SAN FRANCISCO – November 8, 2010 – Sensear, the world’s leading provider of high noise communication headsets, today announced the impending global launch of its first Intrinsically Safe (IS) product. After the initial certification and launch in South Africa a few months ago, the new IS Smart Muff is being rolled out across the globe.
San Francisco, August 3, 2010: Sensear, the world leader in the development and manufacture of high noise communication headsets, today announced the completion of private funding round, supported by existing shareholders, totalling US$7.1 million. The capital infusion will be used to strengthen global sales growth and to enhance Sensear’s award-winning technology and product range. “In a tough market for any emerging technology company, Sensear has continued to prosper as a direct result of our innovation answering the market’s need for hearing protection that provides both communication and situational awareness,” said Justin Miller, Sensear co‐founder and CEO, now based in San Francisco. Sydney based private investment firm Exto Partners managed the capital raising.
SAN FRANCISCO - July 25, 2010 - Sensear continues its global expansion with the announcement of Distribution Agreements with partners in Mexico and Central America.
The Australian
Jennifer Foreshew
June 29, 2010
Founded in Perth in April 2006, Sensear uses ground-breaking Speech Enhancing Noise Suppression (SENS)
technology -- algorithms that isolate, clean, and package speech while suppressing background noise to a safe level -- to differentiate background noise from speech.
Sensear continues its global expansion with the announcement of a Distribution Partnership with Millchem in South Africa. With offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban, Millchem is a leading supplier of specialized chemicals, machinery, and equipment to the Southern African region.
To celebrate the UK launch of Sensear’s High Noise Communication and Hearing Protection Systems, Arco and Sensear sponsored the Noisiest Press Event in the world at Diggerland Theme Park in Kent last week.
Leading journalists and customers were put into a real working situation to demonstrate how the Sensear technology can effectively suppress noise but allow important communication to continue and keep people safe in the workplace. Blindfolded JCB maneuvering and dumper truck racing may not be elements you’d normally expect at a press conference but these two challenges created the perfect scenario for Arco and Sensear to demonstrate the product.
In Britain, some 170,000 people suffer from deafness, tinnitus, or other ear conditions as a result of exposure to harmful levels of noise at work. As most traditional hearing protection devices are designed to block out all sound, useful signals such as voices may not be heard which encourages users to remove the protection and expose themselves to potentially damaging noise levels. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) caused at work is preventable but hearing damage is permanent.
Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, is launching a revolutionary hearing protection system incorporating the groundbreaking SENS® (Speech Enhancement Noise Suppression) Technology from Sensear. The Sensear Smart Muff Range is sold exclusively through Arco in the UK and is a total high noise communication solution that simultaneously isolates and enhances speech while suppressing harmful background noise. The result is a high-quality natural speech played directly into the Sensear earmuffs or optionally connected via Bluetooth® to mobile phone and two-way radio.
By suppressing rather than eliminating all background noise, the Sensear technology enables the user to remain aware of his or her working environment and continue to communicate effectively whilst remaining protected. Bad working practices, such as removing ear protection for just 5 minutes every hour, can result in hearing damage. Sensear’s Smart Muff can prevent new cases of NIHL by enabling face-to-face, mobile phone, and two-way radio communication in high noise environments without having to be removed. This ensures that the wearer remains protected and productive.
Steven Binnie, Arco’s Product, and Procurement Manager said: “Everybody has the right to be protected at work and, as an expert in safety, Arco is focussed on innovation and delivering the best products and the latest technologies that will enable its customers to stay safe at work. We believe that the Sensear technology offers the very best in hearing protection and we are delighted that we now have this ground-breaking product as part of our range of world-class safety products.”
The message is coming through loud and clear: work-related hearing loss is distressing on a personal level and costing the country billions of dollars. One man has an answer. Listen Up.
WORDS DEBORAH TARRANT
High noise communication company Sensear received an “overwhelming” response to its range of innovative communication and hearing protection solutions from international mining industry executives and customers at the world’s largest mining trade fair, Expomin 2010, in Santiago Chile last month.
Sensear Chief Marketing Officer David Cannington said the response from the global mining industry was “overwhelming” and that participating in Expomin had enhanced Sensear’s global market presence and would lead to increased opportunities.
On the back of the world's two largest Safety Trade Shows, NSC and A+A, Sensear, has announced new partnership agreements with two leading Safety and OH&S partners with more to be announced in the coming months.
Sensear, an innovative hearing technology company, will be exhibiting its exciting range of communication and hearing protection products at the worlds largest Safety Shows over the coming month.
Danimex Communication and Sensear have formed a new partnership to market Sensear’s products in Middle East, Africa, Benelux and the Scandinavian Countries.
