Engineering Design Show (EDS), Coventry, United Kingdom –Solid State Disks Ltd (SSDL), the advanced storage systems design, development and integration specialist, was one of a select few companies praised during Sustainable Engineering’s presentation at the Engineering Design Show on 8th October.
Titled ‘Engineering a Circular Future’, the presentation cited SSDL’s SCSIFlash technology as a prime example of the importance of not retiring/scrapping computer-based systems just because a subsystem or integrated peripheral device – such as a hard disk drive (HDD) – is reaching end-of-life.
Max Barrett of Sustainable Engineering summed up the situation perfectly in his leader within the Sustainability Champions Hall of Fame section in issue 14 of his magazine: “A smarter alternative is emerging. By deploying solid-state storage as direct, form-fit-function replacements for legacy media, engineers can bridge past and present seamlessly. These drop-in equivalents allow platforms to benefit from the speed, resilience and efficiency of SSDs without altering proven system designs.”
That same issue of Sustainable Engineering featured an interview conducted by Jon Barrett (photographed at EDS), in which he interviewed James Hilken, sales director of SSDL. In that article, Hilken points out that solid-state memory has no moving parts, uses less power and generates less heat. That results in improved energy efficiency and longevity. We reduce e-waste by preserving the broader system.” Read the full article here.
Hilken comments: “We’re delighted to have been mentioned in Sustainable Engineering’s ‘Engineering a Circular Future’ presentation at EDS 2025, just a few days after being shortlisted for a Manufacturing Supplier Innovation Award US 2025, in the ‘Most Innovative Use of Reverse Engineering’ category.”
Download the pdf of the interview with Jon Barrett and James Hilken here
