Vicon Industries, Inc. designs, assembles and markets video management and access control systems and system components for use in security, surveillance, safety and control purposes by end users. The company markets its products worldwide primarily to installing dealers, systems integrators, government entities and distributors.
The company’s primary business focuses on the design of network video and access control systems that it produces and sells worldwide, primarily to authorized dealers,...
Vicon Industries, Inc. designs, assembles and markets video management and access control systems and system components for use in security, surveillance, safety and control purposes by end users. The company markets its products worldwide primarily to installing dealers, systems integrators, government entities and distributors.
The company’s primary business focuses on the design of network video and access control systems that it produces and sells worldwide, primarily to authorized dealers, system integrators, government entities and security products distributors.
The company operates within the electronic protection segment of the security industry. Its products are typically used for crime deterrence, visual documentation, observation of inaccessible or hazardous areas. The company’s products are used in office buildings, manufacturing plants, apartment complexes, retail stores, government facilities, airports, highways, transportation operations, prisons, casinos, hotels, sports arenas, health care facilities and financial institutions.
Products
The company’s product line consists of various elements of a video and access control system, including cameras for image capture, stand-alone network video management system (VMS) software and various video recording, storage, management and output devices, door controllers and peripherals. The company’s VMS software is sold either separately or configured in a network video recording or digital video recording device. Video capture offerings include a range of analog, digital and high definition megapixel cameras for both fixed and robotic positioning applications, along with associated housing options to perform in a range of climatic and operating environments. The company also sells and/or produces other video system components, such as video encoders decoders and monitors, camera lenses, housings and mounts, matrix video switchers and controls and various video transmission devices. The company’s access control offering consists of electronic door controllers and communication panels, managed by network access control software.
The company’s products range from a simple camera mounting bracket to a large IP based video camera control, transmission, recording, storage, virtual matrix switching and access control system. The company’s sales are concentrated principally among its network video products and cameras.
Marketing
The company’s marketing emphasizes video and access control system solution capability, which includes system and network design, pre-ship configuration, project management, technical training and pre and post-sales support. The company promotes and markets its products through industry trade shows worldwide, product brochures, catalogs, direct marketing and electronic mailings to existing and prospective customers, Webinars, technical seminars for system designers, customers and end users, road shows which preview new systems and system components, and advertising through trade and end user magazines and the company’s Web site (www.vicon-security.com). The company’s products are sold principally to independent dealers, system integrators and security products distributors. Sales are made principally by the company field sales engineers supported by inside customer service representatives.
The company’s products are utilized in video surveillance and access control applications by: commercial and industrial users, such as office buildings, manufacturing plants, warehouses, apartment complexes, shopping malls and retail stores; federal, state, and local governments for national security purposes, agency facilities, prisons, and military installations; financial institutions, such as banks, clearing houses, brokerage firms and depositories, for security purposes; transportation departments for highway traffic control, bridge and tunnel monitoring, and airport, subway, bus and seaport security and surveillance; gaming casinos, where video surveillance is often mandated by regulatory authorities; health care facilities, such as hospitals; and institutions of education, such as schools and universities. The company’s principal sales offices are located in Hauppauge, New York and Fareham, England.
International Sales
The company sells its products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa through its European based subsidiary and elsewhere outside the U.S. principally by direct export from its U.S. headquarters. The company primarily uses a range of installation companies and security product distributors in international markets. The company’s principal foreign markets are the U.K., Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim.
Competition
Many of the company’s principal competitors are larger companies whose financial resources. Such competitors include security divisions of the Bosch Group, Honeywell International, Schneider Electric, Tyco International, Samsung Group and United Technologies, among others. The company also competes with many VMS producers, such as Avigilon Corporation, Exacq Technologies, Genetec Inc. and Milestone Systems; and for cameras with companies, such as Axis Communications, Hikvision Digital Technology, Panasonic Corporation and Hanwha, among others.
History
Vicon Industries, Inc. was founded in 1967. The company was incorporated in 1967.
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