In the first quarter of 2021, Bandweaver has seen rapid growth in the European Linear Heat Detection market. Since the beginning of the year the company has signed six new distributor agreements including United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Greece. Read more
Global provider of fiber optic sensing solutions, Bandweaver Technologies will host its own webinar series next month on the ‘Protection of buildings and industrial facilities using fiber optic Linear Heat Detection (LHD)’. The webinars will take place on Tuesday 29th June and will be delivered in two online sessions, to ensure attendees from all over the world will be able to view the presentation and access a live Q&A with the Bandweaver team at a time that suits them. Read more
Bandweaver is pleased to announce that our market leading FireLaser Linear Heat Detection DTS solution has been selected for several new projects in the Middle East protecting road and rail tunnels. The Middle East continues to be an area of significant growth for the company due to continued regional infrastructure investment. Read more
Bandweaver secures Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) contract with major North American utility Read more
Global provider of fiber optic sensing solutions, Bandweaver Technologies will lead the opening webinar session of Tunnel and Metro Fire Protection 2021 – ‘Mitigating fire risk of tunnels: systems approach to underground safety’. The technically-lead webinar series will take place from 22-26th March and is accessible to the global rail community via video conferencing. Read more
Bandweaver supplies its latest generation DAS controller to protect Data Centre fiber connection in Malaysia. Read more
BTS Yangin, together with Bandweaver Technologies has been awarded a new contract. This is for additional fiber optic fire detection systems for Istanbul International Airport. This is the fourth phase of an ongoing contract. The contract includes 18 FireLaser systems and more than 40,000m of fiber optic linear heat detection cable. The FireLaser systems are being utilised to protect a wide range of assets including both facility buildings, hangers and tunnels. Read more
We are pleased to announce that SenseTek Fire and Security Solutions has been awarded a contract to supply Bandweaver’s FireLaser DTS for protection of a Car Parking facility in Amsterdam. The car park is a single-story facility beneath 9 office buildings with a total of over 800 parking spaces. 7,000 metres of cable was installed, divided into two redundant loops. Read more
It’s safe to say that 2020 has been an unusual year; the impact of COVID-19 has been felt around the world. Everyone has begun adapting to what is commonly called ‘the new norm’. Individuals, families, companies, organisations and even countries are having to change the way they operate, how they interact and how they travel. The impact on businesses has been massive, home working has become standard for many people. Some sectors have been devastated and very few have been left unaffected. The future remains uncertain and this has had an impact on the global financial markets. Companies are tightening their belts in readiness of a predicted recession – it’s certainly not the easiest time to do business. From a security perspective, there has also been changes in the way assets are monitored. Sites that were once busy are now empty and unmanned, lockdowns and travel restrictions have put further pressure on manned security teams and operators and crime rates also tend to increase as a result of economic uncertainties and increased unemployment. Read more
Despite the obvious challenges of 2020, large-scale, industrial and manufacturing sites will always carry a significant fire risk. It’s as important as ever to manage and reduce that risk. Now is the time to make the safety and protection of people, assets and property a priority. Whether a fire begins intentionally, due to human error or because of dangerous environmental conditions, the costs can be substantial. According to a recent report by the Fire Protection Association, the estimated loss caused by fire damage in UK industrial processing and manufacturing plants between 2010 and 2019 was £808 million*. Evidently, traditional fire detection and suppression solutions are not up to scratch. Read more
Up until the lockdown at least, I have been a regular attendee at the world’s leading international security exhibitions and conference. One thing is becoming more and more clear – converged traditional physical security solutions and cybersecurity is vital in the modern age.
End users now expect holistic solutions that address all threats. This may be from physical attacks onsite or remote attacks from hackers located on another continent. They expect their integrators, and ultimately, product manufacturers to offer comprehensive solutions that mitigate both physical and IT vulnerabilities. Read more