News in brief ...

  • Herts-based Premier Electronics Ltd has "miniaturised" its AV1300 high definition camera from five to two and a half inches enabling it to fit into smaller dome formats and reducing its weight by nearly a half and power consumption by 15 per cent.
  • Well known in the UK and Europe for his key role as MD of Baxall Ltd, Peter Beare has been appointed Managing Director of Extreme CCTV’s European Operations. Beare brings 15 years of executive management experience to the Extreme CCTV group of companies which includes Forward Vision and Derwent Systems.
  • The range of wireless and wireline communications semi conductors from London based CML Microcircuits is now being distributed in Germany and Austria by SE Spezial-Electronic AG.
  • Facia Graphics is celebrating "a decade of ISO accreditation to the security sector". Paul Bennett MD said supplying membrane keypads to the security sector called for a systematic approach to customer needs.
  • Advice on how to protect against identity fraud is contained in the Identity Theft Self Help Kit from Lawpack Publishing. It says a total of 97 per cent of household waste contains items that could assists a fraudster and a quarter of all victims find they know the person who carried out the fraud.
  • Fireco, specialist in fire alarm listening technology, will be previewing its latest communications platform, System X – aimed at integrating products – at Fire Expo 07 at the NEC Birmingham from May 21-24
  • Access control specialist Paxton Access Ltd has designed its new website around the needs of installers and has a Skype facility for free technical support and a range of software tutorials. Go to www.paxton.co.uk
  • The Electrical Contractors Association has acquired ELECSA Ltd from the Glass and Glazing Federation. ELECSA operates a Part P competent persons scheme authorised by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
  • Digital cameras and recorders, remote monitoring via the internet and CCTV integration with other security systems are covered in the updated version of the classic textbook CCTV Surveillance by Herman Kruegle. Information at www.books.elsevier.com
  • NICE Systems has received an order from the Chinese Ministry of Railways for its advanced video content analysis solution to ensure the security of passengers on the Qing Zang railway connecting Tibet to Qinghai.
  • Gwent-based Total Traffic Ltd has been launched to provide a range of "cost effective" equipment to the UK security and vehicle access industries, including radio frequency, loop detectors, access control systems, turnstiles, bollards and ANPR.
  • Pelco received the Supplier Growth Award from Edge Marketing and Procurement Inc, an organisation of local and regional distributors and suppliers, at its annual conference in St Louis, USA.
  • C.K tools says its new Sabretooth is the sharpest handsaw tool on the market and came out top in longevity and sharpness tests carried out by the Cutlery Allied Trades Research association. Information from www.cki.uk.com .

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Security Installer