Security industry leaders at Sfitex 2009.

Security industry leaders at Sfitex 2009.

Security industry leaders at Sfitex 2009.

In November of this year. Leaders of the security and safety market once again took part in St. Petersburg at the “Safety and Security — SFITEX” forum, which was held for the 18th time this year. The exposition turned out to be representative: guests and forum participants got acquainted with the latest achievements of the industry, during seminars, conferences and just business meetings they discussed pressing market problems.

Sfitex traditionally takes place at the end of the year, so participants have time to prepare the exposition and collect material for targeted marketing and analysis of the market situation.
Preparations for the current forum were businesslike and substantive, this was confirmed, for example, by the advertising activity of the participants of Sfitex 2009. Specialists prepared for the forum, expressed their opinions, placed announcements in the media about participation in the project and about their own products that will be presented at the stands. Different opinions were expressed. Experts who had previously taken part in the forum gave advice to newcomers on how to minimize costs and, ultimately, properly plan their participation.
Despite the crisis in the economy, which, of course, could not but affect the Russian consumer goods market, most companies agreed that it was impossible to refuse to participate in the forum, because the St. Petersburg exhibition site is one of the largest and most authoritative in the industry, so , Sfitex 2009 was held at a traditionally high level, delighting specialists with an abundance of business events and the latest achievements.
Participants and guests of the forum saw everything with their own eyes. So this article is probably, first of all, for those who did not find the opportunity to visit St. Petersburg these November days. Although why don’t we all mentally walk through Lenexpo again and remember this bright and meaningful event…

More than 180 companies demonstrated at their stands the latest equipment, modern technologies, latest achievements and design developments.
The forum opened on November 17. In his speech at the opening of Sfitex 2009, Assistant to the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Northwestern Federal District M.V. Motsak greeted all the forum participants and its organizers: “It’s gratifying that in 18 years we have come a long way, and now everyone understands the importance of this topic. Evidence of the significance of the forum is the number of participants, as well as the rich business program. I believe that our joint work will produce excellent results not only for St. Petersburg, not only for Russia, but also for the entire world community.”
Head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region V.Yu. Piotrovsky noted: “It’s nice that the forum is taking place in St. Petersburg. The city has enormous potential. Today it is impossible to fight crime in a metropolis only with physical efforts. What is done by science and technology deserves high respect. Our overall well-being depends on how we develop technically and what efforts we make.”
Two pavilions of the exhibition complex housed stands of companies from Russia, Denmark, Belarus, Germany, Latvia, Taiwan, Holland, Great Britain, Sweden and China, which presented the latest equipment, modern technologies, latest achievements and design developments in almost all security market segments.
Industry leaders took part in Sfitex 2009: Acumen Int Corp., Secvior, Instrument Maker, Axis Communications, DSSL, Elix, Alpha-device, Argus-spectrum, Armo-Petersburg, STC Atlas, Bastion, BIK-inform, Bolid, ekey Rus, Vesda, Geutebrueck GMBH, Hephaestus, Tensor, Siberian Arsenal, Teko, ITV, Firefighter, Eternis, Systemservice, Pozhtekhnika, Anna, Surtel, Ef-Er, All systems, Eltis, Alpro, Ista-komplekt, Eletek Systems, Rielta, EVS, Soyuzspetsproekt, Teos, Spetsmontazhavtomatika, Milestone System A/S, SKYROS Corporation, System Sensor Fair Detectors, Rubezh TD, VERS, Vitek, Magistral-SKN, Start-7, Modus-N, Gazinformservice, Poliservis, Ravelin LTD, SKD, Distribution Center STA, Plasma-T, Center-Proton, Tachyon, Arsenal-Telecom, Security Expert, SZTs Integrated Information Security, Arsenal Security — this list can be continued for a long time.
The number of leading world brands represented at the forum is no less impressive. It is enough to name such as GRINNELL, XTRALIS, TYCO, Paradox Security Systems, OPTEX, Dallmeier electronic, JVC, WISEBOX, ROHM, Fargo Telecom, GRUNDFOS, TECOFL, MOTOROLA, NAPCO, DCS, COMPUTAR, NXP, Teleste, Schrock-Seconet, Bosch, GE Security, Fujinon, Pinetron, Qwonn, Trassir, Sagem, Smartec, Panasonic, SANYO, ELKA, Nedap, TagMaster, PELKO, effeff, IKON, VESDA, AV-Tech, Hi-Sharp, CQR, Aritech, Apollo, ABLOY, GENERAL ELECTRIC, SONY, Kowa, ARGOVISION, Samsung, MINTRON, YOKO, CNB, FUHO, AV-TECH.

Sfitex Business Program 2009
One of the distinctive features of SFITEX over the years is its rich business program. 2009 was no exception, — This year the following events took place within the framework of the forum:
— Scientific and practical conference “Big City Security: Modern technologies for preventing drug use and combating drug crime” Organizers: the government of St. Petersburg, Primexpo, Institute for Advanced Studies of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia.
— Scientific and practical conference “Ensuring the security of personal data during their processing in personal data information systems” Organizer: “Primexpo” with the direct participation of the FSTEC of Russia department for the Northwestern Federal District, the FSB of Russia department for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, as well as the NOU “Academy of Information Systems” » and NOU DPO «SZTsKZI».
— International scientific and practical conference «PKI-forum»
Organizers: Rosinformtekhnologii, JSC «ANK».
— Conference “Interaction between civil society and state executive authorities to prevent road accidents and reduce the severity of their consequences.”
Organizer: Propaganda Department of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
— Seminar: “Reforming the state technical inspection system: solutions.”
Organizer: Institute of Road Safety of St. Petersburg State Autonomous University.
— Round table (meeting) for organizations joining the inter-industry union of SROs, formed on the basis of the non-profit partnership “Integrated Automation and Security”.
Organizers: World Academy of Integrated Security Sciences, Security Algorithm magazine.

— Round table «New regulatory framework in the field of fire safety.»
Organizer: St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.
Numerous training seminars, round tables and presentations were also held. As part of Sfitex 2009, they were carried out by: Arsenal of Security Group of Companies, SKYROS Corporation, CJSC Korpus, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bfind.ru, DSSL North-West, Security Expert, Grotek, Group of Companies Gefest, Siemens, ARMO-Petersburg, Elix Group of Companies, NVP Bolid CJSC, Access Control Systems, Arsenal-Telecom, Plazma-T, Axis Communications, RRT, Eltis Trading, Rielta CJSC, Acumen Int. Corp., «Systemservice».

DEMONSTRATION PERFORMANCE
Dynamic and spectacular demonstration performances by law enforcement officers and rescue services aroused great interest among the participants and guests of Sfitex 2009. The performance opened with an impressive fire show, after which all those present witnessed the “operation to free the hostages” with the participation of special forces and explosives specialists of the riot police of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for St. Petersburg, an ambulance brigade and employees of the State Ministry of Emergency Situations of St. Petersburg.

SAFETY STANDARD
One of the most important events was the international competition “Safety Standard”, which was held for the 4th time. On November 18, the names of the winners were announced.
In the category “Integrated Security Systems”, the integrated system “Avalanche”, presented by the NPO “SIBERIAN ARSENAL”, was recognized as the best.
The winner of the competition was the MAGISTRAL-SKN company for the MAG integrated security system.
The company DC STA became the winner of the competition in the nomination “Security and fire alarm systems” for the Security Officer Monitoring System STA 24.
An equally high award in the nomination “Warning Systems and Signal and Sound Equipment” was awarded to the warning and evacuation control system automated fire department «BLUES», developed by SYSTEMSERVICE.
In the “Fire and Security Detectors” category, the AMUR-R series of wireless single-position addressable analogue fire linear smoke detectors produced by ARGUS-SPECTR was recognized as the best.
The winner of the competition in this category is the company SPECTRON with its fire flame detector “Spectron 401”.

The winner in the category “Security Television and Surveillance” was the company BIK-Inform with a 3Mpix IP video system with a high-aperture 30-x zoom on a PTR 404 HM LAN rotary device.
The winner of the competition in this nomination was the company DSSL NORTH-WEST with the TRASSIR Activ Cam device — an intelligent IP video camera complete with the latest TRASSIR R software.
In the «Access Control and Management» nomination, three-rod turnstiles with an electric drive of the Praktika t series were the winners (RAVELIN LTD).
The title of Laureate was awarded to the Alfa-Pribor company for the product — IP access controller APDA.21.
In the “Firefighting equipment and fire safety equipment” category, the monoblock automatic pumping station for fire extinguishing installations “SPRUT-NS” (PLAZMA-T) won.
In the category “Special technical means of ensuring security”, the winner was the company Surtel with the software and hardware complex for radio monitoring of wireless networks “Zodiac”.

Word to participants
“Over the past 2 years, the SFITEX exhibition has reached a qualitatively new level. Interest has increased both in the exhibition in general and in our company in particular. The presence of leading companies in the security market makes the forum a representative and significant event. There are many beautiful and bright stands, which clearly attracts the attention of visitors.” NVP Bolid

“SKYROS Corporation has once again acted as the general sponsor of the international forum “Safety and Security — Sfitex.» The business atmosphere of the exhibition, a large number of visitors, specialists from different regions of Russia and other countries — this is what I would like to especially note within the framework of Sfitex 2009.
Traditionally, the second and third days of the exhibition turned out to be the busiest, when the exhibition was visited by the largest number of visitors.
I would like to thank the organizer of the exhibition, who provided the highest level of organization and service.”
SKYROS Corporation

“Participation in the Safety and Security Sfitex 2009 forum ends this difficult year for our company, and it is all the more pleasant to note that it ends on such an optimistic note. Our new product – IP access controller APDA.21 was highly appreciated by the expert commission of the “Security Standard” competition and aroused genuine interest among a large number of security specialists who visited the company’s stand during the 4 days of the exhibition. Of course, this is largely the merit of the team of organizers of the Sfitex forum, thanks to whose professionalism, high attendance at the exhibition was ensured and a decent level of the event was maintained as a whole, despite all the unforeseen circumstances that stood in their way this year.”
NPP Alfa-Pribor

“The St. Petersburg branch of Surtel set itself the goal of establishing itself as a new division designed for more convenient and efficient work with clients in the North West. And we achieved this goal. The number of visitors at the exhibition was sufficient.
The organization of the exhibition was at a good level. The picture was somewhat darkened by the transfer of the exhibition 2 weeks before the start to another pavilion.
«Surtel» takes part in many Moscow, regional and international exhibitions. But for us, as for the St. Petersburg branch, “Security and Security” — most important».
St. Petersburg branch of Surtel

“The exhibition met and even slightly exceeded our expectations, primarily in terms of the number of visitors. According to our statistics, more people visited the stand than last year.
In general, the exhibition was visited by specialists, there was interest and readiness to perceive new information. Apparently the economic crisis contributes to an active search for new solutions and products on the market.”
«Ravelin Ltd»

«Arsenal-Telecom Group of Companies» — permanent participant of the annual international forum “Safety and Security — SFITEX”.
This year Arsenal-Telecom Group presents the Arstel stand. Participation in this exhibition allows you to strengthen ties with regular partners and find new ones.
As part of the exhibition, our specialists held a seminar. The hall was packed, and this once again confirmed the great interest shown in TM Inter-M equipment.
The work carried out during the exhibition will allow the company to develop even more effectively in the market of Russia and neighboring countries.”
Arsenal-Telecom

“The exhibition was organized at a high level. The set objectives have been generally achieved, and the final results can be judged after the exhibition is over.”
Argus-Spectrum

“The SFITEX exhibition was organized and held at a high professional level, despite the difficult organizational circumstances.
The number and quality of exhibition visitors speaks of a well-executed advertising campaign.”
Geutebrueck GmbH

“The 2009 exhibition met our expectations. The number of visitors is large! A high-quality team of security systems specialists, design engineers, project and security systems project managers.”
System Sensor Fire Detectors

“We are very pleased with the advertising campaign of the exhibition. Among the visitors were a large number of specialists in the field of information security. The conference on the protection of personal data was successful.”
JSC “Anna”

“We have been participating in the exhibition for many years, but this year is the first time directly. We believe that the exhibition was a success and we worked effectively at it. With the exception of the negative aspect of the exhibition moving to other pavilions, the organizers, it seems to me, handled this situation with dignity!”
RRT,

The Forum remains the most important industry event in the North-West!
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