Chamber of Commerce awards Echoflex

When the Citizen of the Year and Local Business of the Year awards were announced at the Chamber of Commerce AGM and President’s Dirty Thirties Revival Gala on Saturday (Jan. 31), it was obvious the environment inspired both the locals’ good deeds and the judges’ decision to honour them. [...] Business of the year winner Echoflex Solutions cofounders Brian Aikens and Shawn Pedersen said it was a chat between friends while mountain biking local trails that ignited one of the leading technologies for energy conservation. The company won Local Business of the Year over finalists Trinity Romance and Play N Trade. The company, which manufactures and distributes EnOcean’s patented radio and energy harvesting technology, is proving that high tech development can prosper in a small town like Squamish.

(Source www.squamishchief.com, Jan 2009)