E2L were declared as 2002 winners of the National Assembly for Wales SMART awards for innovation at Llangaron Hall, near Brecon, Wales. The company won the award for their patented safety device for sporting and shotguns which disable the device if a high security electronic key has not enabled the gun to be used. This renders the gun is useless if it is stolen, and the key can be kept well away from the security of the gun cabinet, making theft unattractive.

The device uses very high security ‘KEELOQ’ data code hopping techniques to make the keys impossible to copy or emulate.

Pictured is E2L's Managing Director, Lyndon Owen, receiving the award from John Griffiths AM, Deputy Economic Development Minister for the National Assembly of Wales.