News Category: Press
Scottish Product Design Firms Fire Up Jobs Drive Thanks to New Client Wins
Wideblue and A2E, both now part of US-based Pivot International, are each looking to take on a number of engineers and project managers to help with increased workloads. Visit The Scotsman website to learn more.
Read MoreWide Blue 20 September 2022
Scottish Product Design Firms Start Recruitment Drive
Two Scottish product design and development companies are on the hunt for experienced engineers and project managers following a string of client wins. Visit Insider UK to learn more.
Read MoreWide Blue 13 September 2022
Pivot Makes Smart Move to Help Scottish Start-ups
PIVOT International, which includes two of the UK’s leading design companies, Wideblue and A2E, has committed to help mentor young Scottish start-ups by becoming a gold sponsor with the Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) based in Glasgow. Mark Reeves, Pivot International’s UK Managing Director, commented: “We are delighted to be supporting STAC help young smart …
Read MoreWide Blue 01 August 2022
Newest Member of The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)
As a product design, mechanical electronics and software design, company that specializes in physics and optics (with particular expertise in photonics and system engineering), we’re thrilled to announce that Wideblue has become the newest member of the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI). Visit ABHI to learn more.
Read MoreWide Blue 14 July 2022
Pivot UK a Sponsor of Filament STAC
This year, an estimated 46 billion connected devices worldwide enable the use of data in industry, energy, cities, and the medical sector. By 2030, the Internet of Things (IoT) market is forecast to be worth $1.5 trillion. The market is growing rapidly and STAC’s goal is to help Scottish start-ups become key players in a …
Read MoreWide Blue 14 July 2022
CENSIS Tech Summit and Conference
We’re excited to announce that Pivot, A2E, and Wideblue are xxhibiting at the 7th CENSIS Tech Summit and Conference. After a two-year break, Scotland’s leading sensing, imaging and IoT event is now open for registration. This year’s conference will showcase a free day of top-class speakers, exhibitors, debates and networking events, and there will be …
Read MoreWide Blue 14 July 2022
Companies Collaborate to Develop Novel Patient Transfer Device
Product-designer, Wideblue, is collaborating with SME Science to Business and East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) on a project, which is being funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. Read the full post: Medical Plastics News: Companies Collaborate to Develop Novel Patient Transfer Device
Read MoreWide Blue 07 July 2022
Wideblue to Develop Novel Transfer Device
Product designer Wideblue is collaborating with a team led by SME Science to Business and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to develop a novel transfer device Read the full post: AirMed&Rescue: Wideblue to Develop Novel Transfer Device
Read MoreWide Blue 10 June 2022
BuffaloGrid’s Charging Tech Empowers Struggling Communities and Refugees
A solar-powered phone charging and content downloading system, developed by UK tech startup BuffaloGrid, is set to benefit millions of disadvantaged people and refugees. While many today have phones and there’s broadband network coverage available, what is still missing is affordability and the power supply essential for charging devices in places lacking the infrastructure. Read …
Read MoreWide Blue 19 April 2022
Livingston Product Design Firm Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Trio of Key Hires
“Celebrating 20 years in business is a huge milestone for us, and these three new key hires will enable us to continue to grow.” – David Ross, Managing Director Read the full post: The Scotsman: Livingston Product Design Firm Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Trio of Key Hires
Read MoreWide Blue 21 March 2022
A2E Gears Up For 20th Anniversary With Appointment of Three New Key Hires
A2E, one of the UK’s leading product design and development companies, has made three new key hires as it gears up to celebrate 20 years in business. The Livingston-based firm, which says its recent growth is down to a surge in demand for product development, has appointed Gary Cheng as project manager and Georgios Sidiropoulos …
Read MoreWide Blue 18 March 2022
Glasgow University and Wideblue Partner to Detect Volcanic Eruptions
New gravimeter technology created by product design house Wideblue and the University of Glasgow (UoG) could be used to predict volcanic eruptions. Their device can detect subtle changes in local gravity caused by magma flows, providing an early warning system. With early enough detection, people can be evacuated and defences created to save lives before …
Read MoreWide Blue 16 December 2021
The Herald: Last Founding Manager at Wideblue to Step Down
Scottish design specialist Wideblue has appointed a new managing director to take over from Russell Overend, the last of the company’s founders. Barry Warden assumes the top job from his current position as design and development director, having first joined Wideblue in 2014 as a mechanical engineer. With a master’s degree from the University of …
Read MoreWide Blue 06 December 2021
Phone Charger for Developing World
While the mobile phone has become vital in many developing countries where people do not have access to laptops, tablets, or PCs, power infrastructure remains poor, unreliable, or frequently non-existent. It is thought that 700 million people with access to a phone do not have power, including 300 million in India alone. Globally, it is …
Read MoreWide Blue 01 November 2021
The Journey to a Sustainable Future
The journey to a sustainable future is a highly important one, not just across Scotland, but across the whole world. Ahead of the upcoming COP26 meetings being held in Glasgow in November, we are running a weekly blog series exploring the role of technology in achieving net zero with our Technology Scotland members. This week, …
Read MoreWide Blue 28 October 2021
Product Design Scotland Toolkit: Scaling Manufacturing and Managing Supply Chains
The transition from product design and development into volume manufacturing can be a tricky, slow and expensive journey to navigate. Get it wrong and the product can be late to the market; late changes to the product or manufacturing problems can cause a large amount of scrap or rework or even product recalls; tooling and …
Read MoreWide Blue 25 October 2021
The Scotsman: A2E Adding Jobs After Recent Business Wins
Livingston-based A2E, which is part of the Pivot International group, is looking to recruit an electronics engineer and project manager to deal with the additional demand, with further plans in place to take on additional engineers over the coming months. Read the full article on The Scotsman: A2E Adding Jobs After Recent Business Wins
Read MoreWide Blue 28 September 2021
Forbes: Computer Chip Shortage Crisis Shows Supply Chains at Risk
The semiconductor chip crisis that hit companies around the world shows no signs of ending any time soon and will continue to impact the supply chains for many industries. Indeed, some organizations have yet to fully recover from the impact of the blockage of the Suez Canal last March on their ability to send and …
Read MoreWide Blue 19 July 2021
Wideblue Managing Director, Russell Overend, was the subject of this week’s Herald newspapers Monday Business Interview.
Wideblue Managing Director, Russell Overend, was the subject of this week’s Herald newspapers Monday Business Interview. “At the start of the pandemic we had one customer who had their funding pulled, and they almost went under. A lot of projects were delayed, particularly if the clients were dependent on access to university labs” said Wideblue …
Read MoreWide Blue 24 May 2021
41 Action News: Effects of Chip Shortage, How to Avoid Impacts
Right now, there is a worldwide shortage of those chips, which means businesses are adjusting and tech experts are advising consumers on how to avoid paying higher prices. 41 Action News: Effects of Chip Shortage, How to Avoid Impacts
Read MoreWide Blue 13 May 2021
The Insider UK: Glasgow Design Agency Joins Consortium
Glasgow-based product design specialist Wideblue has joined forces with two other businesses to develop an autonomous surface disinfection system for hospitals. The collaboration, entitled Project LUSS (LED-based Ultra Violet exposure for Safe Surfaces) has been awarded an Innovate UK grant to develop an economical solution to combat the spread of Covid-19 in public spaces. Glasgow …
Read MoreWide Blue 07 May 2021