Between January 2014 and May 2015, 815 health workers contracted the Ebola virus while treating patients. According to the WHO, 78% of them died.
With their experience in nuclear (Chernobyl Ark), chemical (SECOIA chemical weapons dismantling site), biological (Spiez and Cebio P4 laboratories) containment issues, combined with their work on the new Infectious Diseases Unit of the HCL, John and Guillaume saw, in 2018, that they could do something to save lives. Thus ASPIDA was born, to protect, without compromise, humans and their technologies against all types of contamination.
Our mission
Aspida means ‘shield’ in Greek. This choice of name is a symbol of protection and assurance.
Since 2018 Aspida has been developing ultra-critical containment solutions, in particular containment units for highly infectious patients. Using proven technologies, ASPIDA offers a new approach to how to achieve a clean environment. Energy savings, low noise and optimised costs are some of the main advantages of the solutions developed for your projects.
Aspida is also a company with 450 000€ of R&D investment, 5 patents registered and 1 FabLab (3D printers, laser cutter, …)
A unique expertise thanks to a team of industrial designers who have won several awards at the CES in Las Vegas and Red Dot Design and a scientific committee of university professors, doctors and industrial experts.
Our values
At ASPIDA, we want to help those who could not have a shield to protect them at the right time. Those who suffer from health and humanitarian crises such as epidemics. We donate part of our profits to several charities. Notably Hope4Ebola which helps children in Sierra Leone who have been orphaned by the recent Ebola crises.
Ingenuity
ASPIDA is a company that is open to cultures and experiences from diverse environments. It is our ability to be curious, to cultivate the “why not” and the “what if” that will continue to revolutionize controlled environments.
Happiness
Some of our projects may lead us to work on the prevention or remediation of serious issues (e.g. epidemic crisis). The objective of this ASPIDA value is to always have our teams, customers and supply chain partners satisfied and happy to work together.
Integrity
Whether within our teams or with our customers, we are committed to recognizing and explaining where our boundaries are. Integrity reflects humility. It is essential to the success of the sensitive and large-scale projects we work on.
Wisdom
Wisdom is our core value and is our way of showing real care in regards our business strategy and perception of our products and decisions. A humanised approach to respecting an ethic in which our partners, customers and employees find themselves.
