Ovia is shedding light on Phase 2 of its development

OVIA SHEDS LIGHT ON PHASE 2 OF ITS DEVELOPMENT

Exactly a year since its official launch, the Ovia brand goes from strength to strength, with revolutionary new testing equipment and a raft of new products.

When Ovia was to the role of senior testing engineer for launched as an the Scolmore Group of companies, is independent lighting evidence of the importance the company organisation a places on the whole area of testing year ago, the and compliance. He brings a wealth of company’s aim experience garnered during an impressive was to fill a gap for a broad spectrum career, which includes working within of entry level lighting products that electrical installation and maintenance are highly competitively priced, that with a number of contracting firms in offer a range of unique features and the early years, and latterly as electrical benefits, and are quick and easy to and lighting testing engineer for British install to help contractors save time Standards Institution. and money on any given project. The At Scolmore he is working alongside products were developed to cover a the technical team, providing vital product wide range of applications – domestic, testing services across the whole group amenity, commercial, industrial, utility, – Scolmore, ESP, Ovia and Unicrimp. He floodlighting and emergency lighting. has overall responsibility for managing

A year later, and despite the major the testing requirements for effective and push-fit terminal blocks all make for challenges to businesses and personal delivery of compliant products and for easy installation and speed of termination lives that coronavirus has thrown up, not ensuring that industry best practice is of the conductors. only has Ovia managed to keep on track being adopted. The popular Inceptor EVO range of with its ambitious plans, it has continued Phase 2 of Ovia’s product development bulkheads has also been expanded. to supply its full range of products to the programme aims to build on the success of Among the additions is the Deco Excel – market throughout the pandemic, and is the first phase and sees the launch of a raft an extra-large bulkhead in a 20W version. now ready to take the wraps off the next of new lighting solutions that will further It has a tri colour CCT switch integrated phase of its development. enhance the offer for the professional onto the LED board, making it easy to

Ovia has made some very significant electrical contractor. A critical part of switch from 3000k, 4000k and 6000k. investments in the last few months. These the development process has been the Mike Collins, Ovia sales director, include the purchase of cutting-edge continued engagement with contractors comments: “It has been an extremely testing equipment and a revolutionary who are using the products, as well as the challenging but rewarding 12 months photometry testing scheme, the wholesalers selling them, to ensure these as we continue to grow the Ovia lighting appointment of a former BSI testing new products meet their needs. Ease of range and raise the profile of the brand expert and the addition of a raft of new installation and cost-effective lighting among an even wider contractor, specifier products to its growing lighting and solutions remain key elements to the and wholesaler audience. lighting controls ranges. development programme. “We are particularly excited with our

Ovia has purchased its own There are new products as well as investment in the new luminaire testing Goniophotometer device and signed up improvements and enhancements to equipment. A significant amount of to the revolutionary Gonio photometry existing lines; all designed to ensure time and expense is invested in luminaire testing scheme which has a solution is available to suit all the critical testing element of been created by the LIA, together with types of application and any new product development. its partner Acal BFi, to enable lighting size of project. A new range of What the LIA Gonio manufacturers to offer efficient third battens has been added to the Photometry Scheme does party certified luminaire performance premium Inceptor collection. is give us total control testing. By bringing the light test Inceptor B-Lite is a range and puts both the facility in house, the ground-breaking of 4ft, 5ft and 6ft linear product development and testing scheme will radically speed up batten multi-current LED final evaluation process the testing process for Ovia’s lighting lights, which are a direct literally in our hands. products and will also offer reassurance replacement for conventional This means a much faster when it comes to validating photometric battens and boast many turnaround in getting measurements such as lumens per watt features. A multi-current driver products tested and out and related performance claims. allows the installer to set the into the marketplace.”

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