About Chiptech
Chiptech is a specialised electronics design and build company employing twenty staff. We are based in Christchurch, New Zealand, in a purpose designed facility. Our development focus is on products that help people to maintain their independence, safety and health in their homes.
The wide range of experiences and ideas amongst our staff, provides for an innovative atmosphere, backed by the skills and resources to turn a concept into reality. We work closely with a number of experts, companies and alliances to ensure we provide the best solutions for our customers and the end users of our products.
Our Beginning
In 1990 Graeme Moore established Safehouse Medical Alarms Ltd, to manufacture, distribute and install monitored medical alarms. During 1993 St John Ambulance was approached with the idea of monitoring the medical alarms in their control rooms, after an article was published in The Christchurch Press which discussed future funding of the ambulance service. At that time Safehouse was considering better monitoring options, and after lengthy discussions, a successful working relationship ensued with St John.
Safehouse manufactured, installed, serviced and administered the alarms, with St John providing the monitoring and response to the alarm activations. The operation covered the South Island and lower North Island of New Zealand.
Over a period of about ten years, the service and systems evolved to a point where St John Ambulance wanted to purchase the Safehouse retail operation. The sale was finalised in March 2002 and all alarms then became St John Lifelink Alarms.
Chiptech Limited was originally set up as the manufacturing division of Safehouse Medical Alarms. Following the sale of the retail operation, we consolidated as a ‘design and build’ electronics manufacturing business and focused efforts on developing products, primarily in the medical alarm field.
Chiptech has a fully automated surface mount production line for the manufacture of electronic products, which meet the highest production standards. Considerable progress has been made in recent years to ensure that each step of the designing and building of products employs best practice at the time. As we develop new products we are constantly building on our experience and working towards exporting innovative, high quality electronic equipment.
Chiptech has captured its philosophy in the statements – ‘Invent the Ideal’, and ‘Innovative, Life Enhancing Quality Products’. Our staff is highly skilled, creative, settled and committed to developing worthwhile products for the future. We believe we have an unmatched, in-depth knowledge of the local medical alarm market.