Glass, a contemporary building material, is not without its risks. In explosions, over 80 per cent of all injuries are caused by flying glass. In recent years, glass in overhead applications such as airports, shopping malls and railway stations have shown signs of nickel sulphide inclusions or 'glass cancer'.

Baxall has launched a selection of advanced high-end cameras, the first products in its new Destiny IP range of CCTV equipment supporting internet protocol (IP) for video transmission. The company, which is a leading UK manufacturer of CCTV equipment, has also upgraded its remote control cameras and its line of digital recorders.

Senstar-Stellar Corporation (SSC), a leading supplier of outdoor perimeter intrusion detection security products and systems, is promoting Perimitrax, an outdoor buried cable intrusion detection sensor, on the Gulf market.

Most modern buildings are designed to provide facilities for the latest technology with a congenial indoor environment for those that work in them.

3M Gulf has released a new CD promoting 3M's thin transparent film that is said to strengthen glass and reduce the risk of it shattering on impact.

A new product that is said to effectively and safely eliminate the danger posed by fire spreading from floor to floor behind an external rain skin cladding system has been launched on the market. Called Venti-Flam, the product has been designed and tested by Wright Style, one of the UK's leading steel glazing systems specialists.

Notifier of the US, said to be the world's largest manufacturer of commercial fire alarm systems, recently launched two new products - a fire alarm control panel and a smoke detector - on the market.