Scitech Engineering was established in 2002. It provides design, engineering, construction and validation services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. They are no stranger to growth, with a turnover of 18m and over 130 employees. This move was prompted by a recent “growth spurt” in its client list, along the M4 and M5 corridors and within South Wales. 

 

Their new office in Cardiff Gate was partly made possible by the Welsh government’s generous offer of financial support over three years.

 

Economy secretary, Ken Skates said: "I am delighted that following an offer of Welsh Government support, Scitech has chosen Cardiff as the location for its new office, bringing with it 20 highly skilled and well paid jobs.

 

"As set out in my Economic Action Plan, these are exactly the types of jobs we are keen to attract to Wales in order to future proof our economy and build the strong foundations that we need to ensure inclusive economic growth."

 

Dave Grant, managing director at Scitech, said: "Welsh Government financial initiatives and support have been a key driver for Scitech to locate in the region.  When assessed against other locations, the interest and confidence shown in Scitech by the Welsh Government team provided the motivation to commit to a Wales-based site for our expansion."

 

David Jackson, chairman and director at Scitech, added: "We are excited by the opportunities that our new office in Cardiff is already bringing.  We are grateful to Welsh Government and to Cardiff Council’s Economic Development Team who have been invaluable in our evaluation of Wales and in particular selecting Cardiff for locating our latest office in Scitech’s continued expansion. 

 

"The support of both partners continues today to ensure our investment is successful and we look forward to a thriving future in Wales."

 

Getting a brand new office and employing 20 more staff (more than a 15% increase!) is the perfect opportunity to assess your access control systems. For example, in these GDPR-aware days, do you have paper files you need to restrict access to? Whether your business has 10 employees and needs one door protected, or 10,000 employees and needs a complex system, Access Control Wales can help. 

 

Our market leading WinAC.NET software can govern most standard types of internal/external electronic door releases and physical security devices such as barriers and turnstiles. Access is controlled by smart cards/key fobs or biometrics (hand or finger scanning). The system is modular, which amongst other features allows it to grow in scale with your business. Updates or alerts, such as “Fire” or “Intruder” can be sent from the control hardware (T8526 Intelligent IP Access Controller) to the WinAC.NET software in a central location, meaning that different locations can be managed from head office. 

 

We sell three different types of smartcard reader in order to best fit your office’s design and access control needs. 

 

The basic model is the T1488 Proximity Card Reader, which is a simple grey box with the three lights (Green: In, Red: Invalid, Orange: Out) at the top. 

 

If you need smartcard readers for an outdoor environment such as a busy construction site, the rugged T1692XX / T1696XX Card Reader is ideal. It has a vandal resistant alloy casing which can be mounted to a metal surface. It can operate in humidity ranging from 0% to 95%, and from temperatures of -20°C to +60 °C. It is also fitted with tamper detection. 

 

The third type is for offices which have clear branding, colours or designs which they don’t want disrupted by hardware. The elegant T17XX Proximity Card Reader has customisable casing colours and backlight colours, along with fully configurable audio for in/out/tamper transactions. The overlay can be designed on a bespoke basis to suit your colour scheme or branding. Please contact us on  029 2050 1695 to discuss this.