Strange quinetic issue

[Avo Mk8]

Since following this thread I've been bothered by the notion - surely I remember the Quinetic technology first appearing under the MK brand name ages ago.
A bit of Googling indeed suggests an MK "Echo" product appeared on the market in 2008:

No wires, no batteries, no fuss as MK Electric’s Echo makes light switching ‘self-powered’

MK Electric, the UK’s leading manufacturer of wiring devices and accessories, is transforming light operation with the introduction of a range of innovative ‘self powered’ switches – called Echo – that are entirely wireless and battery-free!

www.voltimum.co.uk

Does anyone know how the product transmogrified from there to the Quinetic/TLC partnership, if indeed that's what happened?
Or maybe the German company EnOcean mentioned in the article licensed a different enterprise?

 

[timhoward]

Since following this thread I've been bothered by the notion - surely I remember the Quinetic technology first appearing under the MK brand name ages ago.
A bit of Googling indeed suggests an MK "Echo" product appeared on the market in 2008:

No wires, no batteries, no fuss as MK Electric’s Echo makes light switching ‘self-powered’

MK Electric, the UK’s leading manufacturer of wiring devices and accessories, is transforming light operation with the introduction of a range of innovative ‘self powered’ switches – called Echo – that are entirely wireless and battery-free!

www.voltimum.co.uk

Does anyone know how the product transmogrified from there to the Quinetic/TLC partnership, if indeed that's what happened?
Or maybe the German company EnOcean mentioned in the article licensed a different enterprise?

There is a "not for sale in Germany" notice on all Quinetic products on TLC website. You could be onto something!

 

[SparkySy]

Interesting article, thanks for posting it!
I was sure I had used them before 2008 but on a firm I was working for so they purchased them.
I have no idea how long they have been about for but in one guise or another they have been about since the early to mid 2000's as I started for that company in 1999 and it went under in 2005.
Could have been under EnOcean brand I suppose but it's too long ago for my grey matter to remember!
Sy

 

[Mike Johnson]

They are available in France and used extensively in renovation work with exposed internal stone walls, must have installed over 100 and never had a problem, trouble is I can't remember the brand, and can't find them now on my old wholesalers web site, but I am sure it was Quinetic.

Just remembered the first ones had a coin battery in them, this changed within a year of purchase and they became kinetically operated.