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Austrian firm Gantner Electronics was established on 1982; its first projects in the Middle East were Dubai’s Wild Wadi Waterpark on 1998 and Al Watan newspaper in Saudi Arabia on 1999. The firm officially opened its Gantner ME office in 2001.

Gantner now operates in the GCC Countries, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt; and North Africa in Al Geria, Sudan and Morocco.

The firm has supplied solutions for a wide range of different market sectors including banks, where the system must be connected to CCTV for high security; media; hospitals and leisure parks. Within the UAE some of its largest clients are contractors and developers; in Dubai many clients are governmental or semi-governmental. The firm has also supplied security systems to oil companies such as Shell in Syria, Hegleig Petroleum Services and Perco in Egypt.

Website: www.gantner.com

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HID Global provides access and ID management systems with technology-based access solutions, issuance solutions, embedded technology solutions and logistics technology solutions.

It is a leading manufacturer of secure ID solutions and contact-less smart card technology for physical access control. In addition, it develops, manufactures and markets ID components, products and services typically deployed with national ID and e-passport programs, corporate access control, supply chain management, animal tagging, financial transactions, transport and various industrial or manufacturing solutions. It has distribution partners throughout the Middle East, and has provided solutions for a variety of buildings and projects.

Website: www.hidglobal.com

Honeywell Building Solution Middle East

Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) is a leading provider of technical building solutions and services. Our range of integrated building solutions includes the design, installation and commissioning of technically advanced fire and security, building management, energy, networks and refrigeration systems. Honeywell also offers maintenance and facilities management services.

The firm is present in most major cities in Middle East; Honeywell Access Systems is based in Abu Dhabi. The firm has undertaken several high profile projects in the region including: Dubai Mall and Dubai Airport, for which it provided 1,000 and 1,300 doors respectively as part of an integrated access control system; the Royal airport; Shangri-La Hotel; and Traders Hotel.

Website: www.honeywell.com

Nedap Middle East

From its base in Dubai Airport Free Zone, Nedap Middle East provides solutions for the entire Middle Eastern market. Its business partner network covers the complete GCC and is continuously expanding.

Nedap is a well known provider of high-end access control systems and products including access and smartcard readers. The firm’s clients include leading world banks, airports and the European Commission.

Website: www.nedapavi.com

Kaba Group

Established in 1862, the Kaba Group is now a global player in the security industry. An internationally active, listed company with around 9,000 staff in more than 60 countries, the firm offers a range of comprehensive security solutions and provides access control solutions for buildings, facilities and sites; plus enterprise data collection systems.

Kaba Dubai serves the regional GCC market with its Total Access strategy, offering holistic solutions that address the customer’s needs for security and organisation at all physical entrances and exits as well as for identification and enterprise data collection functionality.

It has provided services for a large number of projects throughout the region including: intelligent mantraps for a data centres in the UAE and Oman; public entrance tripods for a UAE stadium; plus access control systems of varying scalre and complexity for an airline and oil and gas firms in Kuwait, law enforcement, commercial, industrial and air transportation projects in the UAE, plus banks and utilities projects in Saudi Arabia.

Website: www.kaba.com