Electronic and Technical Services Ltd (E&TS)

Electronic and Technical Services (E&TS Ltd) was established in 1974 and became a limited company in 1992. It started in 1974 with the automation of the Jones - Rothwell Evaporimeter, used in horticulure to measure evaporation loss in glasshouses. A local grower had one and said `how wonderful it would be if it could be automated to turn on his irrigation controller for a known evaporation loss`. Automating to link with the irrigation controller proved to be a daunting and difficult task but the meaning of the title engineer in ancient Greek, is to solve other peoples problems.