MATE - Intelligent Video secures a 400,000 square feet manufacturing plant in Louisiana.

United Security Alarm, Inc. implemented the video analytics system to perform automated video surveillance.

McLean, VA (December 16, 2008) MATE-Intelligent Video, the technology leader in intelligent video surveillance systems and video analytics announces today that it provided its Trigger - a video detection unit as a part of a CCTV system upgrade for Pellerin-Milnor, the world's renowned laundry machinery manufacturer. The system upgrade was performed by United Security Alarm, Inc. - a leading systems integrator is southeast Louisiana.

The Milnor site includes a manufacturing facility, assembly plant and an engineering center encompassing over 400,000 sq ft. 600 employees work at the site each day. The plant turns about 48 Million pounds of goods a year, shipping over 10,000 spare parts every week and receives over 10,000 pounds of raw steel, stainless and carbon steel that is kept in stock for onsite production. Protection of precious raw materials and safety of employees were the two main reasons for a security upgrade.

United Security Alarm, Inc., designed the new security plan including MATE's video analytics as a part of the new CCTV system monitored directly from a remote central station. "We chose video analytics because it was the most effective solution to provide good outdoor detection" said Jim Waltz - Vice President of Marketing at United Security Alarm, Inc.

MATE's Trigger an embedded video analytics encoder analyzes video, encodes it and sends real-time alarms to a 24/7 central station where an operator can review and replay the alarm for verification. Jim Waltz commented: "Video Analytics proved to be a cut above any standard motion detection appliances and the MATE's Trigger a cost effective solution".

"Anyone who understands the use of the video analytics technology can see the value and practicality of it." says John Szczygiel - President of MATE, "We can now say that video analytics is in the mainstream of video and alarm management technologies".

View Full Project Profile

About MATE

MATE Intelligent Video is a global provider of cutting-edge, real time video analytics solutions for proactive video and IP surveillance, and people and car counting applications. MATE's advanced video content analysis technology detects and analyzes potential threats and hazards, generating real-time alerts based on user's pre-defined parameters. Founded in 1997, MATE has gained extensive experience in the video analytics field, and has positioned itself as a market leader. Leveraging an open architecture, MATE's flexible and field-proven solutions integrate easily into any network topology, and are sold, installed and supported by top tier systems integrators and distributors http://www.mateusa.net/

About United Security Alarm, Inc.

United Security Alarm, Inc. is a systems integrator providing unparalleled service in Southeast Louisiana. Since its inception in 1991, United Security has enjoyed an outstanding reputation in providing service of the utmost to the residential, commercial, industrial, financial, and government security markets. Utilizing the latest technological advances in equipment that is available to the industry today combined with exceptional technical expertise unequivocally makes United Security Alarm, Inc. a leading systems integrator. http://www.united-security.com/