CASHLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM ENABLED FOR SHARED LAUNDRIES

AirWallet ApS

CASHLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM ENABLED FOR SHARED LAUNDRIES

February 28, 2023

“With Our Cooperation With EKTOS And TECHTO, Our Device Hit The Market Within A Short Amount Of Time. We Are Able To Maintain Product Cost On A Competitive Level And Enjoy Support For Manufacturing Over The Years.”

Christian Mortensen
Co-Founder and CEO
at AirWallet

AirWallet is a mobile payment system for shared laundries.

CASHLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM ENABLED FOR SHARED LAUNDRIES - Airwallet

PROMISE KEPT! TECHTO DELIVERS FOR AIRWALLET

AirWallet ApS is a mobile payment system for shared laundries. Today the company based in Odense, Denmark has 13 employees and operates in more than 15 countries.

After the idea for the cashless payment solution for laundromats was born in 2017, the founders of Airwallet were looking for a company to develop their product and get it to market as fast as possible. The EKTOS group of companies could help. EKTOS has developed a controller with Bluetooth control for the product while TECHTO produced prototypes, first series and later ramped up the mass production to line up with Airwallet’s customers’ demand.

At the moment EKTOS continues to support the product by updating the design during the product’s life cycle. For example, when facing the issue of shortage of electronic components as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, EKTOS found a solution by redesigning the controller. That helped to improve its manufacturability but also resulted in BOM cost optimization by approximately 20%. At the same time, TECHTO was able to adjust its production line in a way that the process of changing product versions happens smoothly.

TECHTO is proud to host the production of Airwallet in our factory in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine and appreciates the customer’s trust to place the first as well as all the following orders with us despite the risks that the war brings to the country. We also appreciate the willingness of Airwallet’s founder and owner, Christian Mortensen and one of his colleagues, to visit our production site in September 2022.

Airwallet is satisfied with the cooperation with EKTOS and TECHTO that together were able to develop the Airwallet device within a short amount of time, maintain product cost

on a competitive level and support its manufacturability over the years. Today there are more than 3000 Airwallet boxes installed and active worldwide.

Do you have a Bluetooth product idea that requires a prototype, mass production, and ongoing design support throughout its life cycle?

Get in touch with us via email at info@ektos.net and let’s bring your vision to life!

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Jesper Holst

AirWallet er et mobilt betalingssystem til fællesvaskeriers

Forventninger indfriet! TECHTO leverer støt til AIRWALLET

AirWallet ApS  er et app baseret betalingssystem beregnet til vaskerier i f.eks boligforeninger eller kollegier. Airwallet er en startup virksomhed fra Odense, der nu har 13 medarbejdere og allerede er aktive i 15 lande.

Ideen til et bedre betalingssystem uden kontanter blev udviklet i 2017. Stifterne bag ideen ledte efter en virksomhed, der kunne rykke hurtigt med at bringe produktet på markedet. EKTOS blev valgt og EKTOS udviklingsafdeling udviklede en bluetooth baseret kontroller, mens TECHTO producerede prototyper og senere har rampet produktionen op til større produktion i takt med den stigende efterspørgsel.

I de seneste par år har både EKTOS og TECHTO understøttet AirWallet’s forretning og produkt gennem optimeringer, men også ændringer for at imødekomme komponentmangel. Der er blandt andet er gennemført et redesign hvor hovedcontrolleren er skiftet til en mere tilgængelig type, samtidigt med at stykliste prisen kunne reduceres 20%. Ved at gennemføre opdateringen i et tæt samarbejde mellem udvikling og produktion kunne overgangen mellem ny og gammel version ske glidende så der ikke blev store huller i leveringsevnen.

I TECHTO er vi stolte af, at vi har kunnet facilitere produktionen af Airwallet’s produkter i vores produktion I Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine på et kritisk tidspunkt, hvor overgangen mellem 2 forskellige produktversioner skulle styres i masseproduktion, Vi er også taknemmelige for at Airwallet har turdet satse på vores produktion, trods de risici krigen har bragt ind, som specielt i starten var svære at vurdere.

Airwallet’s stifter og ejer Christian Mortensen og en af hans kolleger var også en af de første kunder, der besøgte os i Ivano-Frankivsk i september 2022 efter krigens start.

Airwallet udtrykker at de har været meget tilfredse med samarbejdet med EKTOS og TECHTO, der sammen kunne udvikle og sætte Airwallet kontrolleren i produktion på kort tid til konkurrencedygtig pris, men specielt at der har været et aktivt samarbejde omkring produktet efter lancering. Der er i dag installeret mere end 3.000 Airwallet bokse rundt omkring i verden.

Har du en ide til et bluetooth baseret produkt hvor der skal udvikles en prototype, producers eller hele produkt-cyklus’en skal understøttes?

Kontakt os pr e-mail på info@ektos.net og lad os hjælpe dig med at bringe dit produkt på markedet.

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