Month: September 2022

8 West Consulting and Zembro Partner to Announce Zembro Care

Cork, Ireland, and Brussels, Belgium, 14th September 2022. 8 West Consulting (Cork) and Zembro (Brussels) have collaborated to launch Zembro Care, a technical platform that offers advanced digital solutions to the healthcare and caregiving market. Zembro Care will utilise 8 West’s SafeTrx suite of products running on the mSafety connected wearable from Sony Network Communications Europe and the SafeTrx Care cloud platform, in addition to a range of new wearables, IOT home monitoring devices, voice activated applications, user friendly smartphone applications and direct integration with monitoring and alerting solutions for elderly care, both in care homes and for independent living at home. The existing and popular range of Zembro products used throughout Europe will continue to be supported. The Zembro Care platform offers class-leading wearable …

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SafeTrx Active German Media Coverage

Following the launch of SafeTrx Active in Germany with our Search and Rescue partner Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS), there has been widespread coverage of the announcement across German media, special interest magazines and water sports organisations: https://www.yacht.de/ausruestung/sicherheit/sicherheit-dgzrs-stellt-smart-watch-vor/ Popular German yacht and sailing magazine https://www.nwzonline.de/plus-friesland/wangerland-nordsee-sicherheit-in-kuestennaehe-alarm-uhr-fuer-kiter-kajakfahrer-und-angler_a_51,9,1987886931.html Regional daily newspaper for Northwest Germany https://segelreporter.com/panorama/sicherheit-auf-dem-wasser-seenotretter-stellen-alarm-fuers-handgelenk-vor/ Sailing website covering everything from dinghy’s to yachts, from cruising to regattas. https://oh-presse.de/lokal/fehmarn/sicherheit-fuer-die-wassersportgemeinschaft/ Publishes digital news from the Ostholstein region, Germany and around the world. https://www.nord24.de/der-norden/fuer-wassersportler-diese-uhr-ruft-im-notfall-um-hilfe-85779.html Leading news portal focusing on regional stories between the Weser and Elbe. https://www.yacht-club-rursee.de/index.php/alle-feeds-anzeigen Rursee yacht club is the largest water sports club on the Rursee lake. https://www.dailydose.de/news-safetrax-dgzrs-uhr-20220905.htm Popular German windsurf magazine https://kreuzer-abteilung.org/allgemeine-news/sicherheitsapp-safetrx-jetzt-auch-mit-uhr-nutzbar/ The Cruising department of the German Sailing Association (Deutscher Segler-Verband eV) https://www.boote-magazin.de/ausruestung/technik/sicherheit-dgzrs-stellt-smart-watch-vor/ The motorboat …

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SafeTrx Active Now Available to Open Water and Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts in Germany

8 West are delighted to announce that the SafeTrx Active track and alert wearable is now available in Germany. Working with our partner, Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS) – the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service, we will be providing a purpose-built personal emergency search and rescue system for German open water and outdoor sports enthusiasts. Reliable means of communication in an emergency Launched at the recent Kitesurf Freestyle Championships in Fehmarn, the SafeTrx Active watch is a direct link to the German rescue control centre operated by the DGzRS, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Bremen. With the growing popularity of water sports such as kite surfing, windsurfing and wing foiling, there is an increasing need for a reliable means of communication in …

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