Sensaphone is celebrating its 30th year as a provider of remote monitoring solutions. Engineer Ken Blanchard envisioned the first Sensaphone product in response to losing his unattended boat docked in Somers Point., N.J., twice in one year. Blanchard’s vessel sank after a storm because the bilge pump failed. He figured there had to be a way to create a remote device that could notify people when their property was in trouble.
At the time, Blanchard was the general manager of the Advanced Development and Engineering Center at conglomerate Gulf+Western. There, the original Sensaphone product was born directly from Ken's vision. In 1985, Blanchard bought the product line and started his own company to manufacture and sell the remote monitoring device that he invented and patented. From its creation in the basement of his family home, Sensaphone has become a multi-million-dollar company located in Aston, Pa.
The Blanchard family, customers and Sensaphone employees lost Blanchard in 2013. But the company continues to grow under the leadership of his daughter, company president Laura Blanchard.
“We are grateful to our customers and associates who have helped Sensaphone reach this milestone anniversary,” she said. “We look forward to continuing our legacy of providing systems that monitor environmental conditions and equipment – and giving homeowners, business owners and facility managers peace of mind.”
Source: Sensaphone
