According to the latest research information from Marketsandmarkets, the contactless biometrics market is projected to grow from USD 19.7 billion in 2022 to USD 39.8 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 15.1% during the forecast period.

The major driving factors contributing to the high growth rate of contactless biometrics market include increased use of contactless biometrics technology post the pandemic, government initiatives that support the adoption of contactless biometrics solutions, smartphones and tablet adoption, and growing security concerns and hygiene issues among users due to touch-based systems.

Based on offerings, contactless biometrics services have witnessed a growing demand in recent years. Contactless biometric services deliver biometric onboarding and authentication capabilities, and it eliminates the cost associated with the database, network, and storage components. Contactless biometrics services include professional services and managed services. Professional services are further classified into training and consulting services, feasibility assessment services, analysis, and advisory services.

Criminal identification & forensics is strongest application

Contactless biometric solutions can be very useful during criminal investigations, for example, forensic biometrics uses fingerprints, palm prints, hand vasculature, hand shape, face, DNA, face, voice, iris, etc. In February 2022, Edmonton Police Service (EPS) in Canada adopted Neoface Reveal facial recognition solution by NEC Corporation for identifying suspects in investigations through CCTV footage and photos. The software will help the police force with their databases that include criminal photos charged earlier for heinous crimes. Also, the software enables the detection of false information of the individuals in custody through facial recognition abilities.

North America holds the major share

In the US, rising security concerns due to abrupt terrorist activities as well as illegal immigrants entering the region have increased the demand for contactless biometric technologies to maintain high-level security. As identified by the US Federal Trade Commission, identity theft problems could drive the adoption of advanced authentication methods. The emergence of various government regulations and standards for the protection and security of personal data and to regulate its collection and use of biometric data has led to the promotion of biometric technologies for authentication and verification purposes. Contactless biometric vendors in North America are helping companies, organisations and government entities implement safer work environment solutions.

Key market players

Key and innovative vendors in contactless biometrics market include Aware, Fingerprint Cards, Fujitsu, HID Global, Idemia, M2sys, NEC, Nviasoft, Touchless Biometrics Systems, Thales, Veridium, Bioconnect, Innmovatrics, Cognitec, Dermalog Identification Systems, Secugen, Neurotechnology, Shufti Pro, Fidentity, Daon, Nviso, Noldus, Blue Biometrics True Face, Veridos, annd ID R&D.

In the past year, Dahua Technology has adhered to its mission of “enabling a safer society and smarter living.” With the core information technologies such as software, big data, artificial intelligence, and AIoT, Dahua continues to contribute to urban road accident reduction, environment protection, the improvement of green energy utility efficiency, etc.

In 2021, the number of Dahua products that obtained China Energy-saving Product Certification reached 126 – a 39% increase compared to 2020. The number of materials that received RoHS Certification reached 95,520.

In order to strengthen the compliance of business operations and improve the efficiency of recycling, Dahua developed a refund & return management platform, transitioning its traditional business model into digital information management. It realizes online management of material return, material reception, treatment scheme evaluation and treatment scheme execution to realize the visibility and traceability of the whole process. At the same time, it utilized the data to reduce returned products from the source, prevent environmental pollution, reduce waste generation, and reduce operating costs.

In packaging material management, Dahua mainly uses paper, plastic, wood and metal packaging materials and other packaging auxiliary materials, in accordance with the principle of lightweight, recyclable and sustainable. Meanwhile, the packaging is also in strict accordance with the EU 94/62/EC packaging and waste packaging directive for hazardous substances control, ensuring the total content of lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium in packaging materials does not exceed 0.01% (100ppm). Carton products strictly comply with the relevant requirements of GBT 39084-2020 Green Product Evaluation Express Packaging Products.

Through technological and design innovation, Dahua promotes energy saving and consumption reduction in the upstream and downstream of the packaging industry chain, realizes standardized and intelligent packaging design, reduces the use of packaging materials, decreases the proportion of plastic applications, and improves the utilization of storage and transportation space.

It is worth mentioning that Dahua developed an EHS paper pallet to substitute for plastic, which improves the recycling and degradation of packaging, achieves more than 50% weight reduction and reduces production energy consumption. Moreover, the new film composite packaging technology developed by Dahua Innovation uses 100% recyclable and green environmental protection materials, which can reduce the use of packaging materials by 40%, increase production capacity by 30%, and increase storage and transportation space utilization rate by 50%.

VIVOTEK is a company originally from Taiwan, which has been producing video surveillance cameras and solutions for over 20 years. Complete production is in Taiwan, as well as a strong R&D department dedicated to developing new solutions and tracking needs on the job market.

Camera Link is a solution fully developed in our R&D department, and is completely revolutionary in the market, which no manufacturer can offer you.

The solution is intended for perimeter protection, which allows the user fully automatic perimeter protection, with advanced analytical solutions perimeter protection of the user is fully ensured.

The solution consists of bullet and PTZ cameras, bullet camera serves for fixed perimeter surveillance and threat detection via analytical solution based on artificial intelligence, while PTZ camera serves to monitor a specific object after bullet detection, PTZ camera also uses analytical solution based on artificial intelligence.

The solution is unique on the market because the cameras are directly connected to each other, and do not need a connection to the VMS (video management system). Which means the cameras are self-contained to perform their perimeter protection tasks.

In case of any loss of connection between the cameras and the server on which the VMS is located, the cameras will detect any threat perimeter and save the required video to the SD card, after the renewed connection with the servo can transfer to the server. So, with this solution the user is completely protected from material loss in case of loss of camera connection to the server.

The camera model IB9367-EHTV V2 is an ideal model for this application. It is a high processing power camera that can perform demanding perimeter protection actions. It is a 2MP resolution camera, 60 fps in 2MP resolution. It comes with two types of lenses, so all possible scenarios can be covered. The first is a 2.7-13.5mm motorized lens, while the second used to monitor remote areas, has a 5-50mm motorized lens. The camera still has strong WDR, and IR up to 50 meters for a 2.7-13.5mm lens, and up to 100 meters for a 5-50mm lens.

The camera is equipped with VIVOTEK Smart VCA analytics, which is based on artificial intelligence. VIVOTEK Smart VCA is a solution that detects people with a very high percentage. Detection is done in a 3D algorithm, thus completely ensuring protection against false alarms, because the analyst will only recognize the human form. Also, with a very high percentage can recognize various human movements, such as: walking, running. Can detect different scenarios (intrusion detection, loitering detection, line crossing detection, unattended object detection, missing object detection, face detection, crowd detection, running detection)

PTZ camera SD9368 EHL is a mobile camera with high processing power, which due to its performance can easily perform perimeter protection tasks. The camera has a resolution of 2MP, 60 fps in a resolution of 2MP. With a 4.25-170mm lens, which is a magnification of 40X. IR up to 250 m.

The PTZ camera is equipped with VIVOTEK SMART VCA analytics based on artificial intelligence, and with an auto-tracking function, which uses a 3D object tracking solution.

Selected project-based Dahua products shipped on January 1, 2022, onwards are now covered by the upgraded 5-year warranty, free of charge.

This five-year warranty policy is free for customers and does not require any extra payment. Dahua Technology will continue to provide high-quality products, excellent global service system, and stable supply of raw materials, so that customers can avail longer product value without adding to their budget.

Dahua Technology has a global marketing and service network system. It has established 57 overseas subsidiaries, representative offices and service networks in Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Africa and other regions, and has set up more than 150 authorized customer service stations. This service system can help ensure that its customers enjoy the five-year warranty service without worries.

Before the onset of the pandemic, Iloq signed a framework agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL). The first phase of the cooperation was to promote Iloq and its products during the 2021 Stanley Cup playoff games broadcast in Europe. Prominent branding in broadcasts with the use of ‘virtual blue line’ advertising brought unprecedented visibility for the company.

Now, as we ease our way back to ‘normalilty’ after the pandemic, the second wave of the partnership can be fulfilled. This is the promotion of Iloq during the NHL Global Series games to be played in Finland in November this year.

“The goal of our initial partnership with the NHL was to maximize awareness of the Iloq brand in key European markets as we continue to extend our market reach. With ice hockey, and particularly the NHL, being one of the most popular global sports leagues around the world, we have already successfully reached a large audience. With the Global Series games bringing some home-grown talent to Finland, we will attract worldwide media interest and ensure that Iloq’s brand is visible front and center bringing us many more ‘fans’ and unlimited business opportunities,” states Joni Lampinen, Iloq’s Chief Marketing Officer.

Siemens will exit the Russian market as a result of the Ukraine war. The company has started proceedings to wind down its industrial operations and all industrial business activities. The financial impact of this decision is reported as part of the organisation’s regular disclosure on its second quarter results.

After the start of the war, Siemens put all new business in and international deliveries to Russia and Belarus on hold. The comprehensive international sanctions, as well as current and potential countermeasures, impact the company’s business activities in Russia, particularly rail service and maintenance.

Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG, said: “We condemn the war in Ukraine and have decided to carry out an orderly process to wind down our industrial business activities in Russia. This was not an easy decision, given our duty of care for our employees and long-standing customer relationships, in a market where we have been active for almost 170 years. We are evaluating the impact on our people and we will continue to support them to the best of our abilities.”

Mobotix has been working successfully with the Vaxtor Group as a Technology Partner over the last few years, therefore, the acquisition of the Spanish company who develop automatic character recognition software, using video technology, was a logical consequence of this intensive cooperation.

The strategic expansion was already announced on January 17, 2022, after the purchase agreement for 100% of the company shares was signed.

Due to the exceptional importance of Vaxtor’s technologies, the Spanish licensing authorities requested a judicial review of the acquisition, which has now been positively decided and the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Trade has approved the takeover. The closing is now officially completed and the legal transfer of the company shares has taken place.

Mobotix AG strengthens its operating business with the strategic acquisition of the Spanish Vaxtor Group from Tres Cantos, Madrid. The acquisition is an essential building block for Mobotix in its positioning as a high-end solution provider based on video and artificial intelligence technology. It will also strengthen the development cooperation between Vaxtor and the Mobotix development office in Madrid, allowing both companies to be able to address emerging growth markets and future requirements even more effectively. According to the company, Market Intelligence estimates that the global market for automatic license plate recognition solutions alone will grow from $2.3 billion to $3.8 billion by 2025.

“Video technology has long gone far beyond just security applications. Data is the key to the future. Collecting, analysing, and connecting vast amounts of data open up new possibilities for our customers,” explains Mobotix CEO Thomas Lausten. “Video technology with artificial intelligence will help protect, support and preserve values and will make life more pleasant, easier and better. With the combined expertise of Mobotix and Vaxtor, we are ideally positioned.”

Vaxtor is a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-based video analytics software, specialising in optical character recognition (OCR) and deep learning technologies. Vaxtor’s 100 percent in-house development, technical vision, expertise, continuous R&D investment, and product quality have enabled it to achieve growth and positive operating results.

SALTO has approved one more year of the quality audits for ISO 9001 (Quality Management System Certificate) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System Certificate), passing the audit with 0 non-conformities.

These certification renewals guarantee quality as a permanent and priority objective and ensure a commitment to customers regarding the implementation and maintenance of integrated Quality and Environmental Management Systems.

“The fact that SALTO has renewed this double ISO 9001/14001 certification has made us a benchmark in our commitment to the quality and sustainability of our products and processes,” said Ricardo Garcia, SALTO Sustainability and Quality Manager. “Our commitment to continuous improvement propels us to go beyond what is required by international certification standards to include things such as ODS, compensation for our carbon footprint, and eco-design.”

SALTO maintains its commitment to the quality, continuous improvement, and sustainability of its products and processes. With the management of integrated Quality and Environmental Systems, SALTO’s policy is consolidated in order to achieve the required level of quality and continuous improvement in each of the activities carried out by the company. The purpose of this commitment helps SALTO achieve both customer satisfaction and environmental protection.

ISO 9001 and 14001

ISO 9001 quality management means that the organization works to: develop a management plan based on strategic guidelines framed in a global sustainability strategy and focus on minimizing risks and continuous improvement of processes and products, and measure customer and partners’ satisfaction to answer and fully meet customer needs.

ISO 14001 quality management means that the organization works to: conform to legal requirements, have a commitment to the life cycle of products and services in its processes, try to minimize the environmental impact caused by the activity carried out, and seek continuous improvement of its environmental performance.