Physical Security

Physical security business in 2012 will look to emerging markets, new technologies and M&A activity. ‚ In the last two years, the physical security industry has given nothing short of a stellar performance. While it will continue to defy gravity in 2012, its performance will decline in some important measures. Future Growth From Bric Countries – […]

Memoori’s 3rd annual report The Physical Security Business in 2011 shows that some $1.178 billion accounting for 12% of total investment in acquisitions in the last 12 was made by companies from the Defense and IT related industries. In addition Venture Capital and Private Equity Groups acquired 6 companies investing some $3.605 billion; including Bain […]

In Europe there has been a steadily growing campaign during the last five years to restrict the use of Video Surveillance in public areas. It has been based on the assumption that it infringes on the privacy and liberties of citizens. Since the August Riots in major cities in the UK, “Big Brother Watch” has […]

Memoori has published a new report about the state of the world’s physical security industry at the start of 2011 and the challenges and business opportunities over the next 5 years – http://memoori.com/physical-security-2010 It is a unique report because it combines clearly defined market sizing statistics together with quantitative data on its structure and shape. […]

The Security Industry has performed well over the first half of this year and it is proving to be in good shape despite the battering it has had over the last two years. It will need to be, because during this month the prospects of the world economy returning to stable growth have taken a […]

Even the pessimists are now convinced that the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train, and there are real signs the recovery in our industry is back on track. The two factors that confirm it for us are the real statistics of financial reports delivered over the last four months together […]

In the first quarter of 2010 the number of acquisitions announced has grown by 50% on the same period of 2009 and has more than doubled based on the cost of buying. This trend looks set to continue for the rest of this year. Deals announced in March have significantly increased on February but have […]

Last month we gave you a run down on the status of the market at the end of 2009 which was abstracted from our report Survey of the Security Business 2009 – Shape Structure & Consolidation. Many thanks to those who supported it and the complimentary remarks received from those who confirmed that it had […]