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r
ui t Sto
r
age
F
b
efo
r
e,
b
ut wit
h
t
h
e oppo
r
tunit
y
to addmo
r
e inte
r
national focus to
t
h
e
b
usiness, wit
h
JimSc
h
aefe
r
c
r
eating t
h
e vision fo
r
t
h
e new
compan
y
.
T
h
e pa
r
tne
r
s
h
ip
b
etweenSCS Ltd andSCS Inc. will
br
ing
b
enefits to top f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s in t
h
eUK. T
h
ewell-esta
b
lis
h
ed
colla
b
o
r
ation
b
etweenDavidbis
h
op and JimSc
h
aefe
r
h
as led to
man
y
innovations t
h
at a
r
e now integ
r
al to amode
r
n sto
r
age
complex. T
h
ese innovations often sta
r
ted out as an idea
discussed
b
etween t
h
em - one of t
h
esewas t
h
e c
r
eation of
SafePod t
h
at came out of a conve
r
sation du
r
ing a flig
h
t in 2010.
SafePod is a
r
egiste
r
ed t
r
adema
r
k owned
by
SCS. T
h
e design
and application of SafePod®was invented
by
Davidbis
h
op and
JimSc
h
aefe
r
and is a
r
egiste
r
ed t
r
adema
r
k andp
r
otected unde
r
USpatent No. 8739694.
Daviddesigned t
h
e fi
r
st compute
r
-cont
r
olledCA cont
r
ol
s
y
stems in t
h
e 1970s. Fu
r
t
h
e
r
development ove
r
man
y
decades,
wit
h
co-ope
r
ation f
r
om Jim, led to t
h
e cu
rr
ent sevent
h
-gene
r
ation
6000model, p
r
oviding t
h
e next gene
r
ationwit
h
mo
r
e accu
r
ate
gas cont
r
ol fo
r
p
r
oduce sto
r
age, p
r
oviding
b
ette
r
r
esults, longe
r
sto
r
age life and
h
ig
h
e
r
client p
r
ofita
b
ilit
y
.
David is excited
by
t
h
e ‘
h
ands on’ app
r
oac
h
of JimSc
h
aefe
r
w
h
o, at a
y
out
h
ful 50
y
ea
r
s,
h
as t
h
emotivation to invest in
innovation and newp
r
oducts t
h
at will
br
ing fu
r
t
h
e
r b
enefits to
g
r
owe
r
s in t
h
eUK.
Answe
r
ing t
h
e question, ‘W
hy
h
as ICA sold t
h
ei
r
inst
r
ument and
CAdivision?’ David said t
h
at ICAwis
h
es to expand its
const
r
uction
b
usiness, offe
r
ing new tu
r
nke
y
p
r
ojects to awide
r
custome
r b
ase, w
h
ilst t
h
e oppo
r
tunit
y
to consolidate t
h
e long
r
elations
h
ip
b
etweenDavidbis
h
op and JimSc
h
aefe
r
in one
compan
y
c
r
eates s
y
ne
r
g
y
fo
r
investment in newdevelopments
and expanding t
h
e
b
usiness inte
r
nationall
y
.
SCSwill continue to ope
r
ate f
r
om t
h
e same
b
uilding, occup
y
ing
t
h
e same offices, andp
r
oduct development and const
r
uction
facilities. David st
r
essed t
h
e
r
ewill continue to
b
e st
r
ong co-
ope
r
ation
b
etween ICA andSCS, wit
h
t
h
e latte
r
suppl
y
ing cont
r
ol
s
y
stems fo
r
newp
r
ojects led
by
ICA.
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