Thanks Regis
indeed, 360 Vision are proud European/UK Manufacturers - R&D, Assembly/Manufacturing, Technical Support etc all based out of our UK office
30+years of PTZ Dome camera manufacturing through 2 companies (our previous company, Video Controls Ltd (VCL) was absorbed into Honeywell via Ademco International/Pittway back in early 2000)
84% of our product components are sourced in the UK/Europe with the remainder from credible (and equally long trading!) manufacturers from Japan, Korea and even the good old USA !
We have felt the pain of lower pricing and aggressive marketing of certain Far Eastern manufacturers, but instead of attempting to compete with lower cost manufacturing and labour costs (impossible realistically in the Western world) we simply decided to pivot into new market applications by developing new and interesting variants on the same theme
Our attention to Cyber Security has led to our product being specified for many MoD (British Defence), Critical Infrastructure, Government and Nuclear applications - we proactively partner with 3rd party technology companies to ensure end to end cyber security is a key factor to allow us to be used on such applications
WE ONLY MAKE CAMERAS! Therefore our goal is to play nicely with many of the leading, high quality VMS, including fully integrated into Genetec, Milestone and other of the quality VMS specialists
it has meant our continued growth has come from new markets and verticals - in fact, the growth has meant we could re-develop one of our original products into a cost effective, ‘entry level’ rugged PTZ (Invictus) - such that we could offer a more price conscious rugged PTZ, that whilst not as low cost as the Far Eastern competition, could be considered through specification benefits and a new 5 year warranty package - ideal for framework contracts where the usual industry mantra of ‘its so cheap buy another’ (I dread to think of landfill sites in the future with all this ‘commodity low cost throw aways’ will exist!) can actually mean that the longer term ROI is actually cheaper with our UK made, UK supported quality product
Our Predator Radar product has been shortlisted for the prestigious “Security Innovation of the Year’ awards at the forthcoming International Essen Security Show in Germany - another pride inducing moment for a UK manufacturer
i fully realise this is a reply full of back patting and self praise, but we see so many publicity topics - positive and negative - for the highly competitive Far Eastern manufacturers, that I hope the good chaps at IPVM will allow a good old British company to have a little web space for once !
And if there are any Integrators looking for alternative products for Governement applications, Regis will be happy to help I am sure !