Advantex’s Tony Easingwood
Advantex has provided an IP based CCTV system to a Scottish electronics manufacturer.
The project saw the Follingsby Park-based firm install and commission a Milestone IP surveillance system along with a number of high-resolution Axis IP cameras at Plexus in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. This has been designed to provide site-wide perimeter surveillance capabilities together with improved safety and security for the 50-strong workforce.
A key feature of the five-figure contract was installed using NVT Phybridge PoE over coax hardware allowing for the use of existing coaxial infrastructure. This has been reported to have provided cost and time saving benefits while minimising disruption to operations during installation at the site.
By using PoE over coax technology, Plexus avoided the need for IP network cabling and additional networking closets, which could have threatened the project with higher costs, complexity, and business disruption. It also minimised the disruption to operations during installation at the Kelso site and contributed towards the company’s environmental sustainability and carbon reduction goals.
Tony Easingwood, senior account manager at Advantex, said Scotland is a focal point for Plexus’s UK business activities, so investment to improve security and safety is critical: “We have delivered a high-quality solution that secures Plexus’s needs for the foreseeable future, in the process delivering demonstrable cost savings and operational benefits.”
