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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

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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 as consulting electronics engineer. In addition, Mark Sansom is promoted to director of engineering. Celebrating 20 years in business in April 2022, A2E has worked on many innovative projects over the past two decades with a particular focus on the oil, gas, and utilities sectors.

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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 the eruption happens.

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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 Glasgow, he has more than 14 years’ experience in mechanical design.

The Herald: Last Founding Manager at Wideblue to Step Down

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 estimated that some one billion people do not have access to reliable power.

The Scotsman: Scottish Product Design Firms Help Develop Phone Charger for Developing World