In 2014, Shmulik Reznik was cutting steel with a cut off wheel, when suddenly the machine experienced a kickback that nearly cost him his life. This experience drove Reznik to conduct an in depth research and find that kickback injuries are a common and threatening phenomenon.

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Reznik was lucky not to get hurt, but in the construction industry, the third most common injury is work done with cut-off wheels. Every year 16 out of 1,000 workers suffer from non-fatal injuries and 13 out of 100,000 workers suffer from fatal injuries.

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Reznik worked tediously and conducted hundreds of experiments and prototypes before bringing the concept to life. In 2018, Reznik established EPD Technology Ltd together with Gilad Oppenheimer, Damir Ben Menashe and Emil Katan. Together, they continued developing, testing, and reifying the technology at CGW, perfecting the product according to market needs.