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New VP Europe at Sony
Basingstoke, Hampshire (UK)
Sony has appointed Katsunori
Yamanouchi as Vice President of
its Professional Solutions Europe
(PSE) business.
He replaces Naomi Climer,
who after 6 years leading the
PSE business, has been pro-
moted to a new global post
within the Sony group. Based at
the Sony Pictures studio lot in
L.A., Climer will lead the deve-
lopment of a new global busi-
ness focused on the provision of
media cloud services.
Yamanouchi joined Sony's
Professional Solutions Group
in 1989 and has gained exten-
sive international management
experience through roles in the
European, US and Asia-Pacific
regions. From 2003-09 he lead
Sony's professional business
in the CIS, MEA and German-
speaking territories. In 2009,
he returned to his native Japan,
heading up Planning & Marketing
Dept., Content Creation Solutions
Division, a role in which he took
global responsibility for the core
product and solutions deve-
lopments underpinning Sony's
leadership in the professional
broadcast and media industries.
Katsunori Yamanouchi said:
"I'm delighted to be joining the
European team and building
upon the business success
achieved by Naomi and the PSE
team. I know the passion and
dedication of our European team
to understanding our customers
and responding with innova-
tive technology and services.
I strongly believe we can look
forward to continuing growth
in our European B2B business,
both in our core established
markets and also new segments
including cinema, video security
and sports."
Katsunori Yamanouchi.
Norbain acquired by Newbury
Reading, Berkshire (UK)
The UK operations of Nor-
bain
, including export, has
been acquired by Newbury
Investments
(UK) Ltd from
the administrators, KPMG.
Norbain is one of Europe's
most successful distributors
of CCTV, IP video, access
control and intruder detection
equipment. Headquartered in
Reading, Berkshire, the com-
pany employs over 240 people
throughout the UK in various
sales offices and at its distribu-
tion centre in Manchester.
Each year, the company's
International Sales division
sells into 77 countries across
five continents.
Newbury Investments
(UK) Ltd is part of a sub-
stantial family business which
trade extensively across North
America, UK and Australia in
distribution.
The shareholders acquired
their first UK business,
Edmundson Electrical Ltd, a
leading UK Electrical distribu-
tor in 1979.
Newbury Investments (UK)
Ltd has 5 trading subsidiaries,
Deta Electrical Company Ltd,
Decco Ltd, Stearn Electric Co
Ltd, UK Cables Ltd and UK
Electric Ltd.
With a turnover of circa
£320 million and net asset
value of £82 million, prior to
the acquisition of Norbain,
Newbury Investments (UK)
Ltd is a financially strong
group which will underpin
Norbain and allow Norbain's
suppliers, customers and em-
ployees to be confident in its
future trading.
Barry Shakespeare, manag-
ing director of Norbain SD
Ltd, stated: "We are confident
that Norbain's best in class
operations combined with
Newbury Investments' finan-
cial strength and complemen-
tary distribution experience
will secure our future growth
strategy".
Hikvision is the new market
leader for video surveillance equipment
IMS Research declares that Hikvi-
sion
was the largest global vendor
of CCTV and video surveillance
equipment in 2011. Last year,
Hikvision was fourth.
For the third consecutive
year according to IMS Research
Hikvision again remains the
number one worldwide supplier of
DVR products. In the surveillance
cameras category, including ana-
logue as well as network cameras,
Hikvision is fourth.
"We are pleased with the results
of the recent IMS report. This
achievement highlights our efforts
in the security marketplace and
is an affirmation of our ongoing
business model," noted Polo Cai,
Vice President of Hikvision, "Fur-
thermore, IP surveillance which
has experienced consistently strong
growth over the years remains a
key focus area for Hikvision," he
continued.
"Choosing Hikvision is an
investment in the future. Our cus-
tomers appreciate the fact that we
are the world's leading supplier of
comprehensive video surveillance
products and possess the resources
to match their unique market
structure and support their current
and long-term needs," Polo Cai
summed up.
"In a span of a year, Hikvision
soared to become the world's no.1
CCTV and video surveillance
equipment provider, improving
from last year's fourth position.
This result confirms their efforts.
By following technology trends
such as the transition from ana-
logue to network video surveil-
lance, Hikvision has achieved
greater market expansion," noted
Gary Wong, senior analyst at IMS
Research.
Polo Cai, Vice President of Hikvision.
Health centre deploys C-Tec
Burnley, Lancashire (UK)
An array of C-Tec life-safety
equipment has been installed at a
revolutionary new £5M integrated
health centre in Burnley, Lancha-
shire, the construction of which
was inspired by HRH the Prince
of Wales, Prince Charles.
Installed in the main foyer is
one of C-Tec's Sigtel disabled ref-
uge controllers, connected to four
hands-free outstations situated in
the clearly marked refuge areas
around the three-storey building.
In an emergency, the system will
enable two-way communication
between rescue teams and disabled
people waiting in the refuge areas.
Said Ashley Holt of Amsec
UK, the specialist company that
completed the project: "Demand
for disabled refuge systems is at an
all time high as the Building Regu-
lations state that they should be
installed in all new buildings with
more than one storey. We specify
C-Tec's refuge equipment because
it is cost-effective, easy-to-install
and very user-friendly."