MG Squared debuted the first lowering device designed for surveillance cameras at the ITS World Congress back in 1996. Fast forward to this ITS World Congress 2014 and the company has substantially increased its global footprint. With tens of thousands of its innovative lowering devices installed worldwide, MG Squared’s Martin Maners is convinced they are still at the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Maners notes, “reports indicate the US$20 billion global surveillance market will grow at a CAGR of around 1
September 7, 2014
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Expanding horizons: Shep Maners of MG Squared
93 MG Squared debuted the first lowering device designed for surveillance cameras at the ITS World Congress back in 1996. Fast forward to this ITS World Congress 2014 and the company has substantially increased its global footprint. With tens of thousands of its innovative lowering devices installed worldwide, MG Squared’s Martin Maners is convinced they are still at the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Maners notes, “reports indicate theUS$20 billion global surveillance market will grow at a CAGR of around 14% through 2017. Even if only 20% of the cameras referenced in the forecast utilised the maintenance saving lowering device, our future sales would dwarf the solid numbers we have been posting year after year.”
One recently added country to the MG Squared resumé is Qatar where the transportation authority has begun to rapidly invest in ITS deployment. The cameras to be used throughout Qatar’s roadways are being placed on camera lowering devices. These systems greatly enhance the safety, ease and speed that cameras can be maintained and cleaned in the rugged desert environment in that Gulf Region. As of August 2014, MG Squared has made claim to the first camera lowering devices installed in Qatar - the first project of many in the Qatar-MG Squared pipeline began with over 100 lowering devices on 15m poles.
The company suggest that delegates interested in “Lowering Down Time & Raising Performance” within any of their structure mounted surveillance camera applications, would do well adding their footprints in front of the MG Squared booth.
Flir will use the ITS World Congress to highlight its new FC-Series T thermal imaging cameras which the company says are ideal, and affordable, tools for traffic monitoring applications. They produce high image quality, are easy to install and designed for use in harsh environments. Just like all Flir thermal imaging cameras, the FC-Series T works perfectly together with video analytics, and can be used for applications including vehicle detection at intersections, road side monitoring, monitoring traffic i
Visitors to the Kamber stand will notice the new-look company identity, symbolic of the innovation that it has brought to the road line painting business over 60 years. Kamber is demonstrating its latest spray painting products that are on display here at Intertraffic as the company looks to build its presence in the market.
Lufft is using the ITS World Congress to present the new, smart mobile road sensor Marwis (Mobile Advanced Road Weather Information Sensor) which will be available for delivery from next month.
Finnish company Noptel plans to highlight its laser distance sensors used for traffic control at the World Congress. It will particularly be focusing on its Speeder X1 laser radar, which determines vehicle speed as well as its height and length.
