About us
Decades of research into laser applications has been undertaken by many of our team between 1980 and 2000, led by Dr. Michael Harris, our Director of Science.
“This, combined with the emergence of the commercial telecomms industry resulted in the opportunity for a low-cost Lidar product to remotely sense wind characteristics via measurement of the Doppler shift of light emitted by the Lidar and scattered back from particles in the atmosphere such as dust, moisture and pollen.
Following initial development by the team, Zephir Ltd. was founded in 2007 and our sole shareholder is the UK-based company Fred. Olsen Ltd, founded in 1963 with global outreach.
Fred. Olsen-related companies operate across a diverse set of industries, but a backbone of renewable energy industry organisations including consultants, wind farm development, installation vessels and operation & maintenance teams has helped inform and advise our
own Lidar organisation.”
Our Wind Lidars can be deployed onshore, offshore and mounted on structures such as wind turbines for wind energy and meteorological applications.
Rapid growth in the wind industry combined with our innovative Continuous Wave Lidar technology triggered a chain of products and partnerships.
Our vision statement from the outset has been simply: a wind Lidar on every commercial wind project and integrated into every large wind turbine – a Big Hairy Audacious Goal that we all believe in, from the first employee of Zephir Ltd., Ian Locker – our Managing Director – through to each and every member of the ZX Lidars Family.
After our first successful decade we started out on a new adventure – to re-invest Zephir Ltd.’s (Z) 10+ years (X) of experience to completely re-imagine our Lidar system and make a Lidar ‘platform’. A platform that can be tailored to so very many applications and customer needs. All based on the core, proven and accepted Lidar technology that has featured since day 1.
How it all started
Our commitment to our vision is demonstrated through more than a decade of trail-blazing and Blue Ocean market creation.
THE ADRIAN COFFEY PROJECT
A charitable endeavour supporting local communities and sustainable initiatives globally
At ZX Lidars we support charitable giving, we reserve a proportion of our annual profits for our ZX Corporate Social Responsibility programme. The Adrian Coffey Project, a charitable endeavor supporting local communities and sustainable initiatives globally. We encourage our employees to nominate the charities we support on an annual basis.
Charities we have supported in 2024 include:
- Malvern Special Families
- Malvern Cube
- Newtown Football Club
- South Worcester Lifeguards & Lifesavers
- St Richards Hospice
- Worcester Animal Rescue Centre
our ACCREDItations
We are certified in ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and are a member of the Achilles Network.
