Multitone attends the Safety & Health Expo ‘09 at the NEC (12 – 14 May)

Multitone will be exhibiting EkoTek, the award winning lone worker solution at the Safety & Health Expo ‘09, which takes place at the NEC on 12 – 14 May 2009.

With the UK’s increasing legislation surrounding health and safety at work, Multitone developed EkoTek as a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution for staff protection.

What is EkoTek?
EkoTek is a staff protection system, which provides individuals with a simple way of sending a call for help. This alert is sent to a nominated person or team, with the user’s identity and location, so it can be acted upon quickly and efficiently.

How and where is EkoTek used?
Since its launch in 2007, EkoTek has been used for a range of industries and purposes internationally, including:
 an alerting device for staff who work alone in power stations;
 a patient wander alarm in psychiatric hospitals;
 a calling system for use in schools where teachers need assistance; and
 a staff protection alarm for a dog’s home

What are the key benefits of EkoTek?
 Fast and reliable alerting with accurate location reporting
 Total site coverage
 Easy to install – no wires
 Cost effective and easy to use
 Quick and easy to deploy
 Integrates with other alarm and communication systems
 Full personal security
 Reduced associated business risk
 Addresses safety and communication concerns

What is a typical EkoTek system made up of?
 key fobs and pager-style devices for user alerting;
 a management terminal which processes and responds to alerts (how the system responds is fully programmable and may involve forwarding the alert to a security team, making a call to emergency services, etc); and
 a number of repeaters placed throughout the site to communicate between the user and the main management terminal

Is EkoTek suitable for small or large sites?
EkoTek can be as small or as large as the site requires and can easily grow to accommodate new users or buildings by increasing the number of repeaters for effective coverage. In addition to the internal repeaters, solar powered outdoor units are also available giving site-wide coverage across a number of buildings.

Why include location information in an alert?
As well as sending alerts when an alarm is triggered, EkoTek also shows the user’s location. This can be critical on large or complex sites, or when working in reduced visibility, such as at night.

Whether you want to provide solutions to lone worker safety and reduce the associated business risk, or address other safety and communication concerns, visit Multitone’s stand for a range of products designed to help protect staff and make the workplace a safer place.

Visit us at stand 172 to speak to our technical specialists and see a live demo.

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About Multitone

At Multitone, we specialise in delivering integrated wireless communication systems and solutions to meet complex communication problems.

Our areas of expertise include:

• on-site paging
• wide area paging
• lone worker systems
• cordless telephony
• retail security systems
• a multi-platform incorporating PBX, LAN or WAN

More importantly, our cutting-edge technology enables us to integrate new solutions with your existing system. Multitone systems feature unparalleled quality and functionality that other service providers in the UK rarely offer.

Company history

2008: Today, our equipment is in use 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by over two thirds of the UK's hospitals and emergency services and we have a worldwide distribution network for our advanced communication solutions.

2007: Multitone releases its new EkoTek technology, a cost effective, radio-based solution, ideally suited to lone worker protection. With fast alerting and precise location (within a 10 metre radius), EkoTek is ideal for numerous applications, including industrial premises, offices, psychiatric units, education centres and hospital/ healthcare sites.

2006: Multitone celebrates its 75th year anniversary and thanks all its customers and partners for their support.

2000: The product spectrum for Multitone grows significantly. As well as paging systems, Multitone begins to develop and supply telephony and DECT systems and lone worker solutions.

1970-1990: Multitone launches a large scale campaign promoting paging systems with 'group call', the first back speech arrangements of late announcements with synthetic voice, the first digital receivers and more.

1967: The paging market grows to become Multitone's core business.

1956: Multitone develops and subsequently supplies Saint Thomas Hospital in London with its first paging system. Multitone is acknowledged as the inventor of paging technology.

1940s/50s: Multitone specialises in the development and production of electronics for medical applications and becomes one of the market-leading suppliers in this field.

1931: Multitone Electronics is founded by Alexander Poliakoff, entrepreneur, inventor and developer. Among other successes, he develops a hearing aid for Sir Winston Churchill and goes on to remain Chairman of Multitone for more than 40 years.

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