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Does the user want to protect their build more conveniently and efficiently near? Then biometric access control might be exactly what user's looking for. Biometric access control systems are gaining popularity as a more secure way to safeguard physical places such as offices, government buildings, airports, hospitals, and department stores. Research findings  According to the most recent FACT.MR research, the biometric access control segment is expected to dominate the physical access co...

Installers and end-users in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) can now take advantage of FlipX, a new range of flexible indoor sensors from OPTEX, the sensor manufacturer, that features a bespoke pyroelectric sensor for increased performance that adapts to the human shape and a unique lens that can be ‘flipped’ to provide both narrow and wide detection in a single sensor. This ‘flipped’ lens has been designed with flexibility in mind. It effectively gives installers &...

World Refugee Day 2022 took on an even greater significance this year as it comes amid the brutal war in Ukraine. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed global displacement figures to record levels. More than five million Ukrainian refugees have been registered across Europe since the conflict began in February. One third of Ukraine’s population has been internally or internationally displaced. Reasons of dis...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) National Capital Region Security Forum (NCRSF) – a community of D.C.-area security professionals representing industry and government – has revealed the details for its ninth annual charity golf tournament. The event will take place Monday, 3rd October 2022, at the Mount Vernon Country Club in Alexandria, Virginia. Proceeds from the annual golf outing will benefit the work of the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s centre for Brain Injury Recov...

Matrix, a manufacturer of security and telecom products, was conferred the prestigious NCN Editor's Choice Award at the 14th NCN Innovative Products Awards 2022 recently held at Crown Plaza, New Delhi. The NCN Innovative Product Awards 2022, which was held in conjunction with the 14th NCN ICT India Partners Summit on 26 August 2022 in New Delhi, is an annual award organised by NCN Magazine to recognise companies in the ICT industry for their achievements and contributions. In its 14th edition,...

38 years after founding Paxton, Tony Ratcliffe, Group Chairman of technology manufacturer Paxton Access Ltd., is stepping down. His son Sholto Ratcliffe will take on the role, continuing Paxton’s international journey and his father’s legacy. Tony Ratcliffe, 73, is a British inventor and successful entrepreneur. He is retiring from his role of Group Chairman at Paxton. This comes after nearly four decades overseeing the company's growth from a small enterprise launching the humble...

Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation, it’s the day that friends, families, communities, and workplaces come together to talk, listen and change lives. It is about being open to the idea of talking, everyone has mental health, and by having conversations about it people can help themselves and others. It’s not about encouraging people to talk about a mental health problem if they don’t want to. Not always easy to talk Asking others how the...

Dardan is thrilled to share the recent news that its Head of Client Services, David Leonard, and Head of Human Resources, Rita Golovina have both recently completed a CIPD Level 5 in People Management. Both David and Rita have critical roles in our business when it comes to People Agenda so these qualifications go one step further towards gaining a deeper understanding of the professional behaviours that lead to organisational success. Through this course, David and Rita would study 3 core...

Although there is no gender pay gap in favour of men, Dardan acknowledge the fact that they need to do more and are committed to reducing and subsequently closing, any gender pay gap disparity. As part of Dardan’s commitment to equality and diversity, they continue to review recruitment advertising channels to ensure diversity of applicants and encourage salary negotiations by offering a salary range. Shared parental leave The uptake of shared parental leave for existing employees and p...

Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Dardan states that together we can forge women’s equality. The company is collectively calling the initiative as #BreakTheBias. Businesses and communities coming together On the 8th March 2022, businesses and communities have come together for International Womens Day (IWD). This day is there to raise aw...

What better way to end a week than by celebrating one of company's longest serving employees being recognised for his exceptional professionalism, dedication and loyalty. Adam Buffery joined Dardan in August 2008 at the age of 18, he started out his career as a Security Officer at a local contract in Ipswich. After 18 months, Adam expressed an interest in joining the Mobile Services division, so when a position became available for a Mobile Response Officer, Adam jumped at the chance. Adam's...

NSI’s Gold schemes are designed for companies who meet the industry’s highest technical standards and maintain a commitment to continual improvement with ISO 9001 Quality Management System. NSI’s audit was conducted over three days, visiting one manned guarding, mobile services in Chelmsford and Head Office located in Cambridge. Aim of the audit The aim of the audit was to confirm compliance to ISO45001, new Health and Safety standard, BS10800 Provision of Security Services...

The major Somme International Air Show is back, at Albert airport, with many foreign military forces in attendance. Although the event opens to the public from 10 am, the festivities really start to kick off at 1 pm. While waiting for the displays to begin, visitors can enjoy simulators and other entertainment (such as various publicised exhibitions) offered by the organising committee, in addition to catering services. In total, 120 aircraft, both vintage and modern, have been announced: Rafal...

Based on the recent challenges in the airport industry the organiser Mack-Brooks Exhibitions and the partner's GATE (German Airport Technology and Equipment e.V.) and ADV (German Airports Association) agreed to postpone inter airport FOCUS to 2023. Sustainability  Hence, inter airport FOCUS will take place alongside inter airport Europe in Munich from 10 – 13 October 2023. The concept of the summit to connect governments, the airports, and the industry to hold the necessary discussi...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components™, congratulates the 2022 winners of its annual Mouser Best-in-Class Awards. The annual awards event recognises the outstanding individuals from Mouser’s manufacturer partners who best supported the global distributor’s marketing programs and new product introduction (NPI) launches by demonstrating exemplary teamwork and top pe...

New wider platforms at the busy University station have been used for the first time as the major redevelopment project reached another key milestone. Spectators heading for the Birmingham 2022 hockey and squash competitions were among those to benefit from the extra space and new shelters on the wider platforms. Redevelopment University station is undergoing major redevelopment with new station buildings, bridges, and platforms to accommodate the 3.5 million passenger journeys it sees ev...

Paige Datacom Solutions announced an upgraded GameChanger® Outside Plant (OSP) Shielded Cable, a superior direct burial solution that can streamline the installation of outdoor devices, including cameras and wireless access points. Paige’s GameChanger significantly exceeds the reach of traditional category cable and now the OSP shielded cable can extend through multiple environments. Authority comment “Our customers were asking for a single solution that would take them from i...

Collins Aerospace has successfully demonstrated its next-generation life support systems for deep space habitation as part of a ceremonial event with NASA at its laboratory in Windsor Locks, Conn. The demonstration completes the company’s multi-year program supporting NASA’s public-private partnership enabled by the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency  Announcement, Appendix A. Air Revitalisation System Collins’ solution is a...

Professional Security was established in 2005 and is one of the providers of licensed security personnel to the hospitality sector throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. The company works with a wide breadth of hospitality customers including many of the most influential independent, regional and national operators. The business has been through a transformational change over the last few years and is also working in the guarding and hospitality sectors. The company has an extensive managemen...

Boon Edam the Netherlands is delighted to announce the appointment of Dirk Aldenzee, an energetic and driven leader with a clear vision for the future. Dirk took the reins of Boon Edam Netherlands on the 1st August 2018 and is already in full-swing in his new role. Wealth of experience Dirk brings with him a wealth of experience - having studied economics as his higher education. He joins the company with a wealth of knowledge in many industries, including his role as Business Unit Director...

As a company aspiring to be climate neutral by 2030, Bertelsmann, a media, services, and education company based in Gütersloh, Germany, and operating in about 50 countries around the world are taking a step in the right direction after going paperless in the cockpits of its corporate aircraft and becoming the first certified business jet operator in Germany to achieve fully paperless flight operations. Flight support services Bertelsmann has been working with Collins Aerospace for mo...

West Midlands 5G Limited (WM5G), the UK’s 5G innovation company has won a £10m Government tender to create the UK’s Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN). WM5G won the tender as part of a UK-wide consortium led by Digital Catapult and also including CW (Cambridge Wireless) and the University of Bristol. UKTIN, first announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) in March, aims to make the UK the easiest place in the world to access and take part in tel...

Collins Aerospace has been selected as the Mission System solutions provider for the next phase of the Air Launched Effects (ALE) small programme for Army Aviation’s Enduring and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. In November 2021, Collins Aerospace successfully demonstrated the ready-now RapidEdge™ Mission System to support this critical programme. ALE is an attritable Family of Systems (FoS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that is launched from a helicopter, large UAS or other alterna...

ACS Pacesetters welcome Biosite Security as the latest company to join the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters.  The company is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group which operates in more than 70 countries and owns several flagship brands including Yale, Union, HID and Traka. Providing a range of services Biosite Security, which is based in the West Midlands, operates on a national scale and has been providing a specialist security service for the construction sector for over 10 years. Th...

Collins Aerospace broke ground on a $14 million expansion of its additive manufacturing centre in West Des Moines, Iowa. The 9,000-square-foot expansion will allow Collins to make room for more 3D metal printers, in addition to the three it already has onsite. The first new printer will have eight times the build volume of the existing printers and Collins expects it to be fully operational in late 2023. Fuel nozzles Collins’ 41,000-square-foot West Des Moines facility is a world’...

Sharry, a PropTech company developing a smart workplace experience platform, together with Shapack Partners, a multi-asset class real estate development company, introduce an all-new access control feature. All tenants and employees can now smoothly access the 167 Green Street office building in Chicago with an employee badge in Apple Wallet. It's the first office building in the United States to offer all tenants building-wide access with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch. Employee badge...

The Collins Aerospace HF-9500 High Frequency (HF) airborne communications system has been selected by Lockheed Martin for all future international C-130J Super Hercules Foreign Military Sales (FMS) production aircraft. The HF-9500 is available and ready now, replacing the legacy ARC-190 previously offered for international C-130J customers. A complete system The HF-9500 is a complete system comprising of a modernized receiver-transmitter, antenna coupler and radio control that is easily integ...

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, optimised for speed, safety and sustainability, announced at the Farnborough International Airshow an agreement with Collins Aerospace on the Overture programme. Carrying 65–80 passengers at twice the speed of today’s airliners and running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Overture will fly Mach 1.7 over water with a range of 4,250 nautical miles. The new agreement Under the new agreement between the...

What safety items do users need to have on hand while traveling? The components may differ depending on the destination and the activity and the person but Global Rescue’s Ultimate World Travel Safety Kit provides an A-to-Z list of items users can use as a foundation. For example, select the items users need for a fishing trip (communications device, first aid kit, knife, rain gear) or the essentials for a camping trip (navigation tools, headlamps, parachute cord). But it’s not...

ADT introduced ADT Virtual Assistance, a new programme for residential customers providing greater flexibility for appointment scheduling and faster resolutions for many service needs. ADT Virtual Assistance is designed for customers who prefer to replace or add smart home security devices to their existing ADT systems or troubleshoot device issues themselves with remote video guidance provided by ADT technical specialists. ADT Virtual Assistance appointments are conducted utilising the...