Over 750 dinner guests attended at the prize cermony when the Detektor International Award dinner was held in conjunction with the second day of SKYDD 2010 on the 15th of September.
The twelve awarded finalist products were chosen on the basis of both innovation and customer orientation. Winning products need to be smart as well as useful, as Lennart Alexandrie, the publisher of the security technology magazine Detektor, explained previously during a presentation.
Two Scandinavian and one Korean manufacturer received the top awards.
The criteria to be nominated for a Detektor International Award encompasses not only the technical solution but also the packaging and over all presentation of the product, which actually could just as well be a service.
"The Detektor International Awards should be viewed as a focus on continual technical development, but just as importantly they should encompass the continual progress of demands for more sophisticated packaging qualities, where the presentation of the whole concept becomes increasingly more of a priority to successfully reach the customer", Lennart Alexandrie said.
It was the 11th annual Detektor International Award prize ceremony, this time held at the International Stockholm Fair in Sweden, Lennart Alexandrie, CEO for AR Media International, the publishing company behind Detektor magazine, was the master of ceremonies.
The three product categories for the awards are Access Control, Alarm and Detection, and CCTV.
The Access Control categoryThe "
Best Product Award" in the Access Control category went to
Suprema from South Korea for its
D-station, an access control solution incorporating dual finger access and face recognition.
“Complexity, simplicity, precision and efficiency in one package – a pure triumph for innovation” , declared the panel of judges as the motivation of picking D-Station as the overall winner in the Access Control category.
The "
Highly Commended Product Award " was awarded to
HID from USA for the
Omnikey 2061, a bluetooth reader from HID.
The "
Innovative Achievement Award" in the Access Control category this year was shared by
Iloq from Finland - for
Iloq Privos, a locking solution for residential and small-commercial use – and
Assa from Sweden - for
Aperio E100DS, a wireless door reader.
The Alarm & Detection categoryThe "
Best Product Award" in the Alarm and Detection category went to
Idteq from Norway, for the
AIM100, an intrusion infrasound acoustic-sensing detector.
The motivation of Detektor Internatinal's panel of judges was: “ AIM 100 is a convincing respond to the growing needs of smart solutions to prevent thefts and protect goods in mobile objects”
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The "
Highly Commended Product Award" in the Alarm and Detection category was given to
Dualtech IT from Sweden for
DALM 5000, an IP-based alarm dialer used as an external dialer.
The Alarm and Detection
"Innovative Achievement Award" was shared by
Electronics Line 3000 from Israel – for its
CommPact, a small wireless residential/small commercial security and control solution – and
GPS Standard for its
Radar an electromagnetic wave system for perimeter protection.
The CCTV categoryThe "
Best Product Award" in the CCTV category went to
Axis Communication for the
Q1910-E, the world’s first thermal network camera. This choice, by Detektor International's panel of judges, was explained by the following motivation.
“With the world’s first thermal network camera Axis contributes significantly to enhanced detection for perimeter protection in industrial applications”.
The "
Highly Commended Product Award" in the CCTV category was given to
Arecont Vision from USA for
AV8365, their 8 megapixel 360 degree panoramic network camera.
The
"Innovative Achievement Award" of the CCTV category was shared by
Avigilon from Canada - for
Control Center 4.6, an open network video management software for HD-devices – and
Veracity from the
UK, for Coldstore, a digital surveillance storage system.
Independent awardThe Detektor International Awards’ panel of judges consists of a total of 9 members from 6 different countries that all are represented in the editorial board of DETEKTOR, as well as an external independent consultant.
https://www.detektor.com/awards/films/DetektorIntAward_2010.html (link opens in a new window)