, a design and innovation consultancy, and through it has worked with a number of diverse clients including Boots, E.ON, Intel, Lego, The Body Shop and Unilever on the design and development of award winning products for international markets.
Neil then started Zeal Innovation Ltd at the end of 2013, with marketeer Will Riley, whom he met at Southampton University many years before, to develop and commercialise the Litelok®
The issue with most bike locks is that while bikes are getting lighter and lighter, secure locks are getting heavier and heavier. That’s because it’s the thickness of the metal chains and tubes that provides the additional security, however it also makes them cumbersome, heavy and impractical.
Neil and his team harnessed the unique security properties of multiple innovative, lightweight materials to create a composite strap called Boaflexicore®. Each layer provides additional security, meaning that it can withstand sustained attack to the highest level from tools like cable cutters, bolt croppers and hacksaws. Read our
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, my team and I created and patented a new composite material called Boaflexicore. It is made of layers of innovative materials that keep Liteloks lightweight but difficult to cut or break. Each layer provides additional security, meaning it can withstand sustained attack from tools like cable cutters, bolt croppers, crowbars and hacksaws. The locking mechanism is made from hardened steel and is very difficult to pick. This is also patented.
In March 2015 we ran a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, raising over £232,000. This helped turn the idea into a reality. I am incredibly thankful to our Kickstarter backers without whom we wouldn’t be here. We have built on this early success, now offering Liteloks all over the world, from our HQ in Wales, UK. Litelok Gold won Best Cycling Innovation at the 2016 London Cycling Campaign awards and was declared the
I am delighted to announce that as of August 2017 we have secured a seven figure co-investment from Finance Wales and a syndicate of Business Angels. Supplemented by other early stage funding which came from the European Regional Development Fund, through the SMARTCymru programme, this investment will allow us to invest in high-tech manufacturing in South Wales, as well as sales, marketing and product development.
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