The Company
The Company is located in Cookstown, a large town situated in
the centre of Northern Ireland.
From this central location FSL service the requirements of an
increasing international worldwide
customer base. Housed in a new purpose built factory, complete
with offices, workshops and
showroom, FSL have demonstrated their ability to respond quickly
and efficiently to the industrial
and electronics sectors.
To maintain and consolidate the Group’s
excellent reputation for quality and service, a structured
staff training programme is continually ongoing to ensure all
staff are kept up to date with the
ever-changing industry in which they work. The results of this
is a motivated and highly trained
workforce capable of responding to the most demanding of enquiries.
The Group is also actively involved in
Research & Development in both the IT and Electronics
industries, where new innovative products are developed and extensively
tested. For some of the
major companies in the plant and automotive areas or industries,
FSL have contributed immensely
to manufacturers of industrial equipment to cut cost and raise
efficiency levels in their operating
systems.
History
FSL Electronics Ltd. was formed in 1988 as a research and development
facility and began
production of it’s first product, The Ultrabeam® in
1990. In 1992 and 1993, FSL won SMART
awards from the Department of Trade and Industry (UK) for research
and development of
electronic products. In 1994 the company designed it’s first
electronic scoreboard for a local
GAA club. Since then, the company has developed models for most
sports and have hundreds
of installations in several countries.
In 1996, FSL purchased a green-field site
and erected a 6,000 square feet custom built factory
in early 1997. In 2002, the company expanded it’s product
range into gate automation
and in early 2003, became N.Ireland’s sole distributor for
DEA Automation. FSL are currently
recruiting a network of dealers and business is quickly growing
in this area. Today, the company’s
client list includes worldwide companies such as Fujitsu, Caterpillar
and Rockwell Automation.
Management and Personnel
The Executive Directors of FSL Electronics Ltd are John Meenan
and Gerard Meenan.
The Products
The product range includes the “Ultrabeam®”, “Ultrasafe”,
electronic control panels and a range
of remote control scoreboard and display systems. FSL products
are currently in use in over
100 countries worldwide.
- Design and Manufacture of outdoor scoreboards
for a wide range of sports including:
Cricket, GAA, Rugby, Hockey, Polo, Soccer.
- Electronic Message Displays and Queuing
Systems
- The Ultrabeam® system consists of a range
of infrared and radio control products for
industrial use, while the Ultrasafe is certified intrinsically
safe for control in hazardous
areas.
- Custom designed Electronic control panels.
- Electronic Jump Mat manufactured under licence
from Manchester Metropolitan University
- Distribution of DEA gate automation products
and VIDEX access control products.
- Supplier of wireless CCTV technology
Customers
Sample Customers Product or
Service
i) Scoreboards
- GAA:
- Croke Park, Dublin Digital GAA Scoreboard
- Pearse Stadium, Galway Digital GAA Scoreboard
& Turnstile Management System
- Cricket:
- Royal Household, Windsor Castle
- Headingley Stadium, Leeds
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Clontarf, Dublin
- Rugby/Soccer:
- Landsdowne Road, Dublin Digital Soccer/Rugby
Scoreboard & Timing/Messaging
System
iii) Ultrabeam:
- Viper International Remote controls for mobile
plant
iii) Software/Design:
- F.G. Wilson, Larne Software for Control Panels
- Pollock Lifts, Carrickfergus Design &
Manufacture of Lift Automation Electronic Panels
Market Sectors
FSL currently sell to O.E.M.’s, Distributors of Electronic
equipment and to end users such as:
- Tarmac
- RMC
- Lafarge
- Aggregates Industries
- Blue Circle (UK)
-
CRH (Ireland)
Experience
FSL has been manufacturing cordless remote controls since 1989
and electronic scoreboards
since 1994. FSL products are currently in use in over 100 countries
worldwide.
Awards
- IRTU Merit Award for Research and Technology
1992, 1993, 1995.
- Radius Award Winner 1997
- Irish Independant Top Sales Person
2001
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