Hikvision Trumpets Global Dominance

Author: John Honovich, Published on Jun 26, 2013

The surveillance industry is defined by its deep fragmentation, with hundreds, if not thousands of manufacturers, but no single dominant force. But now, Chinese mega-manufacturer Hikvision is trumpeting its 'continual dominance', listing its position in 10 categories. In this note, we break down these and explain what is driving Hikvision and what it means to the rest of the industry.

The $11 Billion Company

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The ***** ******

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Comments (12)

Josh Ennis

| 06/27/13 02:00am
* **** ****** * *** ******* *** ** * ******* DVR. *'** **** ** ******** ***** * ****** **. ***** impression ** **** $*** *** ***, ***/***** ** ****** **** if ******* ** ****** **** ****.

John Honovich

IPVM Admin | 06/27/13 02:10am

****, ******* ******* ** **. **** ********* *** ***** *** ramping ** ***** ** ***** *** **** ** ***************. ***** we **** **** ***** ** ********* ******, ** *** ***** to ******* *** ***** ***** **** **** *****.

Undisclosed 1 Manufacturer

| 06/27/13 03:42pm

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | 06/27/13 03:50pm

** ********* *** * ** ******* ** **?

Undisclosed 1 Manufacturer

| 06/27/13 03:56pm

* ***'* ******* **, *** * ****** ******* **** ***** now. *********, **.*% ** ******* ****** ** *** ** ******* UL.

Mark Rindy

| 06/27/13 05:01pm

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Bob Germain

| 06/27/13 06:17pm

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Undisclosed 1 Manufacturer

| 06/27/13 07:00pm

***, **** **** **** **** ***** ** ***** ******** **** sell ******* ** *****, ******* *'** ***** **** ***** ******** sold ****** *** ****** *** *** ** ******.

*** ***** *** *** ********** **** ** ***** **** ** HikVision's ******* *** **.

Andy Wray

| 06/27/13 08:03pm

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | 06/27/13 08:09pm

****, * ******* * *** ** *** *** ***** ********* have **** ********** ***********, ********* *********** ****** **** ** ********** owned ***** (* ****** **** ***** *** **** ***** ******* Hikvision *** ****).

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Bob Germain

| 06/27/13 08:39pm

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Alexandar Henrick Barmose

| 06/30/13 05:19pm

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