STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 9, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Following a radical tightening of the security requirements for commercial ports, and within the framework of ISPS (International Standards of Port Security) and national parliamentary decisions, Gunnebo Perimeter Protection has so far this year signed orders for outdoor perimeter protection and access control systems for no fewer than 40 ports in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
In total, these orders are worth some MEUR 3.3 and the installation of protective fencing, gates, barriers and alarm systems has begun and will continue for the rest of the year.
"We have seen a marked upsurge in demands for outdoor perimeter protection and access control systems on the Nordic and other markets," says Philip Mozes, divisional manager at Gunnebo Perimeter Protection.
"In the Nordic region, most ports should have been ready by 1 July 2004, but owing to late decisions and the dispensations they involved, the delivery and installation of protective fencing, gates barriers and alarm systems will continue throughout the whole of 2004."
In the case of the Nordic markets, the measures to improve maritime security are based on rules adopted by the UN's International Maritime Organisation.
Gunnebo Perimeter Protection is one of northern Europe's leading suppliers of outdoor perimeter protection and access control systems. In April, as one measure to further strengthen its position in this market segment, Gunnebo acquired Elkosta, a German company with a broad range of high-graded security products for outdoor perimeter protection.
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For more information please contact: Bjarne Holmqvist, President and CEO Gunnebo AB on +46-31 83 68 00, Mobile +46 708 40 03 70 or + 46 -705 83 64 45, or Phlip Mozes DivisionalManager, Gunnebo Perimeter Protection on +31-252 37 78 04 (week No. 33: +33 3 264 224 79) or +31-621 23 7571, or Janerik Dimming, Director of Information, Gunnebo AB on +46-31-83 68 03 or +46-705 83 68 03 (mobile); email: janerik.dimming@gunnebo.se.
Gunnebo is an international fast growing security group with 110 companies located in 32 countries. The Group has sales to a further hundred markets via agents and distributors. Annual turnover amounts to some MEUR 820. Gunnebo's security products mainly include fire and burglar resistant safes, security products for banks and cash handling, electronic security systems, fire protection, entrance control and access control, alarm centres and indoor and outdoor perimeter protection. Gunnebo has at its disposal some of the world's leading brand names in security: Chubbsafes, Fichet-Bauche, Rosengrens, Ritzenthaler, Garny, Leicher and Elkosta.
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