All the Award winners

The 4th Detektor International Awards ceremony was held in Stockholm, Sweden on the 28th of October. The venue was the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, where the Security Industry Dinner took
place, in conjunction with the opening day of the Sectech Expo.
The Detektor International Award is intended to reward and encourage research and development within the security technology field.
– This prize signifies both confirmation and recognition of products that stand up to the criteria of outstanding innovation and contribution to the advancement of the security industry, said Lennart Alexandrie, the editor and publisher of the leading European security technology magazine, Detektor International.

On Tuesday 28th of October, the Detektor International Award ceremony revealed the winners. Independently selected from amongst approximately 600 of the latest product developments, 12 products were  nominated and given recognition, four in each category.  After the nomination process, the jury, which consists of eight members of the editorial board of Detektor, had given their votes.
 The overall winner in each respective category received the ”Best Product Award” which is a glass sculpture, specially designed for the Detektor International Award by the world famous glass designer Bertil Vallien. The runner up received the ”Highly Commended” diploma, for their innovative product. The remaining two received recognition for ”Innovative Achievement”.
The winners and runners up for 2003 originated from three different continents, securing the knowledge that this is certainly a truly International Awards Arena.

* The Triumphant Access Control Products

The competition this year for the award of the "Best Access Control Product" was an even race between two systems suppliers and two product suppliers in the field of access control. In systems the Canadian manufacturer Lenel competed with new features with their OnGuard system, whilst Solid with their new Solicard ARX system challenged with new features including secure PKI certified communication. The other two, ID Teck from Korea and Guardware from Hungary were both contenders in access control products with their biometrics solutions. These solutions offer different benefits to different areas of the market and the race was certainly going to be interesting.

The Best Access Control Product 2003
OnGuard ET Third Edition – Lenel Systems International Inc. (USA)


* The Winning CCTV  Products for 2003

Bosch was the winner of the CCTV-category at last years event and remained in pole position for 2003 since its AutoDome with Autotrack was nominated this year. Among the competitors was another German manufacturer, Dallmeier, with their stunning CCTV-solution DMS 180. The combined IP-server and DVR DV/IP from UK manufacturer Dedicated Micros was another competitor. Finally the worlds smallest network camera for surveillance applications, Axis 205, was another worthy product nomination.

The Best CCTV Products 2003
Autodome/AutoTrack – Bosch Security Systems (Germany)


* Alarm Product Award Winners

It is not surprising that all four manufacturers nominated for this years “Best Alarm Product” were already well known worldwide players in their respective areas of expertise.  Here is the result after the voting.

Best Alarm Product 2003
Optex VX-402R
– Optex, Co,Ltd (Japan)