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FIVE INNOVATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PATENT PROCESS
- The wing-shaped shape of Ekkó, spreads itself out with the Bernoulli forces.
- Airlock, good in shallow waters. With a relatively long warp out, the doors are more stable with the air lock active.
- The airlock controls whether the Ekkó pelagic trawl door is fishing near the surface or deeper.
- The weight adjustment system, easier to add weight to the doors temporarily.
- Front straps connection to the trawl (in stead of backstraps connection), suitable on trawlers that take up the doors on the site, as is common in some countries. Saves energy.
- Applications have been processed and confirmed in USA, Iceland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Australia and China. All approved.
Saves fuel
- Due to the wing-shaped profile of Ekkó, it travels quietly through the sea at a smaller angle of attack than other brands.
- The resistance is low because Ekkó is thicker at the front and then tapers back like an airplane wing.
- The lifting force of the wing-shaped Ekkó´s profile is high because the back plate is sharper and longer than the front plate. Therefore, the sea has to travel longer and at a higher speed, which results in low pressure at the back plate and high pressure at the front plate, and the Bernoulli forces pull the doors out on their own, without having to force the doors out at a large angle of attack like other doors.
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We are Ekko
Extensive experience in the fishing industry
Mr. Smári Jósafatsson
The Ekkó trawl door is an Icelandic design from decades of experience. The designer of Ekkó is Smári Jósafatsson. Smári worked for decades with his father Jósafat Hinriksson, the maker of the Poly-Ice trawl doors. Making them, in research and development, and as sales and marketing manager.
Making them, in research and development, and as sales and marketing manager of the Poly-Ice trawl doors which were among the best-selling trawl doors in the world at that time. Accumulating years of experience in the industry and the technology.
Out of the experience and observations on the limitations presented in existing trawl doors he decided to start research and pursue his vision of the EKKÓ shape.
Shareholders are Smári, Jón, Frosti, Tennin ehf. and Inning ehf. Phone: +354 896 2300
Email: smari@ekko.is
Mr. Frosti Sigurjónsson
Frosti is an MBA Business economist, consultant, investor and entrepreneur. Previously he was the CEO of Nyherji a leading IT solution provider in Iceland, the CFO for Marel a global provider of advanced food processing systems, chairman of CCP a computer games developer and founder and CEO of Dohop a travel technology company. Frosti has also served on the boards of several companies and been a member of parliament where he chaired the committee for economy and commerce.
Mr. Jón Þ. Hilmarsson
Jon has over 40 years’ professional practice experience in audit and accountancy in Iceland working on clients ranging from subsidiaries of large multinationals to local SMEs.
HB Grandi / Brim hf. one of Iceland’s largest seafood companies.
AVS fund for fisheries research. Rannís, Research and innovation fund, tax benefits, project with HB Grandi / Brim and international Patent application grant.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 781043.
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