will make adjustments to the board design and will incorporate more appropriate components”, a spokesman for the Guernsey company told Electronics Weekly.
“The agreement comes at a crucial time for both businesses,” according to Offshore. “Fireco has grown significantly since 2020 and is expecting continued significant growth throughout 2023. Offshore has recently invested in new production machinery, including a Yamaha modular pick and place machine, effectively doubling the number of components it’s able to place each month.”
