25.8.2020 • Technology Initiative News

Cennox announces international field operations services partnership

Cennox announces international field operations services partnership with mobile phone recycling business, ecoATM.

Camberley, Surrey, 25/08/2020. Cennox has announced the signing of an exciting new partnership agreement with the US mobile phone recycling business, ecoATM. Supporting their ongoing international service expansion across the United Kingdom and their dynamic European roll out, the new partnership signals an acceleration of ecoATM’s plans to grow their network of terminals across Europe.

Designed to receive, analyse and pay customers for their old, unwanted mobile phones, the ecoATM devices have been installed at key retail locations and have become a huge hit with the public. In fact, ecoATM has diverted over 25 million devices from landfills since their launch in 2009.  To put that into context, this had the equivalent positive impact on the environment as removing over 2,500 cars from the road, or planting over four million trees.

Designed to receive, analyse and pay customers for their old, unwanted mobile phones, the ecoATM devices have been installed at key retail locations and have become a huge hit with the public. In fact, ecoATM has diverted over 25 million devices from landfills since their launch in 2009.  To put that into context, this had the equivalent positive impact on the environment as removing over 2,500 cars from the road, or planting over four million trees.

Cennox is the perfect partner and expansion vehicle for the ecoATM business. Our in-house capabilities of being able to store, stage, install, clean, brand and maintain their devices in the field, was the attractive driver for ecoATM wanting to work with us.

Guy Thorne, Sales Director, Cennox UK & Ireland

Working with ecoATM allows Cennox to flex all of our capabilities and expertise of operating installation projects in Europe. Our ability to support clients like ecoATM is testament to the skilled teams operating throughout the region.

Chetan Patil, Managing Director, Cennox Europe

ecoATM was keen to partner with an organisation able to realise and support their growth plans. As Cennox delivers managed services consisting of the installation, maintenance, support, branding and security of self-service devices for a variety of customers worldwide, the partnership looked the perfect fit for both companies. From ATMs, check-in terminals, postal kiosks, retail check-out devices and even postal lockers, the diversity and in-house capabilities of Cennox made us the obvious go-to partner.

This is a hugely exciting opportunity for ecoATM. Finding a partner like Cennox who can understand our business, meet our requirements and match our ambition, is fantastic. Their ability to do this across multiple geographies gives us the confidence we’re in safe hands. We’re really looking forward to the future together.

Ryan Robison, Director of International Operations, ecoATM

About Cennox

Cennox supports world leading brands to deliver their complex projects. We excel at demonstrating real end-to-end solutions, tailor-made to meet the needs of our clients, from global installation services and technical hardware/software provision, to implementing security solutions, signage projects and facility transformation. We  improve our clients’ project cost efficiencies, provide choice and deliver products and ongoing services to enhance the operations of their business.

About ecoATM

ecoATM provides a convenient and responsible way for consumers to trade in pre-owned smartphones for instant payment, with the assurance that the devices will be recycled or reused. The company was launched in the USA in 2009 and is comprised over 4,000 kiosks to date, across 48 States, the UK and most recently Germany. Their goal is to not only provide a fast and secure selling process, but to also keep harmful and toxic materials out of the environment by finding new homes for these devices. With around 125 million phones estimated to be languishing unused in the UK (four for every household), ecoATM is a fiscally-friendly answer to the problem of unwanted smartphones and growing levels of electronic rubbish.


For press enquiries about this article, please contact: Stuart Dowling, Director of Marketing: stuart.dowling@cennox.com

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