Vicon Industries, Inc. designs, develops, assembles, and markets video management systems and system components for use in security, surveillance, safety, and communication applications worldwide. Its product line comprises various video and access control system elements, including cameras for image capture and stand-alone network video management system software, as well as various video recording, storage, management, output devices, and door controllers and peripherals.
The company offers analog, digital, and high definition megapixel cameras for fixed and robotic positioning applications, along with other video system components such as video encoders, decoders, monitors, camera lenses, housings and mounts, matrix video switchers and controls, and various video transmission devices.
Vicon's access control system comprises electronic door controllers and communication panels, which are managed by network access control software. Its products are used by commercial and industrial users, including office buildings, manufacturing plants, warehouses, apartment complexes, shopping malls, and retail stores.
Additionally, federal, state, and local governments utilize the company's products for national security purposes, agency facilities, prisons, and military installations. Financial institutions, such as banks, clearing houses, brokerage firms, and depositories, also use Vicon's products for security purposes.
The company's products are employed by transportation departments for highway traffic control, bridge and tunnel monitoring, as well as airport, subway, bus, and seaport security and surveillance. Other users include gaming casinos, health care facilities like hospitals, educational institutions such as schools and universities, hotels, and sports arenas.
Vicon sells its products primarily to independent dealers, system integrators, and security products distributors. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York.