Britain's RC Group (RCG) has formed a joint venture with Techno Investment to introduce its biometric, RFID and security products to SA. RCG Systems SA will operate from Johannesburg headquarters.
The company already operates in a number of European and Australasian locales and believes SA's rampant crime rate has given it an excellent business case for investing here.
Its offerings include facial recognition technology that allows banks, retailers and related industries to identify key customers as they enter the premises.
RCG Systems SA operations manager Mike Cox expects significant product uptake, as security access control is "a major issue in terms of crime prevention in SA". The 2010 Soccer World Cup is also expected to generate business as there is a Fifa requirement that soccer hooligans and other known undesirables be excluded from venues.
RCG manufactures and distributes its own products and combines biometrics with RFID. The company last year introduced FxGuard, a face recognition application that runs primarily on TCP/IP.
Growth strategy
"RCG has an aggressive growth strategy with a clear focus on developing new applications and revenue streams for global roll-out, particularly in the security applications industry," says Cox.
Master distributors include ADI and Norbain.
Locally, RCG's flagship products will include the i4+ high-end biometric time and attendance solution and S903 biometric fingerprint access control system.
RCG has also concluded a development agreement to integrate these product ranges into every existing payroll package available in SA. This will integrate time and attendance, while reducing fraud and operational costs, it says.
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