Mobotix

Leaders in the Video Surveillance business are in full agreement that IP Video has had the most impact in shaping the future of the business in the last fifteen years and  that it is has now crossed the chasm and with a market penetration of around 30/40% it is well into its growth stage. The […]

At the end of last year we forecast that the start of 2012 would offer little or no change in demand for physical security systems and that acquisition, alliance and sentiment about the future would be optimistic but sober. The first 2 months have borne this out; no announcements of billion dollar acquisitions, major investments […]

This time last year economic indicators took a hit with major concerns about the need for countries within the Euro Zone to cut back on public expenditure; in order to repay their massive debts. Whilst this did have an effect on demand for security equipment it was marginal and the fragile recovery in the economy […]

Despite marginal growth and a lack luster financial performance by suppliers across the industry in 2010, consolidation increased by 75% on its 2009 figure that had already picked up from its precipitous fall in 2008. Similarly new investment in the supply side also increased rapidly in 2010. So with a forecast improvement in trading conditions […]

Economic indicators have taken a hit this month with major concerns about the need for countries within the Euro Zone to cut back on public expenditure in order to repay their massive debts. It is possible that the fragile recovery in the economy that has been experienced in the last 9 months will be extinguished […]

The bumper start in January was always going to be a hard act to follow and M&A; activity in February by comparison shows a dramatic decline. We recorded 4 deals in February compared with 5 transactions in the same month of 2009. However in both the metrics of volume and value, acquisition activity is well […]

July and August are traditionally slow months for acquisition activity. We saw the completion of 8 deals, the same number as realised in 2008. However with the exception of Google’s purchase of ON2 Technologies, at just over $100m, none of the other 8 deals cost more than $20m, whilst in 2008 the value of deals […]

Deals announced in June have continued at the same pace as the previous 2 months and are well up on June 2008. This would normally be greeted with surprise because a year ago the security market was a little more optimistic about the future than it is today. However economic downturns have a tendency to […]