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New CEO at Gunnebo
The Board of Directors of
Gunnebo
AB has appointed Henrik Lange as
the new President and CEO of the
Gunnebo Security Group. Henrik
Lange succeeds Per Borgvall who
has taken the decision to leave
the post.
Henrik Lange will take up the
position no later than July 2015.
Henrik Lange is currently Ex-
ecutive Vice President and CFO for
AB SKF. Henrik has held several
other positions within SKF prior to
this, most recently President Indu-
strial Market, Strategic Industries.
Martin Svalstedt, Chairman of
the Board at Gunnebo has made
the following statement: "I am
extremely happy to be welcoming
Henrik Lange to Gunnebo. His
impressive list of achievements, in-
ternational experience and skill as a
business leader make him well sui-
ted to the role of leading Gunnebo
and strengthening the Group's mar-
ket position and profitability."
Martin Svalstedt continues:
"I would like to extend my gratitude
to Per Borgvall for what he has
achieved at Gunnebo during the six
years he has been President and
CEO. During his time in charge,
Gunnebo has developed on a global
scale with strengthened market
positions, a business-oriented
culture and a very strong financial
position."
Henrik Lange, Gunnebo's inco-
ming President and CEO says: "I
am proud to have been entrusted
to lead Gunnebo and to continue
developing and expanding the
company."
Per Borgvall, Gunnebo's cur-
rent President and CEO comments:
"Gunnebo is about to enter into a
new phase of development so the
time is right for me to hand over
the leadership to Henrik. I would
like to wish him and everyone at
Gunnebo the very best for the
future."
Henrik Lange.
Panasonic acquires Video Insight
Newark, NJ (USA)
Panasonic Corporation
of North
America has entered into an agree-
ment to acquire all shares of Hou-
ston, TX-based Video Insight,
Inc.,
a leading developer of video
management software, as part of
its strategy to expand business
opportunities for both companies
in the education market in North
America.
Founded in 2002, Video
Insight provides enterprise-class
video management solutions for
security systems to over 25,000
customers in the financial, govern-
ment, retail and transportation
sectors as well as 6,500 K-12
school and college customers.
Panasonic Group has set a clear
target of reaching 10 trillion yen
in sales by 2018, and B2B solu-
tions, including security systems
and video surveillance, will play an
important part in achieving this
high growth globally.
As customer needs in the video
surveillance market become more
diversified, video management
software with the ability to easily
integrate multiple devices will be-
come even more important. Add-
ing Video Insight to the Panasonic
Group enhances the Panasonic
portfolio and broadens its reach
into education.
"We're excited and honoured to
partner with the Panasonic Group,"
said Chief Executive Officer
J. Robert Shaw. "We believe this
partnership will help us accelerate
innovation, enhance product de-
velopment and allow us to provide
our customers with better security
solutions for years to come."
As part of the agreement,
Video Insight will remain under
the strong leadership of its found-
ers J. Robert Shaw and James
Whitcomb to continue to evolve
the open platform system which
today supports over 2,500 camera
models from over 100 manu-
facturers and integrates across
the most popular access control
platforms.
We're excited and honoured to partner
with the Panasonic Group, said Chief
Executive Officer J. Robert Shaw.
Nedap opens U.S office
Groenlo, The Netherlands
Nedap
, a global leader in loss
prevention and stock management
technology for the retail sector, is
opening a US sales office in the
New York area for its retail division.
Dannie Klompsma has been
appointed Area Director North
America to shape and extend the
US operation.
Setting up this US office is the
initial step towards establishing a
full American headquarters for the
retail division. The headquarters
will include sales, engineering,
marketing and a partner training
centre to provide partners with
maximum local support and busi-
ness resources.
"It is essential for Nedap to
be closer to the market and our
partners to really make a difference
in the US retail market," Dannie
Klompsma explains. "After several
years of continuous growth in
the US, we decided to establish a
logistic hub in Boston in 2013, in
addition to our hubs in Europe
and Asia. This US office is the next
major milestone in our commit-
ment to the US market."
Nedap develops hard- and
software in the field of RF- and
RFID-based electronic article sur-
veillance (EAS), RFID-based stock
management, visitor counting and
access control.
Dannie Klompsma,
Area Director
North America,
Nedap US.
Tyco acquires Creativesystems
Neuhousen, Switzerland
Tyco Retail Solutions
has
reached an agreement to acquire
Creativesystems,
a provider of
advanced RFID solutions with
primary operations in Portu-
gal. Creativesystems supplies
integrated RFID solutions and
professional services that improve
operational efficiency for retailers
and manufacturers.
"Creativesystems' innova-
tive technology and capabilities
will enhance Tyco`s RFID-based
product and services offerings,"
said Nancy Chisholm, President,
Tyco Retail Solutions. "This
strategic investment reinforces
our commitment to the European
market and store performance
solutions to better meet the
quickly-evolving needs of our
global customers."
The combination of Crea-
tivesystems and Tyco Retail Solu-
tions will accelerate delivery of
RFID-based inventory visibility
applications for retailers globally.
Creativesystems is recognised for
its flexible software development
and easy-to-implement RFID
solutions that effectively address
specific needs of retailers and
manufacturers. The company's
technical and professional services
capabilities will complement Tyco
Retail Solutions' existing global
RFID infrastructure and facilitate
expansion of Tyco's Truevue
Retail Platform and associated
item-level inventory visibility
applications.
"We are excited to be a part of
the Tyco Retail family," said João
Vilaça, CEO, Creativesystems.
"Together, our aligned, customer-
focused approach will offer
unprecedented value to our retail
and manufacturing customers."