Nestlé

Nestlé was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé and is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It is the world’s biggest food and beverage manufacturer and employs some 250,000 people around the world. Developing its products through innovation and renovation, it maintains a balance in geographic activities and product lines. The company seeks to distribute the best and most relevant products, no matter what, no matter where. Most of its global brands including S. Pellegrino, Nestea and the Nestlé brand itself, are distributed in South Africa, with its headquarters for the South African region located in Randburg, Johannesburg.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

Nestlé had built a new distribution centre in the Longmeadow office park, Johannesburg. It is one of three such centres responsible for distribution across South Africa. As a flagship facility, the building needed a state-of-the-art security solution. Therefore, UTCFS and the installer, Complete Security, met with the end user to design the optimal solution for Nestlé’s needs.

UTCFS’s solution

UTCFS’s solution integrates intrusion detection, access control and video. It consists of four ATS Master panels, each managing a different zone, while over 50 high resolution fixed pan/tilt/zoom dome cameras are connected to high quality digital recorders. To minimise communication costs, an existing TCP/IP network was used to integrate the systems. Each panel is equipped with an IP interface and the Alliance software package. This package not only provides an integrated user interface, but also allows tagging of recorded access and alarm events. Thus, critical events are stored without operator intervention and can quickly be retrieved from the digital recorder’s hard disc. With this solution, UTCFS provides Nestlé the integrated security it needs to ensure the safety of its employees and assets.