Ephoca is the US subsidiary of Innova SRL – Via 1° Maggio, 8 – 38089 Storo (TN) Italy
Pursuant to a settlement agreement with a similarly sounding US based company to our Italian brand, we agreed to cease and desist using our Italian brand in the USA. We are now known in the USA as Ephoca.
Mission
01 Mission
Grow through innovation
We are a company dedicated to the conception, development and production of solutions for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Over 15 years of experience in the climate comfort sector with a clear goal: to grow through innovation. A mission that has always been developed through the union of technical skills and creativity, technology and design, Italian passion and international vision, to achieve the best standards in terms of energy efficiency and quality of performance.
Values
02 Values
Commitment
We are committed every day to improving the well-being of people, at home and everywhere, and we have a commitment to the environment to reduce consumption, increase efficiency and promote sustainable development.
Experience
We are experts in our work and we love to translate our experience into creating innovative and valuable solutions, as well as transferring our skills to our partners.
Quality
We believe in the quality of reliable products able to fully satisfy the customer. The quality of solutions built to last over time. The quality of a reactive and constant service, always involved in solving problems.
Trust
We work to build trusting relationships with our customers, partners and suppliers. A serious and solid company you can count on, every day, every day.
History
A story of constant evolution
03 History
A story of constant evolution
2004 – The beginnings
The company was founded focusing on the design and implementation of advanced systems dedicated to climate comfort in every season. Fueled by the passion of the young work team led by Oreste Bottaro – the visionary creator and father of many patented innovations that have made the history of residential air conditioning.
2012 – The turning point
With the arrival of Gianandrea Masserdotti (GAM), the company decided to invest in the creation of its own commercial network, in Italy and abroad, proposing itself with its own solutions both to distribution and to industrial partners for international brand cooperations.
2014 – Major growth
The foreign collaborations lead the company to be present in over 30 countries. A growth path that leveraged the continuous generation of new ideas and projects, such as the adoption of DC Inverter technology for fan coils and the launch of HPAC 2.0 – the air conditioner without external unit.
2016 – The big leap forward
The company presents the first Controlled Mechanical Ventilation (VMC) systems, sensing the potential of that sector. In the same year, the company moved to its current headquarters in Storo, larger and more suitable for supporting business development, with the Research and Development Pavilion inside, where all the innovations of the following years will be created.
2014 – Major growth
The foreign collaborations lead the company to be present in over 30 countries. A growth path that leveraged the continuous generation of new ideas and projects, such as the adoption of DC Inverter technology for fan coils and the launch of HPAC 2.0 – the air conditioner without external unit.
2016 – The big leap forward
The company presents the first Controlled Mechanical Ventilation (VMC) systems, sensing the potential of that sector. In the same year, the company moved to its current headquarters in Storo, larger and more suitable for supporting business development, with the Research and Development Pavilion inside, where all the innovations of the following years will be created.
2018 – Vision for the future
With the precious contribution of ideas from Hakira Nishikawa, a more complete vision of the future takes shape and the company decides to invest in the world of VMC with the acquisition of a share of a specialized Italian company. The company also acquires a share in a software house dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence systems.
2020 – Another revolution
The company is not satisfied with linear growth but decides to push on the accelerator by deeply renewing all the product lines under the banner of “Each product, a novelty”. STØNE is also launched – the heat pump you no longer have to hide – one of the solutions the company wants to focus on more in the coming years.
2021 – Preparing for Tomorrow
The bad global economic situation of 2020 did not take away the determination and ambition of the company which, at the end of 2020, acquired a neighboring industrial complex: another area for 215,000 sq, ft with a production site of 86,000 sq. ft lots of new space for the many new ideas in building site!
2021 – Preparing for Tomorrow
The bad global economic situation of 2020 did not take away the determination and ambition of the company which, at the end of 2020, acquired a neighboring industrial complex: another area for 215,000 sq, ft with a production site of 86,000 sq. ft lots of new space for the many new ideas in building site!
The Logo
04 The Logo
One symbol with many meanings
The stylized butterfly logo represents rebirth and transformation, from a chrysalis to being free to fly on the wings of innovation. The butterfly is also the synthesis of the natural elements with which we measure ourselves every day: The air, water and the land of Trentino in where we have our roots.
Additionally, the butterfly icon contains another symbolism, that of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. Man as the measure of all things, the synthesis of the circle and the square, the union of art and science as a reference to one of the aspects that makes our company so unique: The unprecedented fusion of scientific rigor and creativity.
