While billions continue to pour into ever larger foundation models, Berlin-based Merantix Capital is pursuing a different proposition. Its portfolio is built around embedding artificial intelligence deep inside established industries — from healthcare and...
Security Industry
Geutebrück changes ownership as IBEX and Merantix target AI-driven growth
After more than five decades as a family-owned company, German video security specialist Geutebrück is entering a new phase. IBEX Wachstumspartner and AI group Merantix are taking stakes in the company, while Katharina Geutebrück and Christoph Hoffmann are selling...
Citizen patrols or professionals? Germany’s security industry rejects parallel structures
Germany’s private security industry has criticised proposals to establish citizen patrols as an additional element of public security. The Federal Association of the Security Industry, BDSW, argues that Germany already has a professional third pillar alongside the...
Cardea becomes first OSDP reader verified for Transparent Mode
Selected Cardea access control readers have received OSDP verification from the Security Industry Association (SIA). According to the manufacturer, the devices are the first OSDP readers to achieve verification for the XRD/XRW profile, known as Transparent Mode, in...
SECURITY 2026: Perimeter Protection Is Becoming a Connected Security Architecture
Security Essen 2026 demonstrates how high-security fencing, sensor technologies, radar, LiDAR, AI-powered video, drone detection, vehicle mitigation and access control are converging into multi-layered protection concepts for industry and critical infrastructure....
Rohde & Schwarz brings network and cybersecurity expertise under one roof
LANCOM Systems and Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity will in future operate jointly under the name Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity. The new unit is intended to bring network infrastructure and cybersecurity more closely together, with a particular focus...
Genetec Study: Security Data and Access Control Become Integral to Business Operations
Physical security is increasingly moving beyond its traditional role of protection and loss prevention within organizations. The “State of Physical Security Report 2026” by Genetec highlights, particularly in the retail sector, that security data is being leveraged...
Dormakaba Strengthens US Business Through Acquisition of Azure Access and Apollo Security
Dormakaba is acquiring the operating businesses of Azure Access Technology Inc. and ADME Inc. (Apollo Security). With this transaction, the Swiss security group aims to expand its position in the US market for electronic access control and, in...
Electromechanical Access Control: How the Door Is Becoming an Intelligent Part of the Security Architecture
From the electric strike of 1932 to today’s connected electric lock: electromechanical locking technology combines physical security with access control, building management and digital security processes. As integration capabilities increase, so do the requirements...
AI Enters HR: One in Seven German Companies Uses It to Draft Employment References
Artificial intelligence is gradually gaining ground in human resources departments across Germany. New Bitkom figures show that companies are increasingly using AI for employee training, employment references, onboarding and internal HR services. At the same time,...
