Gunnebo to upgrade airport security in Norway

Gunnebo to upgrade airport security in Norway Gunnebo Entrance Control has signed an agreement with Avinor, the Norwegian civil aviation authority, to supply anti-return gates as a means of upgrading security at 18 of Norway's airports. The first phase of the contract, including installation, is worth some 15 million Norwegian kroner (MEU 1.8). Two more installation phases are currently being planned. Anti-return gates with double doors (PasSec High Security) and Compact Save Security Manlocks will be installed in the first phase, which will start in November. The function of the gates is to prevent the uncontrolled movement of passengers from landside to airside. Among the airports included in the first phase, which will be completed in January 2004, are Gardermoen, Kristiansand, Kirkenes and Svalbard. "With Europe now having such stringent requirements for airport security, we wanted an entrance control system that provided high security and reliability, without this interfering with the smooth flow of passengers. The contract we have signed with Gunnebo Entrance Control will satisfy the stricter requirements for airport security," explains Johannes Hanssen, Senior Engineer Avinor. PasSec HS is a double, anti-return gate consisting of two doors separated by an integrated corridor. The gate functions as a single electronic unit with a central control unit. The PasSec has integrated radar sensors and photocells that detect the direction of movement and open and close the doors electronically, as well as sounding an alarm in the event of misuse. Compact Save, which has double doors, satisfies the most stringent security requirements, and has an integrated optical, single-person control function. It also has a certified escape capacity for more than 300 persons. GUNNEBO AB (publ) Information For more information please contact: Lars Proos, president Gunnebo Entrance Control on +46 (0)490 89 000, Stefan Spasovksi, Airport Development Manager: +46 240 817 10; +46 702 93 50 72 (mobile). Janerik Dimming, director of information, Gunnebo AB on +46 (0)31 83 68 03, +46 (0)705 83 68 03 (mobile), or at janerik.dimming@gunnebo.se. Gunnebo is today 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. Turnover amounts to some MEUR 760. Gunnebo's security products mainly include fire and burglar re sistant 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: Chubb Safes, Fichet-Bauche, Rosengrens, Ritzenthaler, Garny and Leicher. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/11/03/20031103BIT00540/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/11/03/20031103BIT00540/wkr0002.pdf