Airports

This Research Note examines the acquisition of Smiths Detection, a global vendor of threat-detection and security-screening technologies for airports, by CVC, a private equity firm.  We highlight the transaction details, Smith Detection’s overall business, vertical markets, acquisitions, AI partnerships and the strategic rationale of CVC before providing a Memoori view of the transaction. Transaction Details […]

In this Research Note, we examine Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ: SNT), a Canadian provider of perimeter intrusion detection systems for the protection of critical infrastructure, based on their 2024 20F financial report, earnings release, investor presentation, vertical market focus, and strategy.  This article updates our previous June 2023 analysis. Senstar Profile Founded in 1984 as an […]

The full capabilities of facial recognition technology are well-known, primarily through its use by the Chinese government, but its use in The West has so far been limited by regulation and public opinion. This winter, however, an operation by the UK’s London Metropolitan Police Force (MET) has implemented facial recognition to make a number of […]

In this Research Note, we examine one of the top three companies in the global access solutions market, dormakaba Group, based on their FY2021/2022 financial results, year ending 30 June 2022 and their latest Annual Report. This analysis also covers the firm’s strategic partnerships and acquisitions, focused on digital solutions.  dormakaba increased net sales by 10.3% to […]