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Out and About
distributor’s open day:
WELCOME AT NEW HOME
The distributor Oprema invited
customers and partners to the
company’s first open day at its new
Cardiff home.
Guests were well catered
for; and pictured centre,
the demo room
Photos courtesy of Oprema
Partner prizes
Oprema is running to
Christmas a partner prize
give-away, of products
from Dahua, Paxton,
Seagate, Optex, Apollo,
Honeywell, GJD
Manufacturing, B-Tech,
CDVI, Advanced and
Milestone Systems.
Technical and sales staff welcomed
guests and talked about all things
security over drinks and a hog roast,
and the distributor also unveiled
its new purpose-built training and
demonstration suite. On show are
products including Dahua’s range
of ANPR, IP and HDCVI cameras,
thermal imagery, facial recognition,
analytics, panoramic and artificial
intelligence products. The suite
allows for demonstrations of the
various integrated technologies
installed around the company’s new
HQ, covering CCTV, access control,
fire and intruder systems. The room
has a full HD video wall, two touch
screens and two 4k monitors, all
demos being controlled from the
centre console. Featuring a retractable
wall, the new suite can host a range
of events, from such open days
to more intimate sales meetings.
Oprema MD Matthew Epps said:
“Our new purpose-built training and
demonstration suite has been designed
with our partners front of mind. Our
installation partners are welcome
Consec day ends in a draw
At its annual conference Consec, the Association of Security
Consultants are never disappointed by the amusing or pithy
speeches by their patrons, and 2017 was no exception. This year’s
patron-speakers were Lord James Bethell; and former PSNI chief
constable Sir High Orde. Sir Hugh is pictured below speaking; as
a panel on stage with Shaun Hipgrave, head of the Joint Security
and Resilience Centre (JSaRC) at the Home Office; Dr Alison
Wakefield; and Ed Butler, the retired brigadier general now head
of risk analysis for Pool Reinsurance Limited. Main sponsors of
the event at the Heathrow Marriott were Dallmeier.
l Raffle winners drawn by the panel were Jacob Hewitt, Jon Lee
of Doran Risk Consulting, and Diane Marchena of Red Leaf. p
to invite their customers to visit to
demonstrate how the latest integrated
technologies could be used in their
projects, and for our manufacturing
partners, it’s a fantastic opportunity
to promote the capabilities of their
latest technologies. More and more
of our customers are recognising
the importance and value of
undertaking specialist training.
Our new facility provides the ideal
training environment, allowing a
mixture of classroom theory and
hands-on practice. We’d like to invite
our partners to use this facility to
equip their teams with the specialist
knowledge and confidence they need
to install a wide range of products,
allowing them to deliver quality
solutions to end users.” One of the
visitors, Peter Leonard, APE Fire
& Security Ltd, said: “Oprema’s
new training and demonstration
suite is incredibly impressive. Being
able to invite our customers here to
demonstrate the types of integrated
technologies we’re recommending for
their projects, as well as having access
to on-site technical team to assist with
system design, is a real selling-point
and definitely sets them apart from
their competition.” p
Clockwise from above: the back row
at Consec. Paul Heffernan, group
chief information security officer,
Unipart Group, the first speaker of the
afternoon, listens to the second, Aidan
Anderson of Red Leaf Consultancy.
And the day wrapped up with a panel,
flanked by ASC vice-chairman Roger
Noakes (left) and the event chair Bill
Butler, the retired SIA chief, right
Photos by Mark Rowe
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