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Raytec helps with anti-terrorism op
Ashington, Northumberland (UK)
A UK military site has chosen
Raytec
Vario WhiteLight LED
illuminators as part of a high
security, antiterrorism operation,
concerning 24/7 vehicle inspection.
To maintain the highest level
of security at all times the military
site must inspect all vehicles enter
ing and leaving the site. Security
staff are required to check all vehi
cles within a gated compound area
for foreign objects and improvised
explosive devices (IEDs).
However, when inspecting
vehicles at night, the compound
required additional illumination,
both under and around the vehi
cles. Security planners for the site
specified that the chosen lighting
must be installed at ground level,
delivering a minimum of 100 lux
along the centre line of the road,
and also be energy and cost ef
ficient. Planners explored multiple
lighting solutions none of which
could provide the combination of
high light levels, energy efficiency
and military grade durability.
Babcock International Group,
an engineering support services
company were consulted to help
find a suitable product. "Hav
ing dealt with Raytec on another
project I was confident that they
could provide a solution to our
problem" comments Christopher
MacFarlane, Senior Electrical
Engineer at Babcock.
Raytec's lighting design team
specialises in designing detailed
lighting schemes for individual
and bespoke customer require
ments. They produced a unique
design that met the 100 lux
requirement using Vario w8 white
light illuminators. Crucially all
Raytec LED illuminators have an
extremely low power consump
tion, offer a long 10 year life and
require zero maintenance.
This has allowed the site to
forecast significant energy and
running cost savings as a result of
using Raytec LED lighting over
old energy hungry technology
such as halogen lighting. The sav
ings for this project are estimated
at around £5.7K in the first year
and in excess of £57K over the
lifetime of the installation.
All stakeholders were very
impressed with the light output
of the Vario fittings. The crystal
clear, even whitelight illumina
tion is currently allowing security
staff to effectively inspect vehicles
entering the compound at all
times, especially at night; all whilst
while keeping costs to an absolute
minimum.
Christopher MacFarlane
comments further on the design
and installation process, "For any
subsequent LED lighting projects
I wouldn't hesitate to consult
with the team at Raytec. They
have an excellent knowledge of
their products and LED lighting
technology".
Zebra acquires Hart for $94M
Lincolnshire, Il (USA)
Zebra Technologies Corpora-
tion
has acquired Hart Systems,
a leading provider of cloudbased
physical inventory management
solutions, for approximately $94
million in cash, subject to applica
ble postclosing adjustments.
The seller, Topspin Partners
LBO, is a Long Island, NYbased
private equity firm focused on the
lowermiddle market. The acquisi
tion strengthens Zebra's leader
ship position in serving the retail
industry with a broad portfolio
of innovative offerings, including
software and hardware solutions
for inventory management and
pricing, mobile pointofsale and
a broad set of applications for per
sonalized customer engagement to
deliver unique customer insights
and efficient retail operations.
The transaction is expected to be
immediately accretive to Zebra's
earnings.
"As the recognised leader in
selfmanaged inventory solutions,
Hart gives retailers better tools to
optimise instore inventories in
an environment of increasingly
complex global supply chains,"
stated Anders Gustafsson, Zebra's
chief executive officer. "It is an
excellent strategic fit for Zebra.
Hart's solutions add highvalue
software and data analytics capa
bilities to Zebra, and increase our
presence within the Internet of
Things ecosystem. The business
expands the portfolio of products,
solutions and services Zebra pro
vides to current customers, and
gives us important relationships
with new ones."
Headquartered in Hauppauge,
NY, Hart Systems provides
solutions that enable retailers
to conduct selfdirected in
store inventory operations. The
company's innovative cloudbased
SoftwareasaService solutions
deliver significant cost savings,
improved accuracy, greater con
trol, and realtime webbased data
analytics over competing methods
of physical inventory manage
ment. Hart's solutions incorpo
rate mobile computing terminals
from leading automatic identi
fication companies and provide
a proven return on investment.
Hart System's customers include
leaders in a broad range of retail
segments including apparel,
grocery, consumer electronics,
convenience and automotive.
"We are thrilled to be entering
into an exciting new era with Ze
bra Technologies," stated Edward
Tonkon, Hart's chief executive
officer. "From the outset of our
involvement with Zebra, we
recognised several opportunities
to create value for our customers.
Being part of Zebra Technologies
will enable us to accelerate the re
alisation of our longterm growth
opportunities through building on
Zebra's industryleading solutions
and global reach."
ACT acquired Sicura Systems
Dublin. Ireland
Sicura Systems
has undergone a
management buyout in con
junction with Access Control
Technology
(ACT), the Dublin
based manufacturer of access
control products. This follows the
demise of Sicura Systems' parent
company, Vital Services Group.
Founded in 2005, Sicura
Systems has developed a niche
reputation for supplying mission
critical security systems to an
impressive portfolio of customers,
including Formula 1, Network
Rail, tunnel operators, and more.
Furthermore, the launch of its
own hardware and software
products, including network
video recorder ViquestT and the
Digi range of software, has seen
the company establish a global
network of distribution partners.
Vincenzo Roberti, Manag
ing Director of Sicura Systems
commented "We are delighted
and relieved that we managed
to put in place a new ownership
structure so quickly following the
demise of our parent company.
This has minimised disruption
to our operations and customer
base. We chose to partner with
ACT due to the complementary
nature of our product portfolio
and because we were already suc
cessfully collaborating with them
on a cloud based product."
Formed in the mid 1990s,
ACT has enjoyed rapid growth
and has expanded from its core
access control and door technol
ogy business into new divisions
such as ACTcloud, ACTenter
prise and ACTpro eLock. Shay
Moran, Executive Chairman of
ACT commented "We are excited
to be formalising our partnership
with Sicura Systems and having
a UK base in our largest market.
Like us, they have a strong focus
on R&D and we are looking for
ward to our development teams
jointly working together to con
ceive and develop game changing
technology that will revolutionise
the security industry."
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