Industry News: German Factory Improves Workplace Security with Video Surveillance
FACTORY WORKPLACE SAFETY
Flottweg SE is a family-owned international company that specializes in separation technology—its facility and machinery, including centrifuges, separate solids from liquids with applications in the food, beverage, biofuel, biotechnology and pharmacology, chemical, mining and oil, and water management industries. Its headquarters in Vilsbiburg, Germany, spans roughly 110,000 square meters (27.18 acres), and in 2021 the company opened a new factory at that location. In building the new facility, Flottweg opted to support perimeter security and workplace safety with a video surveillance solution from Dallmeier. Flottweg and its installer chose various components from the monitoring portfolio, including Panomera multifocal sensor cameras (which support perimeter security), megapixel dome cameras (for monitoring testing of centrifuges and decanters), the IPS 10.000 recording system, and SeMSy Compact video management software (for alarm activation and analysis). With the additional technological support, the facility can monitor stringent tests while keeping staff a safe distance away, perimeter fences and loading areas are continually monitored, security operators can track people and vehicles, and overall costs were kept low.
MERGERS & MOVES
ADT announced it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its commercial security, fire, and life safety business unit to a private equity firm for $1.6 billion. The sale is expected to close in Q4 2023, with GTCR investing in the ADT Commercial platform and continuing to provide customers with security solutions.
ASSA ABLOY said it intends to purchase approximately 98.5 percent of shares in EVOLIS, a French ID card printer and software manufacturer. The €224.9 million ($246.4 million) acquisition would expand ASSA ABLOY’s access control offerings.
With the acquisition of TouchByte—a UK-based technology producer focused on facial recognition—SALTO will accelerate its development of an advanced facial recognition access control solution.
AWARDS
Intellicene received a gold-level Secure Campus Award in the Video Surveillance Solutions category for its Symphia 8.0. The awards recognize achievements in campus security and educational institutions.
CONTRACTS
OMNIA Partners awarded i-PRO Americas a contract to provide public sector organizations with access to threat and detection software equipment, featuring AI analytics and open-platform approach. The contract allows state agencies, local governments, K-12 and higher education organizations, and nonprofit groups to purchase solutions for integrated threat and weapons detection.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules on 26 July 2023 regarding cybersecurity risk management, which mandate that publicly traded companies must disclose a cybersecurity incident within four business days of deciding that the incident is material. The new rules are effective come December 2023. Read Security Management’s analysis of the rules here.
The newest Axis Experience Center opened in Cincinnati, Ohio—the 16th such facility in the Americas. The center, located in Cincinnati’s riverfront business district, will allow customers and partners to demo security solutions.
PARTNERSHIPS
FACIAL RECOGNITION
RecFaces’ Id-Guard facial recognition software is now integrated into Milestone’s XProtect video management system, allowing users to explore several different applications within the platform, including instant notifications if someone on a specific watchlist appears on a video feed.
ACCESS CONTROL
GardaWorld partnered with Gallagher Security while building the new GardaWorld headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The physical security, cash, and risk management company selected access control measures—including facial recognition and biometrics—to streamline employee access throughout the facility, eliminating the use of ID cards.
SCHOOL SECURITY
Shooter Detection Systems, an Alarm.com company offering gunshot detection solutions, recently joined forces with ZeroNow, a coalition standing against school violence. The partnership will expand the alliance’s pool of experts and solutions for improving school security.
