patent in North America
08/01/2021
B-finder system was patented in first North American country.
European patent
30/09/2020
B-finder received European patent at the European Patent Office.
patent in Australia
06/02/2020
B-finder system was patented in first Australia Oceania country.
certification
09/09/2019
B-finder system meets the requirements of the CE and FCC criteria.
patent in Asia
01/09/2019
B-finder system was patented in first Asian country.
patent in Europe
28/06/2019
B-finder system was patented in first European country.
patent in Africa
24/04/2019
B-finder system was patented in first African country.
expansion
12/12/2018
The Polish Investment & Trade Agency grant for internationalization of B-finder.
The Marshal Office grant
10/10/2018
B-finder Team starts the research project supported by the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region in Poznan grant.
trademark protection
22/11/2017
B-finderTM is protected trademark.
starting prototype test
11/11/2017
The prototype test in real conditions.
The National Centre for Research and Development grant
27/07/2017
B-finder Team receives The National Centre for Research and Development grant for integration and testing the prototype.
The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development grant
02/01/2017
B-finder receives government funding for patent protection on target markets around the world.
WindEurope Award
27/09/2016
The first public presentation of B-finder system in WindEurope Summit in Hamburg has been awarded.
patent pending
13/02/2016
Initiation of the patent protection procedure.
B-finder is born
02/02/2016
Eureka. The result of 100 cumulative years of bats & birds monitoring for wind power.
in Big Five
31/12/2015
After ten years of activity in Poland, EMPEKO has ranked among the first five companies in wildlife research in terms of the number of completed projects.
EMPEKO S.A.
07/07/2011
Establishment of EMPEKO S.A., a non stock exchange joint-stock company. Still small, family owned enterprise.
first wind power project
23/02/2008
EMPEKO has finished the first project for wind power industry. In next years environmental service for wind power projects will be the majority of company’s portfolio.
EMPEKO starting
01/01/2006
Short after university graduation Michał starts the professional adventure with wildlife research and environmental consulting. Jan and Paweł join the crew soon.
education
01/10/2000
Paweł begins study in environmental protection spec. ecology & protection of animals. Michał starts biology spec. ecology & natural resources management. Three years later Jan inaugurates geography spec. GIS.
roots
31/12/1989
Brothers Paweł, Michał and Jan buy first binoculars and borrow Sokołowski handbook from small suburbian library, where they begin observations of animals.