Tag: Boon Edam
Product Launches: Boon Edam, Motorola, Shelly
January 14, 2025SSN Staff
Boon Edam
Speedlane Compact Platform
The Speedlane Compact Platform addresses the unique challenges of facilities where trenching or drilling into floors is restricted or undesirable. With a free-standing, modular design, the platform offers an ADA-compliant foundation that ensures accessibility in high traffic environments without compromising structural integrity. The platform supports a weight capacity of 500 lbs per square foot for high stability, and features integrated conduits to accommodate...
Security entrances are a 'cornerstone' of modern security
December 4, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—The changing landscape of security threats, driven by increasing risks to personnel, assets and property, has shifted the perception of security entrances from an optional feature to an “absolute imperative,” says Boon Edam’s Amanda Powell.
“Securing facility perimeters and sensitive interior areas has become more critical than ever, making security entrances a cornerstone of modern physical security strategies,” said Powell, marketing...
Geutebrück USA adds Pierre Bourgeix to its advisory board
September 30, 2024SSN Staff
TAMPA, Fla.—Geutebrück USA, the North, South and Central American sales, support, and distribution arm of the German video security solutions manufacturer Geutebrück, has made a strategic move to bolster its leadership and expertise by appointing Pierre Bourgeix to its advisory board.
Bourgeix, the CEO and founder of the global security consultancy ESI Convergent, brings over three decades of extensive experience in the security industry, having held influential roles at prestigious...
SIA announces 2024 Women in Security Forum Scholarship opportunity
June 30, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) is now accepting applications for the 2024 SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Scholarship, an initiative led by the SIA Women in Security Forum.
The 2024 program will offer multiple scholarships worth $7,500 each that SIA members and students can use toward professional development and education.
SIA’s Women in Security Forum is a community for both women and men that works to promote, recruit and...
Alcatraz AI unveils Rock X for outdoor access control
March 26, 2024SSN Staff
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Alcatraz AI, a global provider of frictionless access control solutions, has announced the debut of the exterior Rock X during ISC West 2024 in Las Vegas, showcased in Booth #31075.
According to the company, Rock X sets a new standard in outdoor access control, featuring frictionless and secure facial authentication technology for a wide range of applications. Rock X introduces a new era of security for exterior locations using the power of AI and technical innovation to...
Boon Edam announces new executive team
January 9, 2024SSN Staff
RALEIGH, N.C. – Following the merger of its commercial and manufacturing teams, Boon Edam Inc. has announced its new executive team for the Americas.
The company described the changes as enhancements that reflect Boon Edam’s growth in the changing market climate, as well as the company’s commitment to nurturing talent and fostering innovation in its working environment.
“Security entrances have rapidly become a new security imperative across virtually every vertical,”...
Data security: in the palm of our hands
December 8, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – At the end of November Amazon made waves in the security, hospitality, and retail industries with the preview release of its Amazon One Enterprise services.
It’s no secret that industries are flocking to biometrics as a solution to solve security problems. In July 2023, Security Systems News (SSN) learned from readers in our monthly poll that 42.86% of respondents were leveraging biometrics in their businesses and organizations. More than that, 71.43% favored...
Boon Edam announces internal merger, new president/managing director
June 26, 2023SSN Staff
RALEIGH, N.C. — Boon Edam Inc. recently announced an internal merger with Boon Edam Manufacturing, its former manufacturing division, and named Patrick Nora as president and managing director of the newly unified company.
"This strategic combination enables the company to offer improved operational efficiencies, streamlined communications, and increased market presence, solidifying its position as a global leader in the industry,” Nora said.
"It is the continued strength,...
Boon Edam celebrates 150 years of excellence
April 21, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
LAS VEGAS – This year a big player in the physical access security industry celebrates an important milestone in their history.
2023 marks the 150th anniversary for Boon Edam, a company that’s come to be recognized around the world for their revolving doors and other security accesses. Originally founded as a carpenters shop in 1873, they relocated to Edam in 1970 and began the transition to the company they are today.
“We started the same year as Heineken Beer and Levi...
Leveraging security entrances in the new age of hybrid workforces
January 19, 2023JC Powell, vice president of sales, Boon Edam
YARMOUTH, Maine—In March 2020, organizations across the globe sent their employees home not knowing when or how they would return. Almost three years later, many workplaces seem to have found their answer in a hybrid workforce.
Under a hybrid workforce model, organizations grant their employees the flexibility to work either from home or from the office. This schedule can be dynamic or consistent, with some employees scheduled to come into the office on certain days, and some on others....