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The Anvil Group, specialist in crisis avoidance services, has today announced the addition of experienced Management and IT specialist Jack Paddison as Non-Executive Chairman to its growing team.  Paddison will compliment the management team in implementing growth strategies for business development for The Anvil Group and its Employee Travel Monitoring (ETMS) and Travel Risk Intelligence Services (TRIS).Paddison joins The Anvil Group after a number of years as director of global fashion pa...

Yash Patel, Executive Director, CCTV Europe at JVC Professional Europe Ltd, has achieved membership status with the Security Institute.  He was presented with his certificate at the IFSEC 2007 exhibition by Bill Wyllie, Chairman of the Security Institute.   With over 25 years hands-on experience in the security industry, Yash Patel states: "I'm justifiably proud to be appointed as a member of the Security Institute.  It's a real achievement and I'm now lookin...

Reliance Security Services has been announced 2007 Winner of the RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Commercial and Business Services Sector Occupational Health & Safety Award.  The award was announced at a special ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, National Exhibition Centre, on Thursday 24th May.Alison Crossley, Support Services Director for Reliance Security Services said: "With over 10,000 employees working at customer locations across the UK,...

Paxton Access Limited, leading manufacturer of intelligent access control solutions, has signed up ELTEK Distribution SAR as a distributor for their full product line in Romania.  This appointment is key to Paxton Access's expansion into Eastern Europe and makes them well placed to establish a strong market presence in this rapidly expanding new EU accession country.Paxton Access has a complete range of access control solutions from single-door entry to complex, multi-sit...

Octavian Security Ltd, the retail security company that famously placed Gurkha security guards at IKEA, has teamed up with retail expert, Professor Joshua Bamfield, in a move to improve retail security provision.Renowned retail crime and fraud expert, Professor Bamfield, will be working in partnership with Octavian Security applying his expert knowledge of criminal behaviour in the retail sector to Octavian's client security proposals.This will not only see the Professor helping to devise co...

TeleEye Group, one of the leading suppliers in video surveillance, has announced the launch of a Croatian website, providing localised content and customer support to the Croatian market.  Following English, Traditional / Simplified Chinese and Japanese, Croatian is the fifth language that you can find on the TeleEye homepage.  In addition, other languages are set to be launched in the coming months.The website provides a one-stop service to users.  A  full range of prod...

According to the latest intelligence from Frost and Sullivan, Ernitec has achieved a fine placement of number 2 in the top 5 list of leading players in the Scandinavian CCTV market.This means that Ernitec is one of the leading suppliers of CCTV products in the Scandinavian security industry.  Moreover, Ernitec is not new in the field, as the company has its feet solidly planted in the soil of the business since it was established in 1972."With an experience of more than 35 years in the...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd., the world-leading supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and EDP Support Polska, a leading system integrator of security systems and smart card applications have agreed on a new partnership.  This license agreement gives EDPS direct access to LEGIC's know-how and technology.Since its foundation in 1994, EDP Support Polska has been offering the most up to date solutions for access control, time and attendance solut...

Security systems integrator Bell Security Ltd has taken a lead role as a founding sponsor of CameraWatch (http://www.camerawatch.org.uk/).  This new organisation was launched on 30 May, 2007 to support understanding of CCTV and compliance with current UK policy and legislation.The organisation's founding Chairman, Gordon Ferrie, expressed delight at Bell Security's sponsorship commitment to the launch and development of CameraWatch: "It's clear there is a need for an organi...

Axis Communications Inc. hosted its second annual Axis Channel Convergence Conference (ACCC) last month in Fort Myers, Florida: a gathering of their top North American distributors, systems integrators, development partners, strategic infrastructure partners and consultants.  At the event, Milestone Systems, Inc. was announced the Axis "North American ADP Partner of the Year".The Applications Developer Partner (ADP) is a program of international alliances that Axis Communications...

TSS (Traffic Safety Systems) - part of AD Group - which specialises in mobile CCTV solutions for the police, emergency services and local authorities, is a finalist in the 2007 National Business Awards Regional Programme sponsored by Orange.  The Awards have been described by The Chancellor of the Exchequer as "the UK's business Oscars."The Oxfordshire-based company has been short listed in the Business Innovation of the Year category for the Midlands and East of England regio...

TSS (Traffic Safety Systems) - part of AD Group - has appointed Julian Cooke as International Sales Manager.  The company believes this appointment will further strengthen TSS' position as a world leader in the supply and fitment of customised CCTV systems to police, emergency services and municipal authorities for community safety, security and surveillance, driver training and roads policing.Julian will be bringing more than 26 years of technical sales know-how to his new position at...

"This new business partnership provides a great opportunity for us to increase our activities in Ireland," said Mel Hatchard, Deputy Managing Director of Vicon."We will continue to offer customers every aspect of our traditional support structure including system design and specification work, whilst Norbain's well established sales channel in Ireland under the management of Peter Ball, will ensure that all of our customers will be able to call upon the best possible post-sal...

Registration affirms company's operational excellence.Fargo Electronics, Inc., a global leader in secure technologies for card identity systems, announced it has achieved successful ISO 9001:2000 registration following an assessment this month.  The scope of the registration includes the design, manufacture and sale of secure ID card printer/encoders, media (ribbons, films, cards and laminates), software and systems.  The registration confirms that Fargo has undergone a rigorous, c...

Mitsubishi Electric is a leading manufacturer of high quality and reliable security solutions, and is proud to announce that their range of digital security recorders have been approved by the Kalagate Imagery Bureau.All of Mitsubishi's DX-TL recorders have been designed as fully featured, reliable solutions that are suitable for a range of applications such as retail, banking, corporate and the public sector.  All come with a 24 month warranty and support from Mitsubishi's in-house...

Milestone Systems, global market leader of open platform IP video management software, will open an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Milestone Systems is setting up a new subsidiary in Dubai as part of the company's strategy to strengthen its business in the region, supplying more sales and service support.  Milestone has been active in the area for several years and is involved in major projects such as retail and bank installations, as well as large ports with hundreds of surveil...

HID Global, the trusted leader in secure identity, today announced that Kathleen Carroll has been designated a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).  The certification demonstrates HID's commitment to taking a leading role in addressing privacy and related legislative issues.In her role as HID Global's director, Government Relations, Carroll has contributed to the development and support of public policies...

Paxton Access Limited, a market-leading manufacturer of intelligent access control solutions, has signed up Synest Ltd. as a distributor in Bangladesh.  This is Paxton Access' first venture into the Bangladeshi market and is part of its ongoing expansion strategy. "It is very easy for European companies to underestimate the requirement for quality security products in markets such as Bangladesh, and yet there is considerable business to be had as long as yo...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has launched a ground-breaking installer partnership programme, DM Fusion, which has been created to deliver enhanced back-up and support to key installers in the UK and Ireland.Installers who sign-up for DM Fusion - in return for an agreed commitment - will unlock a number of key benefits.  These include: a dedicated account manager to act as a central point of contact, priority access to the company's demonstration teams, discounts on demonstratio...

IPC, Association Connecting Electronics Industries®, has awarded certification to DSC under IPC's Certification for Lead Free Electronics Assembly Process Capability Program.  Commenting on the certification, Charles Han, General Manager, Toronto Operation, DSC, noted:  "The IPC lead free certification audit should be a mandatory step for any RoHS lead free conversion process.  As part of our commitment to the environment and to providing value to our customers, DSC i...

Lenel Systems International has received a STAR Supplier Award from Lockheed Martin.  Lenel was recognised for providing innovative critical infrastructure protection solutions.  Lenel, a global leader in the development of software and integrated systems for government and commercial security markets, is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.The STAR Supplier Program enables Lockheed Martin to recognise its top performing suppliers for achieving the highe...

Hire signals company's commitment to education marketHID Global, the trusted leader in secure identity, has named Mark Doi director, business development, education market, supporting the company's recently launched HID Identity expertise group, reporting to Chris Sincock, vice president of HID Identity.  In this newly created position, Mr Doi will be responsible for promoting the benefits of HID technology in the education market, especially at the university level.  By workin...

ITA, the Hampshire-based security group, is launching the International Training Academy, a new City and Guilds centre designed to provide a range of specialist training to help organisations manage the threats from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), dirty bombs, chemical weapons and biological attacks (CBRN)."The recent chlorine weapon attacks in Iraq highlight the sort of problem that now faces us in the UK.  There is a general assumption that the police and the emergency services...

March Networks™ (TSX:MN; AIM:MNW), a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with a global systems integrator to deliver mobile video surveillance to a large transit authority.The agreement will see the March Networks mobile systems installed across the authority's entire bus fleet in a rollout expected to be completed by mid-2008.  The fleet currently serves millions of passengers each year in...

First Security has appointed Steve Townson to the role of Senior Training Manager.  Since the appointment, his role has been to assess the training processes and practices in place at First, and to implement additional courses and his own bespoke training packages, in order to offer comprehensive training in all areas, both internally, to First Security customers and to external third party clients.Steve is extremely well-qualified for the role, having spent 18 years in training and develop...

The Board of CCTV specialist AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - announces that Paul Calnan, currently Sales Director for DM, has been appointed to the position of Regional Director for Dedicated Micros EMEA with immediate effect. In this role he will report directly to Andy Finn on the AD Group Board, who steps down as Managing Director for Dedicated Micros EMEA to concentrate full time on his activities as Group Finance Director for AD Group companies.Nigel Petrie, Chairman of...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced today that it has embarked on a successful partnership with AASSET Security, a leading European manufacturer and distributor of CCTV and other security products and solutions.  According to the agreement, AASSET serve as a distributor of ioimage products in France.  Since the accord went into effect, AASSET has carried out a large number of small, medium and large ioimage-based security installation...

Innovative voice biometrics start-up CellMax Systems Ltd. of Tel Aviv and Multitek Corp., S.A. of Panama City, a major provider of intelligent solutions in Central America, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a five-year distribution agreement to supply CellMax Systems' identification and verification technology to the region's rapidly growing call centre sector.  No value was disclosed.CellMax Systems specialises in highly accurate identification...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd., the world-leading supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and the Polish security specialist ID Electronics Ltd. have signed a licence agreement.With their long experience in the field of access control and other security systems and their broad base of satisfied customers, the partnership with ID Electronics contributes to strengthening LEGIC's position in Eastern Europe.ID Electronics was established in 1993 and playe...

Situations are seldom more serious for the emergency services than when a potentially explosive gas leak occurs.  Therefore Newport Pagnell's Fire Brigade had no hesitation in calling out Dyno-Secure when they were unable to gain entry to a property where the owners were on holiday.Events unfolded when a neighbour realised there was a strong smell of gas coming from the house next door where the family had been away for some days.  The fire brigade was alerted and, despite having t...