Pest in Class

We teamed up with Arctech Innovation - a world leading scientific research company to develop a revolutionary device for bed bug detection. 

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According to the World Health Organisation, the next pandemic is likely to be insect-borne. Climate change is driving the rapid spread of pests globally, putting 80% of the world's population at risk of vector-borne disease.​

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Bed bugs are notoriously difficult to get rid of once an infestation has established. In the hospitality market, this can cost tens of thousands of pounds per day in lost revenue, treatment and reputational damage. Being able to detect the presence of bed bugs before it gets out of control is key. 

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Arctech Innovation are well known in the industry for developing market leading pheromones to attract insects, however the method of keeping them in a device once they arrive was where we came in. 

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Previous leading traps were disposable and have observed flaws when tested in the lab. 

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We developed three bed bug traps for different sectors of the market. two of which were reusable and one disposable but biodegradable. 

Every part of the design is considered for function and discreetness. We observed the bed Bugs behaviours change with different colours, materials, textures, surfaces... even shapes. 

 

This was a project that really went through the build, test, learn cycle, with over 30 different prototypes being laboratory tested to ensure this truly is market leading.

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As this was Arctech's first product, we helped them not only with the design and development of hardware, but ran focus groups, set up high volume manufacturers (both UK and in Asia), as well as packaging design, instruction manuals and other commercial collateral. 

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