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Facial recognition set to become a lucrative market

The facial recognition market is expected to grow from USD 3.8 billion in 2020 to USD 8.5 billion by 2025, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.2% during the forecast period, according to the latest information from Marketsandmarkets. The researchers aniticipate that the market will experience substantial growth over the next five years due to increased investments by the government and defense sectors. Additionally, the growing surveillance industry, particularly in North America and Europe, could push companies to deploy or develop facial recognition solutions in the coming years, and a high adoption rate is also expected to be registered in the APAC region.

Since the 1960s, facial recognition technology has witnessed major changes due to rising investments in the surveillance space by enterprises globally. One of the major factors for the high growth of the facial recognition market is the rising expenditure on the technology by various government organisations. The technology has helped criminal investigations and facilitated various departments in the rapid identification of offenders. Government applications such as law enforcement, military and defence, homeland security, and state and national government together constitute approximately 60% of the facial recognition technology revenue, and this trend is expected to continue during the forecasted period. The Defense Advanced Research Products Agency (DARPA) funded the Face Recognition Technology (FERET) Evaluation from 1993-1997 to boost the advancement of facial recognition algorithms and technology. This helped in evaluating the prototypes of facial recognition systems and propelled these systems to become commercial product.

Software tool
The software tool provides quicker and easier identification and verification based on facial features, which helps in easing numerous processes, such as immigration, attendance tracking, and access control. Software tools are further divided into 2D facial recognition, 3D facial recognition, and facial analytics.

The increase in crime rate and terrorist activities are found to be driving the demand for advanced technologies, such as facial recognition. Currently, 3D facial recognition software is gaining traction with end users, as it can accurately detect and identify various facial expressions and positions. Companies such as NEC, Ayonix, Idemia, and Stereovision Imaging are offering 3D facial recognition software tools for facial recognition. It is expected that 3D facial recognition would grow with fastest growing CAGR during the forecast period

By application area, within the report, the facial recognition market has been mainly categorised into emotion recognition, attendance tracking and monitoring, access control, law enforcement, and others. Over the past decade, many major technology players have acquired companies that are operating in the facial recognition domain to add value to their own services. For instance, technology giants, such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, are exploring the space of facial recognition.

North America has a history of investment in facial recognition

Owing to their strong economies, the analysts expect the US and Canada to be major contributors to the growth of the facial recognition market. With technologies advancing every single day and growing economies of North America, companies in the region can afford to invest huge amounts on the adoption of these technologies. North America has a history of the use of facial recognition solutions and services. Flourishing technologies, such as smart infrastructures, smart city initiatives, the use of epassports, and evisas, are factors driving the growth of the facial recognition market.

Major vendors named by Marketsandmarkets as being active in the global facial recognition market include NEC, Aware, Ayonix, Cognitec, NVISO, Animetrics, Neurotechnology, Daon, Stereovision Imaging, Techno Brain, Innovatrics, Id3 Technologies, Thales, Idemia, Nuance Communication, Bio ID, Fulcrum Biometrics, Trueface.AI, Amazon, Facephi, Herta Security, Kairos AR, Sightcorp, and Microsoft.

Jeff Lee new Managing Director od Hanwha Techwin Europe

Jeff Lee is the new Managing Director of Hanwha Techwin Europe. He has worked for the Hanwha Group for over 21 years and was appointed Hanwha Techwin Europe’s Sales Director in August 2019.

As the company’s Sales Director, he has been working closely with his predecessor Bob (H.Y.) Hwang, who has led the company over the last 5 years. Hwang is returning to Korea to take up another senior management position.

“Building partnerships and earning the trust of system integrators and distributors has always been fundamental to how Hanwha Techwin Europe operates. To this end, I firmly believe our company’s ongoing success can be secured by ensuring we always operate with integrity and that in addition to offering quality products and solutions, it excels in everything it does. Our existing comprehensive range of Wisenet products and solutions gives us a fantastic base from which we can together achieve great success during 2021. However, you can be 100% confident that our product roadmap and sales strategy will, in a highly competitive environment, help you achieve sales growth”, stated Lee in a message to Hanwha’s business partners.

End of eleven years of growth in the security industry

Memoori’s 12th annual world report on the Physical Security Business estimates that the total value of physical security products at factory gate prices in 2020 was $31.7Bn, a decline of over 7% on 2019. Sales declined over all 4 quarters as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This has ended eleven consecutive years of growth in the industry.

In June 2020, the World Bank published a baseline forecast envisioning a 5.2% contraction in global GDP in 2020. Against this backdrop, the Memoori report delivers a best estimate of the global market for physical security products going forward to 2025 based on two scenarios. At this time, Covid-19 has been having second spikes in Q3 / Q4 and several countries are experiencing rolling lockdowns. On this basis, Memoori researchers believe their 2nd scenario looks most feasible where global markets take around a year to return to some normality and mass global adoption of a vaccine is achieved within 18 months. Memoori suggests this scenario has a probability of 65%.

Counteracting these macroeconomic forces, the pandemic has also created demand for new solutions to help control the spread of the virus. Physical security products have risen to the challenge, helping to implement social distancing protocols through existing access and video systems with AI-powered analytics. Thermal cameras have also been deployed to measure people’s temperature, with demand being strong. However their usefulness has been questioned, with the World Health Organisation saying that on its own temperature screening “may not be very effective”.

Despite all this Memoori analysts are still confident of the industry’s robustness and prospects for growth over the medium to long term. Market drivers like the threat from terrorism and crime are unlikely to abate, whilst urbanisation and smart infrastructure will further drive demand for more and better security systems.

Above all the Covid-19 outbreak will force suppliers to radically rethink how they operate their business, in particular resilience to externalities. In parallel, there will be lessons to learn on having a more coordinated and resilient supply chain. The analysts find that the video surveillance business is too dependent on Chinese OEM’s and component manufacturers. With many of these factories closed for the first two months of 2020, it caused temporary supply chain issues.

As we move forward Post-Covid, Memoori concludes that vendors will need to investigate customer’s requirements thoroughly, particularly those businesses that have been severely damaged by Covid-19. It will be more difficult for these customers to find the budget to invest and therefore they have to be convinced of a return on their investment. ACaaS and VSaaS can provide a solution to this problem and there is evidence of significant accelerating growth in cloud services.

BIROSAFE Strong room doors tested according EN 1143- 1 – ECB•S Certified

Today we understand that high-resistance burglary protection for the valuables is especially important in maintaining the organization process. This is especially true for risk sites such as banking, retail, logistic, pharmaceutical or industry sectors, as large amounts of cash, valuable or sensitive items are often kept on premise.
To effectively manage this risk, the clients are choosing strong room doors or if the walls are not strong enough than they choose strong room modular, which is made from strong room door and strong room panels in same security class.
The strong room modular BIROMOD, unlike the vaults made on site have the following advantages:
• they are lighter and give less burden to the object’s construction
• can be built into older, adapted objects
• there is a possibility for transfer from one object to another.
The BIROMOD strong room modular can be made in different dimensions according to available space and purpose in several classes according to EN1143-1.

Birosafe high-security strong room doors BIRODOOR are certified by the European Certification Board Security Systems (ECB-S), in accordance with the EN 1143-1 standard. To obtain this certification, a variety of tools are used to put the vault’s ability to withstand break-in to the test.
They can be built into vaults built on site, or on modular vaults.
The strong room doors can be equipped with an additional security grid, for daily closing.
Except the minimum assigned locks for each class, extra locks can be built on the BIRODOOR strong room doors, in order to meet the requirements and needs of the client.

All Birosafe strong room doors are with European certificates for security, issued by ECB-S Germany. These doors are manufactured by the European standard for security EN 1143-1 and are classified in different resistance grades.
The certification according to the European Standard EN 1143-1 suggest security.

Birosafe team is trained to assess the wishes of each client and to give the best solutions for each project, from difficult access and old buildings to rooms with unusual dimensions. They define the specifications of each vault room and devise a solution that meets all specific requirements.

“BIROSAFE” – Strumica is an engineering company founded in 2001. The company is present in the business of manufacturing, sales and mounting of security, fireproof and bank equipment (security and fireproof safes, cabinets, security doors and vaults, etc.)

BIROSAFE produces and offers different types of security equipment: safes, cabinets, deposit safes, weapon safes, cash transfer safes, vault and vault doors, security doors etc.; as well as fireproof equipment: safes, cabinets, doors etc.
Usually the products are made by standard dimensions, but there is also a possibility for tailoring the products according to client demand.

The company follows the trends and creates series of security products which are at the same time, aesthetic and adequate for the most modern and well-equipped banks and other institutions from different sectors.

BIROSAFE has successfully passed the tests for several types of products and has gained the following EUROPEAN CERTIFICATES, issued by “ECB•S – Germany”:
– EN 1143- 1 – for security safes and strong room doors.
– EN 1522 – for bulletproof walls, doors and windows.
– EN 1627 – for burglary resistant doors.

In-Store Analytics optimize the shopping experience in retail

Home appliances retailer BSH measures customer engagement with metrics from smart cameras

The next generation of retail stores optimizes sales floor presentations by tracking customer traffic. At home appliances store BSH in Vienna, Bosch cameras with built-in Intelligent Video Analytics collect metadata on how customers respond to special displays. Drawing on this actionable data from in-store analytics, retailers can create more inspiring customer experiences at brick-and-mortar locations.

When it comes to allocating display space in brick-and-mortar stores, retailers face a challenging question: How efficient are special product presentations in generating customer interest and, ultimately, sales? Unlike online shopping, where every click is tracked for analysis, stationary retail lacks hard data on how customers navigate through product presentations. That’s why the home appliances retailer decided to adopt In-Store Analytics at its Vienna brand store for a new level of insights into customer traffic and engagement.

Actionable data for store operators
In particular, the retailer wanted to measure the effects of a new design concept for the sales floor. It relies on displaying key products, for instance washing machines, prominently on special ‘highlight walls’. The walls feature plexiglass backdrops in light blue color and special lighting to attract customers’ attention. But from a logistics perspective, highlight walls cost more and provide less display space than ‘regular’ product stands. So are these specialized displays worth the investment?

Privacy and business intelligence
The data-based answers arrived with Bosch In-Store Analytics. Already trusted in retail environments across the globe, the analytics suite relies on Bosch IP cameras equipped with Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) to gather metadata on customer traffic. Embedded discreetly into the ceilings, six panoramic IP cameras create an anonymized position data stream of shoppers’ movements. In-Store Analytics further processes this data into performance results and visualizations, shared through web interfaces with the store team. In comparing the impact of highlight walls versus other store displays, the team can draw on an unprecedented level of traffic data.
The engagement funnel provides precise metrics for behavior in specific areas of the store, including: The number of shoppers to have “passed by” a section. Also the amount who “dwelled” and slowed down in front of a display. And most importantly, the “engaged” shoppers interacting with a product. For long-term insights, these metrics can be compared to past data to see whether updates and special initiatives make an impact on engagement. At all times, full customer privacy is maintained by sending customer position data from the cameras directly to the Bosch In-Store Analytics Cloud, without video streams ever leaving the site.

Optimizing the retail store experience
The comprehensive data analysis, precise down to the level of an individual product display, yielded important insights. The store team learned that a washing machine displayed on a highlight wall achieves an 84 percent higher customer engagement rate than comparable, non-featured products. And these metrics were just the beginning of more data-based optimizations of customer experiences in stationary retail. Visualizations of in-store foot traffic allow the design team to select store layouts for optimal customer experiences and product discoveries. Based on findings from its Vienna location, the retailer implemented highlight walls to display featured products in its latest physical storefront in the town of Graz, opened in 2020.
Beyond product-specific metrics, In-Store Analytics also measures the success of initiatives such as live cooking events. By adopting In-Store Analytics, the retailer can leverage precise data sets in strategic decision-making. The team is able to calculate conversion rates for specific products as the basis for effective product positioning and evaluating the product portfolio on display at stores. In this new generation of retail experiences, ensuring high profitability per square footage is no longer a guessing game, but part of an ongoing optimization process to enhance the customer experience based on smart data.

“Thanks to engagement funnel, we can evaluate success of different design concepts based on a product-level experience.”

Stefan Tenor, BSH Home Appliances Group

More information: boschsecurity.com

Securing one of the busiest shopping malls in Turkey’s capital

Keeping a watchful eye over the thousands of visitors that flock to Ankara’s vast Metro Mall every day is no easy job. To achieve real peace of mind, the security team chose a video security solution from Hikvision, and received reliable, innovative and cost-effective technology to protect shoppers and staff 24/7.

The challenge: choosing reliable video security to protect thousands of visitors
The Metro Mall in Ankara, Turkey, is one of the busiest entertainment and business centers in the capital. Combining more than 200 stores with offices, a cinema, cafes, restaurants and a gym, the site covers nearly 220,000 square meters, while the nearby metro station sees a footfall of more than 300,000 commuters every day.

Given the busy nature and complexity of the location, the security of shoppers and workers is a top priority – but it’s also a challenge. “We knew well before it opened that the Metro Mall was bound to become a hotspot for shoppers and commuters, and that security would be a challenge,” says Bahri BERÇİN, the Metro Mall Manager. “We needed a solution that could cope with this complexity, and which we could rely on.”

“We had a number of proposals of CCTV solutions, but the proposal from Hikvision Turkey stood out by far,” said Bahri BERÇİN. “The full solution was very thorough and the technology appeared to be of extremely high quality.”

Solution overview
Hikvision began the project by working with Meriç Technology ltd. to carry out a site survey. “Being such a complex and busy site, we needed to ensure we had enough cameras to offer comprehensive security,” says Yunus Bölükbaş, the Pre-sales Engineer at Hikvision Turkey.

Following the survey, Hikvision and its partner designed a CCTV solution comprising more than 500 cameras to be located both inside the mall, the parking lots and around the perimeter.

For security inside the mall, Hikvision recommended its 2MP Vari-focal IR Bullet Cameras mounted to the walls, and Vandal-proof Network Dome Cameras mounted on the ceiling, assisting the security team with situational awareness at all times.

For reliable outdoor security – day, night, and in all weathers – Hikvision Network IR PTZ Dome Cameras were installed around the perimeter of the mall, for a comprehensive view of the mall’s exterior, while their 20x optical zoom enables the security team to inspect potential threats in very close detail.

Hikvision also installed Access Control panels and Mifare Card Readers, to enable security personnel and other authorized mall staff to gain secure card-based access to restricted areas. The whole solution was connected to Hikvision Network Video Recorders, to support all processing and analysis of the recordings at the mall’s security control center.

Benefits: better security for visitors and staff – with great future potential

“It’s definitely making a real difference,” says Hüseyin GENÇER, the Metro Mall technical manager of the project. “The solution is helping us protecting the mall’s customers much more effectively, and providing reliable evidence for investigation of security incidents, which exactly what we had hoped for.”

The access control panels are also helping to secure the restricted areas of the mall. “We can give each member of staff access to the parts of the mall that are relevant for their work. We are also able to see where everyone is at all times.” adds Hüseyin GENÇER. “Also, integration between the Hikvision CCTV and Mavili fire Alarm systems has helped us improve our low voltage system management operations”.

The security team is now planning to expand its system to the nearby residential area, which comprises five buildings, each 30 stories high. Hikvision also plans to install the iVMS-5200E Centralized Management System and integrate it with the mall’s third party alarm system, so that the Metro Mall team can manage video streams, access control devices and its fire alarms from a single place.

Hüseyin GENCER is very happy with the technology and how the project was run, “We want to thank the whole Hikvision for their efforts during pre-sales and delivery support. And we are planning to expand the security system to the nearby residential area.”

Uniview will released a new 5MP active deterrence mini PTZ camera

When it comes to PTZ, stereotypes are large, bulky, heavy, and costly. Therefore, finding a completely different outdoor PTZ has become a challenge for CCTV suppliers. meanwhile Most of video surveillance products are used to help restoring the events afterwards while products which can early warning plays more significant roles since they prevent events from happening. Based on above reasons, Uniview decide to release a new 5MP active deterrence outdoor mini PTZ camera IPC675LFW-AX4DUPKC-VG.
The purpose of active deterrence is that once a stranger enters the view of the camera, the strobe light will be triggered and the built-in speakers make sounds that fit different scenes. It allows the active deterrence camera to be widely used for many areas. It allows the active deterrence camera to be widely used for many areas. For areas dangerous for pedestrians, such as the entrances and exits of parking lot. Pedestrians should be careful to walk from the entrance of motor vehicles in case of accidents. It can warn if detected any pedestrian pass through the entrance. Besides, for perimeter detection purpose, it is suitable for villas, construction site and more. The built-in speaker will sound “You are in the warning area, please leave here as soon as possible” when an intruder wants to enter the forbidden site. Furthermore, it is also applied to customers welcome, key scene security, automatic broadcasting, etc… The active deterrence camera has truly enhanced monitoring functions and reduced the labor cost.

Benefit
Compared with traditional video surveillance, the active deterrence mini PTZ can stop the illegal events. Once an intruder is detected, the PTZ will trigger strobe lights and audio alarms. It is designed to expel the intruders before they attempt to enter the prohibited site.

16:9 aspect ratio
Compared with conventional 5MP resolution camera, IPC675LFW-AX4DUPKC-VG uses 16:9 aspect ratio instead of 4:3 which provides a full screen display.

7×24 protection
Powered by LightHunter technology, it has an exceptional low-light sensor with a minimum illumination of 0.01 lux which means it can provide clear images and record high quality video in full color and low-light level environments. Featuring a 4x optical zoom motorized lens, the PTZ enables to provide more details in a surveillance image.

Two-way talk
Furthermore, built-in MIC & speaker makes it easy for remote communication with people in front of the camera. It helps the guards to monitor and control more areas on time with camera itself without extra loudspeaker.

Strobe & Flood Light Warnings
Equipped with two sets of lights: a red and blue strobe light on top of the PTZ and a flood light located under the lens of camera, The strobe can be set between 1 and 600 times to flash anywhere. At night, the floodlights will turn on and move with the lens. This means that if automatic tracking is enabled, the floodlights will track the person who triggered the alarm. Both two sets of lights ensure that any potential intruders are warned and each movement of the target is recorded. In addition, once the floodlight is turned on, the camera will automatically switch from IR mode to color mode, which makes it fully functional

Applications
The camera is suitable for various outdoor environment, such as retail shop, residential, riverside and construction site, etc. It is very easy to install and use. What’s more, the camera can also be customized and imported language and voice by customer, which makes it more flexible and interesting.

More information please visit www.uniview.com.
If you have any business query, please contact fengjunqing@uniview.com.

Interview: Baudouin Genouville, Managing Director, Suprema

a&s Adria: Mr Genouville, could you present yourself to our readers: what is your role at Suprema, which departments and markets are you in charge with, your educational and professional background, etc.?

Genouville: As the Managing Director of Suprema Europe, my mission is to increase Suprema footprint and market share in Europe and Africa. For more than 15 years our business partners in the regions have been in direct interaction with Suprema Inc Korea and now we offer localized service for Sales, Consulting, Technical Support and logistics directly for Central Europe. Our office and warehouse are in France, Paris area and our Sales&Technical teams speak English/German/French/Spanish/Russian/Romanian.
This new organization is in place since early 2020 and it has proven success: our partners get delivered products quicker, do not need large stock, have technical answers replied within the day and do not lose time on fixing past project issues: they can focus on iterating new project, one after the other without the burden.

a&s Adria: This year Suprema celebrates 20th year in access control and time and attendance business. What were the most important milestones on a way to success, are you pleased with the position of Suprema, how many people do you employ, revenue, to how many contries does your sales network extend to, etc.?

Genouville: Suprema Inc employs 350 workers worldwide, we have reached 84,3M USD turnover in 2019, which represents 16% increase from previous year. When I remember that we were 120 employees in 2013, with near 20M USD turnover (year I have joined the company), then I can only measure positively our success.
The reason for success of Suprema in our region is the enjoyable customer journey, with our business partners repeating successful projects and implementation for both Mid-end and High-end Access Control and Time Attendance. Suprema grows together with its partners: they implement projects, get financial profit and knowledge out of it. And next year with another or the same end-user, our partner takes bigger projects (or site increase) and pushing for Suprema products to be used (because reliable and trusted). Suprema has 35 Business Partners in all countries of Europe and our BP are distributors, system integrators and sometimes installers.

a&s Adria: Aproximately, how many people are using your products and how many Suprema’s systems are in operation worldwide?

Genouville: Suprema’s fingerprint authentication algorithm is used by several large smartphone manufacturers, including Samsung Smartphones. It makes hundreds millions users for our solutions worldwide. For access control in Europe, we install each year in Europe 30,000+ doors, half of it being RFID and half of it being biometrics (Fingerprint and Face). So we estimate to have 150,000+ active doors, with 30 million monthly unique users. That makes us a leading Access Control provider in Europe.

a&s Adria: What are the most important Suprema core technologies? Could you present your product portfolio in brief?

Genouville: As I mentioned before, RFID represent 50% of our yearly sold units. We propose the legacy Centralized access control with [CoreStation Door Controller + Readers], and we are also the historical leader for the intelligent readers [Reader/Controller] called XPass. That edge product was first released in 2008 (XPass V1) and in 2019 we have launched Xpass2, that includes dual RF as well as BLE/NF for mobile credentials.
On the Biometric side, we offer most common authentication methods, with Fingerprint (85% of the market) and Face (7% of the market). So we are not focusing on Biometric niche market such as fingervein, handvein, iris and other handshape which all together represent less than 5~10% of the market.
We have seen in 2020 a huge growth for Face Authentication, due to COVID and the need for Contactless + Skin temperature measurement + Covid Mask presence detection. This has been happening without negative effect on our Fingerprint reader sales, since user understand using Fingerprint is not at risk when standard hygienic procedures are followed.

a&s Adria: Suprema has been expanding contactless solutions to better meet the market needs during the coronavirus pandemic. The highlight product this year has been your new multimodal terminal FaceStation F2. Why is it so innovative, and what is the advantage of combining two technologies: visual and IR face recognition?

Genouville: Since we have years of experience with new products launch, we can already tell that FaceStation F2 is and will be a successful product at Suprema. I see that the product level demand (sales order, technical, consulting) is similar to our flagship product “BioEntry W2” when it was launched in 2017. The FaceStation F2 was launched in October but due to high demand and multiple large projects won, we already have some tension on the manufacturing lines. Our factory is running fast but the demand is above forecast.
So why that success? FaceStation2 has high specs and combines all requirements from users: Convenience+Functionality-Performance-Security. It is using both Infra-Red and Visual sensors to authenticate the users. As a comparison, you would be able to tell if a meal is good if you look at it, but without being sure. But if you can both see and taste it, you know for sure if it is at your convenience. That is FaceStation F2, providing secure authentication from 50cm to 1.3meters distance, for any human kind and high, with/without glasses, makeup, beard, hat or covid mask (just to mention these).
By choosing Suprema FaceStation F2, customers know that they get a product that is reliable, will work for all employees, with good quality and performance. And that Suprema will support them in the next 5~10 years, as we have been doing so far. Not many companies can race Suprema when it comes to that proposal!
So that is why users chose Suprema FaceStation F2 even against other products that cost 30% its price, because they know they will have issues in 1, 2, 3 years with the cheaper product (and that makes the cheaper product more expensive!).

a&s Adria: What are the advantages of FaceStation F2 being a multimodal terminal?

Genouville: Advantages are: the reading distance, the security level (including fake faces), the capability to authenticate users in multiple face variation and outside environment (light/dark), the possibility to enroll user from pictures or to encode user’s face template on a smart card (Mifare, DesFire, EV1/EV2).
For example the FAR (false acceptance rate) of FaceStation F2 is 1 to 10 billion and that is the new standard that we have put in place for the industry.

a&s Adria: BioStar 2 is a security platform that provides comprehensive functionality for access control, time & attendance management, visitor management, and video log maintenance. Tell us more about it?

Genouville: BioStar2 is the software that allows one to use all the existing Suprema devices for access control and time attendance in a single platform. It is web-based, very easy to use interface and has an affordable price point (license level per door for access control and per number of users for time attendance).
BioStar2 is available in multiple languages and has a GDPR compliant design (protection of Data Subject information, right to be forgotten, Audit trail to see who is doing what in the software).
BioStar2 uses SQL, CSV extract or PDF reporting. It can be installed on premise or remote site, even in the cloud. Also BioStar2 natively embeds Server API (RESTful/Json) that allows IT services to use their own interface of APIs to interact with the solution (automation means less work for all).

a&s Adria: Suprema has developed professional industry solutions for different industries, properties and scale. Can you present or at least enlist some of the most important case studies?

Genouville: When it comes to Biometrics, our customers are the ones who need secure access to their data/financials/facilities. These customers are DataCenters, Banks, Military, Airport, Law Firms, Casinos, R&D centers. As an example, Suprema is the Biometric solution chosen for 8/10 of the biggest DataCenters and IT solution providers in the world. This is true for some years in USA and now becoming a fact in Europe as well for the last 2 years.
On the RFID side, our customers’ expectations are different. They are choosing Suprema for the ease of use of our system, the scalability, the security and the functionalities proposed (for example MS Active Directory or 3rd party Video System integration). 10 years ago, Security and IT department of a company used to work separately, but we see that in today modern companies, they are under the same director. Because with ransomware, CyberCriminality and hacking, the Physical Access and Ethernet are now part of the same world. With proposing Edge devices (all TCP/IP), PoE capability, TLS 1.2 encapsulation, SSL security, Suprema exactly fits and talk the language of these new IT & Security directors. We simplify their work.

a&s Adria: What will be the most important trends in access control and time and attendance markets and what can we expect from Suprema in the next year or two?

Genouville: When it comes to access control, the industry requires reliability. So business/products cannot change very quickly since users are not willing to take the risk to move to something 100% new. Variations only are accepted! So the industry is moving smoothly to more biometrics (face) or Mobile Cards but still the RFID card remains (and I believe it will still remain predominant for the next 5 years).

a&s Adria: Your opinion on Adriatic region access control market and your company’s position in it? Do you have any special plans in this area, is there enough interest for your products, are you looking for a regional partner, how do you plan to expand market share?

Genouville: We have seen in 2020 a lot of growth of Facial Recognition sales of our products in the Adriatic region. Not only new FaceStation F2, but our FaceLite (mid-end, launched in 2019 with ~800 EUR MSRP) and FaceStation2 (high-end, launched in 2017 with ~1200 EUR MSRP) have been successful. This is most of the time reserved to customers requiring high security. But when you think that you do not need card anymore (card = cost and time to manage), this also makes it affordable.
The specificity with Adriatic countries for Suprema is that our RFID product constitutes 70% of our sales in the region (vs 50% in the EU and less than 30% worldwide). Because our Access Control and Time Attendance solutions fits the market requirement and it is well priced thanks to the use of Xpass2 RFID reader.
This is our 3rd year participating to Adria Summit (or related) and I believe the good understanding of our solutions by the end-users is all thanks to our Business Partner in the region. We are glad that the Suprema offering is very well understood by our Adriatic RFID Customers: they can get the security, convenience of a modern solution, with being in the range of their forecasted budget.
For this work that pays well, I would like to personally thank our Partners in the Adriatic for their good job!

a&s Adria No. 162

Salto acquires Gantner in Austria

Salto Systems, a leading manufacturer of electronic access control solutions, has acquired Gantner Electronic Austria Holding GmbH. Gantner is an Austrian company specialised in access systems, electronic locking and locker systems, cashless payment, cash register and billing systems, staff time recording systems as well as ticketing and management software for leisure facilities.

In addition to Gantner, Salto has added Clay (NL) and Danalock (DK) to its portfolio in recent years, thereby strengthening its position in cloud, mobile access, and customer-centric solutions such as ticketing systems and cashless payment.

Part of what attracted Salto to Gantner was their strong commitment to research and development. “The addition of Gantner to the Salto portfolio offers a very bright future for our ability to continue to deliver the absolute best in electronic access control solutions,” said Javier Roquero, the Co-founder and CEO of Salto. “The Gantner product suite offers a variety of innovative locking solutions as well as cashless payment and ticketing systems that enrich and diversify our product offering and will enhance the end-user experience. We are thrilled to welcome Gantner to the Salto family.”

With a combined workforce of 1,200 employees in 40 countries, including more than 230 dedicated to R&D, a turnover of €260 million and over a million access points delivered each year, the combined group consolidates its position as a global leader in electronic access control.

Salto and Gantner are ready and willing to accomplish new growth projects together. The combined group will enable Salto’s customers to offer their guests and employees a hassle-free end-to-end journey (e.g. access to parking lot, main entrance, elevators, ticketing, cashless payment, lockers, office doors, canteen and leisure facilities, all with the same credentials).

The transaction was financed by a combination of capital increase, bank financing and cash. The capital increase amounts to €125 million and has been subscribed by both existing shareholders such as Alantra(SP) and new investors such as Sofina (BE), Peninsula Capital (LUX), and Florac (FR). Financial investors will hold a combined 30% stake in Salto, with the remainder retained by Salto’s founding members and managers (60%) and private investors (10%).

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a&s Adria – professional security magazine for providing total security solutions is a monthly circulating publication and a licenced representative of Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media for Adriatic region, which consists of following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia.