Did you know that we have always been part of wider group of companies, offering a portfolio of emissions, leak detection and gas stream monitoring products, software and services, specialising in methane?

For decades, the Ecotec group has been designing, selling and supporting equipment for monitoring landfill gas and biogas. Gazomat in France developed laser-based portable and mobile equipment, used extensively to check very low level methane emissions from natural gas pipelines and networks. California-based Oxigraf specialises in oxygen sensor technology.

What does this mean for AQMesh? Our range of ambient air monitoring sensors – including TVOC, H2S and CO2 – matches and complements the group portfolio of industrial emissions monitoring solutions. We now also offer a methane option, delivering readings alongside all the other channels AQMesh provides, including wind speed and direction. This means we have continuous, stationary methane monitoring options at sub-ppm limit of detection with the laser sensor, or a lower sensitivity small sensor CH4 option.

Let us know if you’d like to know more about our industrial fenceline monitoring options or an introduction to the rest of the Ecotec range of equipment.

Environmental Instruments Ltd, the company which manufactures AQMesh, is delighted to announce it is now ISO9001:2015 certified. ISO9001:2015 is the standard which confirms a business is using its quality management system and processes effectively and consistently to meet the requirements of its customers.

The achievement of this standard endorses the AQMesh team’s claims that it works to the highest standards of quality when designing, developing, manufacturing and supplying AQMesh pods, as well as offering excellent customer service and support at all stages of the customer experience.

Continual improvement of the customer experience and the products AQMesh offers has always been integral to its aims to provide innovative and market-leading solutions for localised air quality monitoring.

Having ISO9001:2015 certification means both new and existing users can now have even more reassurance they are receiving the most proven small sensor air quality monitoring system, from the most experienced team in the industry. Gaining ISO9001:2015 certification also enables further certification opportunities for example, MCERTS indicative and CEN/TS 17660-1:2021.

Amanda Billingsley, Managing Director at AQMesh, says “The whole AQMesh team has embraced the ISO9001 mindset and we have used this process to identify opportunities for improvement, as well as flying through the audit on the basis of our existing robust processes. This certification is just a milestone in our journey towards ever better customer focus, quality management and innovation.”

AQMesh is one of three winners of the Air Quality & Sport Challenge, an initiative by ThinkSport whose aim is to create solutions to help sport organisations tackle climate change.

The Challenge is a collaboration by ThinkSport, together with the Sustainable Sport Lab (SSL) and the Sustainable Mountain Alliance (SMA), and supported by numerous stakeholders including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Athletics and Formula E.

AQMesh was presented as a solution in the category for measuring and mitigating the effect of poor air quality on athletes, and it is able to offer its benefits of real-time hyperlocal pollution data as a compact and flexible platform in order to report on the key pollutants known to affect human health and athlete performance.

John Downie from AQMesh will be attending The Spot – ThinkSport’s flagship international sport and innovation event – in Switzerland on 17^th & 18^th May, where each winner will be able to showcase their solution.

Ecotec International Holdings, LLC (“ECOTEC”) today announced a strategic minority equity investment by Archrock, Inc. (“Archrock”), Archrock is an energy infrastructure company with a pure-play focus on midstream natural gas compression. In addition to the strategic investment, Archrock will also begin offering ECOTEC’s suite of solutions to its customers in support of their sustainability goals.

Archrock is the leading provider of natural gas compression services to customers in the oil and natural gas industry throughout the U.S. and a leading supplier of aftermarket services to customers that own compression equipment in the U.S.

The strategic investment by Archrock accelerates ECOTEC’s expansion into the oil and gas industry. With over thirty years of expertise providing a comprehensive ecosystem of methane solutions in the natural gas, biogas, carbon credit and air quality industries, the oil and gas industry is a key area of growth for ECOTEC. ECOTEC’s combination of cutting-edge instrumentation and software provides accurate and directly measured emissions data, which is auditable by third-party organizations, and directly applicable to helping solve the decarbonization challenges faced by the oil and gas industry.

Tim Novick, President and Chief Executive Officer of ECOTEC, said, “We are thrilled to partner with Archrock as an increasing number of oil and gas companies commit to thoughtful ESG strategies to measure and reduce their methane emissions. In particular, methane leak mitigation will be critical in solidifying the important role natural gas will play in energy transition. With over 67 years of operating history, Archrock’s deep industry understanding and long-standing customer relationships will be fundamental to accelerating ECOTEC’s growth in oil and gas and creating value for ECOTEC and its stakeholders.”

“We are excited to partner with ECOTEC and advance our shared vision for helping the oil and gas industry decarbonize,” said Brad Childers, Archrock’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “The expansion of our services to include direct emissions detection, management and mitigation is a significant step in our strategy to develop a suite of solutions that supports our customers’ sustainability goals. ECOTEC’s management team has an impressive track record of building emissions management businesses in other sectors and this partnership connects their proven technology with our leading U.S. natural gas compression infrastructure and customer network. This investment provides a unique opportunity to deliver value for our customers and shareholders as we position Archrock to reduce emissions across the oil and gas industry.”

Intrepid Partners, LLC served as financial advisor to ECOTEC.

About ECOTEC

ECOTEC specializes in the design and development of specialty equipment and software solutions for the natural gas, biogas, renewable natural gas, carbon credit and oil and gas markets through its ECOTEC, AQMesh, Gas Data, and GAZOMAT brands. With offices around the globe, ECOTEC’s comprehensive solutions have been deployed around the world to help companies, organizations and municipalities identify, quantify, and remediate their environmental footprint, particularly through reductions in methane emissions.

About Archrock

Archrock is an energy infrastructure company with a pure-play focus on midstream natural gas compression. Archrock is the leading provider of natural gas compression services to customers in the oil and natural gas industry throughout the U.S. and a leading supplier of aftermarket services to customers that own compression equipment in the U.S. Archrock is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.archrock.com.

AQMesh has been commercially available since 2012 – making it the most proven and relied upon small sensor system on the market. During the last ten years, the team at AQMesh has never stood still by continuously improving the design and functionality of the product in response to the many challenges that localised air quality monitoring has presented around the globe.

Originally launched as a pod which could monitor only three or five gases, AQMesh has evolved over time to offer a single, compact system that can measure up to six gas pollutants from a choice of seven and particulate fractions including PM1, PM2.5, PM4 and PM10, along with additional options for noise and windspeed and direction. A range of autonomous power supply options have been developed to suit almost any monitoring location, supported with seamless data delivery via the completely secure bespoke-built AQMeshData.net server.

The team have been able to continually demonstrate and prove the product’s high quality performance in more environments and locations than any other system. Using extensive global co-location comparisons now spanning over ten years, the AQMesh team have consistently improved and developed sensor performance against certified reference / FEM equivalent methods and validate small sensor technology for air quality monitoring applications.

Access to their own onsite reference station means the AQMesh team is able to test each sensor individually through a meaningful and rigorous quality control process before it is installed. During this process, the sensitivity of each sensor to the target pollutant is measured against the reference equipment and sensors which show a response outside the defined range are rejected. Traceable adjustments can also be applied to optimise consistency, precision and accuracy through AQMesh’s proprietary data processing algorithms.

Having been established for longer than any other platform, the team has also been able to continually review the product’s long-term performance. Baseline stability of AQMesh’s electrochemical sensors has been continually proven over many years of independent global co-location trials against certified reference equipment. These trials have also enabled AQMesh to be tested in the widest possible range of real-world applications, environments, seasons and climates. AQMesh pods have continued to operate under snowy conditions in Sweden, Minnesota and Iceland, in the scorching heat of Iraq deserts and in the heavy, humid rainfalls seen in Asia. The expansive range of countries that AQMesh has been used in has helped the team lead the way in small sensor air quality monitoring system design and ensuring the product is fit for purpose in every possible environment.

The AQMesh team has built strong relationships with reputable global partners over the years and has fully trained them to support AQMesh in their local regions, meaning that location is not a barrier to supplying AQMesh. Through this well-established network of authorised global distributors and AQMesh’s own remote support, the AQMesh team pride themselves on the high level of customer service and technical support it can offer its users wherever they may be.

Another of the many benefits of choosing AQMesh as your air quality monitoring solution is its low cost of ownership. AQMesh pods have been developed over time to require minimal maintenance and there are minimal ongoing costs. Electrochemical sensors and consumables for our filter-free particle counter are recommended for replacement every two years, and all consumable sensors are replaced for free during the first year if necessary. AQMesh was the first small sensor platform to offer a 5-year warranty, and there is also a free data access service option, allowing suitability to any budget. Customers are able to use their own local M2M SIM if they prefer, although AQMesh’s global SIM contracts give fantastic worldwide coverage and are reasonably priced, offering fixed costs and added convenience.

AQMesh has always been at the forefront of the small sensor air quality monitoring market, investing in extensive testing and development that has paved the way for other manufacturers to follow in its footsteps, as well as defining data validation methodologies and providing blueprints for deploying city-wide networks. The team continue to research, test and develop AQMesh and push the limitations of small sensors to ensure the product remains more than fit-for-purpose and offers value for money in an increasingly competitive market whilst still retaining its core principles of proven high quality data, accuracy and unbeatable customer service.

cotec International Holdings, LLC (“ECOTEC”), a global leader in methane emissions monitoring, is pleased to announce a strategic investment by funds managed by Intrepid Investment Management, LLC, the investing arm of Intrepid Financial Partners, L.L.C. (“Intrepid”). Intrepid is a leading energy-focused merchant bank with over 50 employees, and expertise in upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services and energy transition.  ECOTEC provides a comprehensive suite of patented, cutting-edge instrumentation and software solutions to companies, organizations, and municipalities around the world, helping them manage and remediate their environmental footprint by accurately identifying and quantifying their greenhouse gas emissions.

ECOTEC has an over thirty-year history of the design, development and implementation of instrumentation and software for emissions detection and compliance within the natural gas, biogas, carbon credits and air quality industries, with recent expansion into the oil and gas industry.

The company will use the proceeds to accelerate the production and roll-out of its patented instrumentation and emissions data collection software to fulfill strong customer demand in the biogas and oil and gas industries.

“We believe this is a unique opportunity to partner with thought leaders in the oil and gas and energy transition industries, particularly as we continue to grow our oil and gas business,” says Tim Novick, CEO of ECOTEC. “The Intrepid team brings over 200 years of collective experience advising and investing in the energy and energy transition sectors through multiple cycles and against secular changes throughout their history – that experience and their industry relationships are central to our partnership and creating value for our customers and stakeholders.”

Skip McGee, Co-Founder and CEO of Intrepid says, “We are incredibly excited to be partnering with ECOTEC as they continue to grow their business, and in particular, as they expand into oil and gas. ECOTEC has historically been a leader in emissions solutions to the biogas and utilities industry, and they are well- positioned to leverage their decades-long experience to provide expert solutions for the oil and gas industry. We have known members of the management team for almost two decades, and we look forward to working with them on the very important mission of building a path towards a lower-carbon world.”

About ECOTEC

ECOTEC specializes in the design and development of specialty equipment and software solutions for the natural gas, biogas, renewable natural gas, carbon credit and oil and gas markets through its ECOTEC, AQMESH, GAS DATA, and GAZOMAT brands.  With offices around the globe, ECOTEC’s comprehensive solutions have been deployed around the world to help companies, organizations and municipalities identify, quantify, and remediate their environmental footprint, particularly through reductions in methane emissions. Learn more at www.ecotecco.com.

About Intrepid

Intrepid is a merchant bank that provides investment banking and investing management services. Intrepid’s leading boutique investment banking business provides independent and best-in-class merger & acquisition, restructuring and capital markets services to the energy and energy transition industries, and has advised on ~$150 billion of transactions since 2015. Intrepid’s investment management business makes principal debt and equity investments through its managed funds. Current strategies include private equity, infrastructure and venture capital across energy and energy transition.

Intrepid has offices in Houston and New York. For more information on Intrepid, please visit www.intrepidfp.com.

Ecotec International Holdings, LLC (“ECOTEC Group”), owner of Environmental Instruments Ltd., the manufacturer of AQMesh, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Gas Data Limited and its parent company, Innovational Technologies Limited, which is expected to strengthen the state-of-the-art portfolio of highest quality gas detection, gas analysis and air quality monitoring solutions.

Founded 30 years ago, Gas Data has built a reputation for excellent customer service and highest quality products that are recognized performance leaders in their fields. In the UK market, they also provide a full range of installation, commissioning, and maintenance services. Gas Data’s operations are fully supported by ATEX certification (80079-34 ATEX) as well as ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental), ISO 45001 (Health & Safety) standards, which prove their dedication to continuous improvement and drive for excellence.

ECOTEC and Gas Data use similar core technologies and serve complementary markets. As a result, the acquisition represents an opportunity to expand capabilities and extend geographic reach, in addition to furthering the combined portfolio of methane-focused environmental solutions.

Peter Cieslak, CEO of Gas Data, said: “By becoming a part of the ECOTEC Group we will strengthen our respective brands and accelerate our continued growth in both new and existing market segments. On this day, I could not be prouder of our talented and dedicated team who will continue to make significant contribution to the new challenges that lie ahead. I look forward to our exciting future, advancing the science behind gas data, together.”

ECOTEC Group CEO Tim Novick says the acquisition brings together technology and talent in the form of dedicated Gas Data employees who are joining the ECOTEC Group team.

“We believe this unique opportunity combines two businesses with best-in-class products and customer service operating in overlapping industries, as well as brings together a team of astoundingly talented and dedicated employees,” he says. “We are fully committed to the successful future of our expanded organization.”

About Gas Data

Based in Coventry, England, Gas Data is one of the UK’s market leaders in developing, manufacturing and supplying gas analysis solutions for variety of industrial applications, including renewable energy, environmental and security, with international presence in over 50 countries.

About ECOTEC Group

ECOTEC specializes in the design and development of specialty equipment and software solutions for the natural gas, biogas, renewable natural gas and carbon credit markets through its ECOTEC, AQMESH, and GAZOMAT brands.  With offices around the globe, ECOTEC Group’s comprehensive solutions have been deployed around the world to help corporations identify, quantify, and remediate their environmental footprint, particularly through reductions in methane emissions.

In October, the AQMesh distributor in Germany – Envilyse – was personally invited to Austria to take part in an annual conference for the ambient air community. During the two-day event, members from the Austrian monitoring networks delivered lectures and shared information on current ambient air monitoring issues.

Envilyse currently run a number of AQMesh projects throughout Germany and Austria and were promoting AQMesh on their stand during the event.

AQMesh was selected to be included in the 2017 Parliamentary Review as an industry leader within the environmental technology sector.

The Parliamentary Review is an annual publication which is released to coincide with the beginning of the new Parliamentary year, acting as a guide to cross-sector best practice for the UK’s leading policy makers. The AQMesh team was invited to join Members of Parliament and celebrities at a Gala launch event in the Members’ dining room at the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London.

AQMesh features alongside a small number of other outstanding organisations in the publication, looking back on the year in industry and how leaders have overcome challenges in the current economic and political climate.

The AQMesh feature describes how this new ‘small sensor’ system is revolutionising air quality monitoring, allowing pollution to be understood at a truly local level for the first time. “This means policy makers have the best possible change of taking informed steps to protect the public from air pollution,” comments Amanda Billingsley, Director at Environmental Instruments Ltd., the Stratford-upon-Avon based manufacturer. “AQMesh is a global sector leader and we are delighted to have our achievements recognised in this way.”

AQMesh is also working with UK, European and US authorities to help shape the certification process and develop suitable methods for assessing small sensor air quality systems. As the article explains, “because AQMesh has led the field for several years, it will help to shape the certification process by showing what is possible with such equipment”.