Safety camera firm focusing on new growth opportunities

NEW technology designed to save lives and prevent injury on our roads has been launched by a Wolverhampton safety firm.

Spillard Safety Systems is heading to the RWM Exhibition, which starts at the National Exhibition Centre on Tuesday (September 13) to unveil its new Optronics Wide Eye Camera System, which uses a vehicle-mounted fish-eye 180° view angle camera to eliminate driver blindspots and reduce accidents.

The firm is targeting commercial, recycling and waste management companies running large fleets of vehicles and looking to improve safety on the roads.

Fitted to the underside of wing mirrors, the new camera transmits a much wider field of vision than traditional systems and sends a high resolution picture to a dashboard monitor, making it ideal for spotting cyclists or other vehicles coming up alongside large vehicles.

Spillards will use the exhibition to explain the technology and also play a series of videos produced to highlight the dangers and the benefits the technology provides in real-life working environments.

Peter Spillard, managing director, said: “We are seeing more and more instances of adults and young children being injured or killed by large vehicles operating on our roads.

“And more times than not this is down to blindspots where drivers can’t see or have limited vision of what is around them. The launch of the Optronics Wide Eye Camera System is one step closer to removing a lot of the dangers and will definitely help the sector reduce accidents.”

More than 13,000 people are expected to attend the RWM exhibition during its three-day duration.

“We believe there’ll be significant interest as it has been designed in response to industry demand, is easy to fit, completely waterproof and cost effective. There is definitely a need for this in the market,” added Mr Spillard.

Spillard Safety Systems has evolved into one of the UK’s largest vehicle safety solution providers to the construction, quarrying mining, waste and commercial industries, with a customer base ranging from global conglomerates to original equipment manufacturers.

The company is hoping that its appearance at RWM will create new opportunities in the recycling and waste management sector, helping it take turnover from £3.5m to £4.5m by the middle of 2016.