Company Profile

 

MOBOTIX AG

 

 

Head office:

MOBOTIX AG

Luxemburger Straße 6

D-67657 Kaiserslautern

Tel.: +49-631-3033-111

Fax: +49-631-3033-190

Internet: www.mobotix.com

 

Branch office:

New York, NY (USA)

 

Management Board:

Dr. Ralf Hinkel, CEO and founder

Lutz Coelen, CFO

Horst Pfiffi, CTO

 

Employees:

158 employees (31 December, 2007)

 

Sales:

Mobotix AG recorded sales of €23.6 million in the 2006/2007 fiscal year. This corresponds to a growth of 52% compared to the previous year. The export ratio is currently around 56%. For the first half-year (1 July to 31 December 2007) of the current 2007/08 fiscal year Mobotix reported sales of EUR 15.19 million.

 

Installations:

More than 100,000 installed network camera systems worldwide

 

Distribution:

Distributed indirectly via partners in more than 70 countries and via

specialist dealers

 

Press contact:

Dr. Ralf Hinkel, CEO

Contact via Manuela Straßer, Assistant of Management

Tel.: +49-631-3033-111

Fax: +49-631-3033-190

E-mail: manuela.strasser@mobotix.com

 

Innovations Made in Germany

At the forefront of technology, Mobotix AG is a European provider of high-resolution digital, network-based video security systems. The stock-quoted company, since its founding in Germany in 1999, has emerged as the leading pioneer in network camera technology and its decentralized concept has made cost-efficient high-resolution network video systems possible in the first place. Embassies, airports, train stations, ports, gas stations, hotels, highways – hundreds of thousands of Mobotix video systems are in use worldwide today.

 

Leading Innovator in Network Camera Technology

According to a recent study on the video surveillance market done by market research specialist IMS Research, in very little time, Mobotix has conquered second place in Europe and fourth place worldwide in terms of market share. Mobotix has been producing only megapixel cameras for years and, in this area, ranks as the global market leader in high-resolution video systems with a market share of over 60 per cent.

 

Why Use High-Resolution Systems?

The higher the resolution, the more details are in an image. Using traditional (analog) technology, a live image has no more than 0.4 megapixels and a recorded image only has 0.1 megapixels (CIF). On the contrary, a Mobotix camera with 3.1 megapixels records around 30 times more detail. As a result, larger image areas with up to 360° panorama are possible, thus reducing the number of cameras and therefore the costs. For example, four lanes of a gas station can be recorded using one Mobotix camera instead of four conventional cameras.

 

Disadvantages of the Old Centralized Solution

Usually cameras only supply the images while the processing and recording is done later on a central PC using video management software. This traditional centralized structure is unsuitable for high-resolution video systems, since it requires not only high network bandwidth, but also needs enormous PC processing power to support several cameras. An HDTV MPEG4 film already puts considerable strain on a PC, so how can it be expected to process dozens of high-resolution live cameras? Traditional centralized systems are therefore neither cost-efficient nor suitable due to the large number of PCs required for high-resolution systems.

 

The Decentralized Mobotix Concept

Unlike other systems, the decentralized Mobotix concept incorporates a high-speed computer and, if necessary, a digital memory (SD card) for long-term recording in every camera. The PC is now used only for viewing, not for analysis or recording. As a result, Mobotix cameras can record events even without a running PC and digitally record videos with sound for archiving purposes. Thus, Mobotix has redefined video. Whether on the Internet, in traffic management, building surveillance or in banks, the Mobotix camera is connected to the network as easy as a printer and live or recorded images can then be retrieved from any PC without installing any software.

 

The Benefits

Mobotix video solutions therefore require significantly

- fewer cameras due to the more accurate detail of wide-angle images with megapixel technology,

- fewer PCs/DVRs, because around 40 cameras can store high-resolution video with sound efficiently on a single PC, or no PC at all when recording on the camera's digital storage (USB, SD card),

- lower network bandwidth, because everything is processed in the camera itself and the high-resolution images therefore do not have to be constantly transferred for analysis.

 

Robust and Low-Maintenance

Mobotix cameras do not require any lens or positioning motors. Without any moving parts, they are so robust that maintenance is reduced to a minimum. The unique temperature range from ‑30 to +60°C (‑22° to +140°F) is achieved without heating or fan at only 3 watts power consumption. Since no PC hard disk is required for recording, there are no parts that wear out in the entire video system.

 

Software Included – for Life

There are no software or licensing costs with Mobotix, because the software is always supplied within the camera ‑ for an unlimited number of cameras and users. The software package supplied with the camera also includes a professional control center software used at soccer stadiums, for example. Updates are supplied free of charge on the website. The system price for a weatherproof camera including lens, query software and day-to-day recording on the SD card costs under 1,000 Euros.

 

Standardized Network Technology

The networked cameras are powered over the network cabling; the camera's network traffic is encrypted and uses a normal computer network, not a video cable. The advantage is, that the cameras can be accessed from anywhere in the world using glass, copper or even wireless technology and affordable standard IT components.

 

References

Mobotix cameras are used by the following companies, to name only a few:

 

Industry

Rheinkalk

VDO Automotive

Hitachi Zosen Information Systems

Zellstoff Stenda

Dickel-Holz

Transport and Logistcs

Deutsche Bahn

Honeywell Airport Systems

Lufthansa Cargo

VMZ Berlin

trans-o-flex

Fresh LogisticsSystem

 

Automotive Industry

Daimler

Porsche

Keiper-Recaro

Škoda

Fendt

Unternehmensgruppe Schreyer

 

Food

Nestlé Food

Weihenstephan

 

Local Authorities

TWK Kaiserslautern

Verkehrsüberwachung Kaiserslautern

City of Dillingham, Alaska

 

Banks

Commerzbank

Landesbank Hamburg

Stadtsparkasse Kaiserslautern

 

Research and Education

Jackson Highschool, Cleveland, Ohio

Republic Polytechnic, Singapur

Deutscher Wetterdienst

Meteorologisches Institut München

Max-Planck-Institut Jena

 

Stations and Airports

Abu Dhabi International Airport

Coventry Airport

Hauptbahnhof Magdeburg

 

Ports

Lübecker Hafen

Bremerhavener Hafen

Hafen Panama

 

Tourism

Le Méridien Parkhotel Frankfurt

Tropical Island Resort

 

Other Sectors

Autobahn A6, Rheinland-Pfalz

Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern

Stadion Parc des Princes, Paris

Kliniken Maria Hilf, Mönchengladbach

Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte

 

 

Detailed reference projects are also described at www.mobotix.com/references.