Aside from the big security industry players, Secutech Taiwan 2025 features a large number of highly-specialized companies offering leading products in sub-sectors of the security camera industry.
Aside from big industry players, Secutech Taiwan 2025 features a large number of highly-specialized companies offering leading products in sub-sectors of the security camera industry.
This includes Taiwan-based manufacturers LawMate, which specializes in covert surveillance equipment for law enforcement; and Josefina Pan Pacific, which produces radar-integrated cameras for cars, trucks and RVs.
Among the Korean exhibitors are EOC, which produces thermal cameras that can detect fire threats before they ignite; and Eyenix, which uses its longstanding expertise in analogue CCTV camera chips to serve companies that don’t want to compromise on sharp images, but also need AI.
Spy tech
LawMate products include cameras integrated in coffee cups, car keys and sun glasses, but also devices that can detect spy attempts by bad actors—products that might remind the common Secutech visitor of what they have seen before in James Bond movies, but are in fact used by law enforcement agencies in many countries.
Sandra Hu, Sales Specialist at LawMate, said the company's customers are mostly in the West. What sets LawMate apart from its competitors, most of which are from China, is that the Taiwanese company has the highest batch quality control standards and has established longstanding relationships with distributors around the world that can rely on the longevity of LawMate’s product lines, while at the same time benefiting from the integration of the latest tools.
“We brought a new line of DVRs to Secutech this year. It has analogue HD and offers the highest image quality,” Hu said. “The focus of our R&D department is offering the best images.”
A special requirement is that LawMate cameras have to be so small that they can fit into cases that don’t arouse suspicion during law enforcement operations, such as, for example, car keys that an officer would place on the table while talking to a suspect, she explained.
“Our bestseller this year, however, is equipment that can detect spy devices used by others,” she said.
From cars to drones
Josefina Pan Pacific (JPP) has since 1997 built cameras for vehicles—a market that is increasingly crowded.
Josefina Pan, who has been running the company as General Manager since Day 1, said the company can respond more quickly and precisely to the changing needs of its customers—which are mostly companies that customize vehicles, such as for example RVs or trucks—than its competitors.
JPP's target markets—the US, the EU, the UK, Australia, among others—have very specific regulations regarding vehicle safety, Pan said. “Our products are designed to meet these regulations as soon as they take effect and other unique requirements.”
In terms of verticals, JPP has recently expanded into cameras for drones used in agriculture and industrial settings, a field that Pan said “will continue to be trending.”
“To identify trends and find out what companies need, you have to go to all the trade shows,” Pan said. “You cannot just sit in your R&D center.”
Another trend is thermal cameras—another innovation in JPP's product line that the company introduced to the public at Secutech.
Curbing fire threats
Thermal cameras is also the domain of EOC, which has a large footprint in its domestic market in Korea, but has recently expanded to the US, where its fire safety equipment is installed in electricity substations to detect fire threats before they ignite.
“In our systems you can set dynamic temperature ranges and temperature alarms,” said Tim Yu, the company's Digital Sales Manager. “If an area of a circuit board reaches, let’s say, 60°C, the alarm will be activated.”
Another feature of EOC products is the integration of thermal imaging in the regular surveillance camera feed. Airport immigration officers can, for example, see details such as the facial features of a person, while also observing their body temperature.
“This is something that our competitors don't have,” Yu stated.
Legacy-AI integration
Highly specialized SMEs in the security industry often focus on expertise they have built in specific fields over many decades. Larger trends might move on and a certain technology fall out of fashion, but the respective niche market they’re focused on might still prefer legacy technology.
Eyenix makes chipsets for analogue cameras—a kind of device that’s still used in many settings in Japan, where the Korean company has most of its customers.
“Companies that have certain image quality requirements might still prefer analogue signals,” said Jackie Lim Museong, the company’s Managing Director and Strategy Team Leader.
Eyenix chipsets, however, allow for the integration of AI, while retaining the benefits of legacy tech.
“Cameras using our chips are very cost-efficient and don’t need much energy,” Museong said.
The company’s target market, besides Korea, Japan and Taiwan, is India, “where we see a lot of potential for this kind of product,” he added.
Product Adopted:Surveillance Cameras