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| Virtual Engineer Crowned Award-Winning Product
Strand Technologies has clinched a prestigious AI Specification Award for its innovative Virtual Engineer - a technology solution for the control and diagnostics of automatic doors, gates and barriers.
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It won the Product Design and Innovation Award (Electronic) category, sponsored by the Automatic Door Suppliers Association, at the 40th biennial event, held at the ‘Cheesegrater’ Leadenhall Building, in Central London.
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Judges commented: "This product has innovation written all over it. It provides an effective solution which has the benefit of remote fault-finding coupled with helping to reduce carbon footprint."
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Ken Price, ADSA’s Managing Director, presented the award to the Strand Technologies’ team – a landmark moment for the company which began trading in 2021.
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Virtual Engineer was selected from a shortlist that also featured products from ASSA ABLOY, Codelocks and Salto Systems.
It uses a device which is attached to entrances and ‘talks’ to a cloud software platform for on-site or remote management. It sends alerts to flag up problems and identify potential causes – potentially saving time and money for engineer call outs.
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Steve Marshall, Managing Director of Strand Technologies, said that the team was delighted to have scooped the award.
“It was a crowning moment that followed 18-months of hard graft to bring our products and services to the market. Our strength is in working with organisations to provide a holistic solution to the issues they are facing for effective asset management which in turn results in efficiency savings.”
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Said Mr Price: “I would like to offer my warmest congratulations to Strand Technologies. This is a major accolade which recognises the problem-solving nature of a ground-breaking product that blends traditional electronic and digital technologies.”
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The awards are organised by The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) in conjunction with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
A video of the ceremony can be seen here: www.youtube.com/ai-specification-awards-2022
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