Alko is a Finnish state-owned company with a monopoly on selling alcoholic products stronger than 4.7%. Alko is managed and supervised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Alko was formed in 1932 and has 350 stores and 103 sales agents in Finland. A year ago, it was decided that Alko would switch from an analog surveillance system to an IP-based system in all its stores.

Axis partner Securitas was chosen as the total solution provider, responsible for cameras, alarm center, cable installation, and security guard service. AXIS M3004-V Network Cameras with Axis’ Corridor Format™ function is used in the stores.

AXIS P1354 Network Camera with Lightfinder technology was installed in the entrances and AXIS M3024-LVE, with integrated IR lighting, was installed in the storerooms. All the cameras are adapted to Alko’s need for secure, professional installation.

The Finnish company Alko began to review its camera surveillance system a few years ago and decided to switch to IP-cameras. Axis partner Securitas was tasked with supplying a total solution, including upgrading the infrastructure, camera installation, the access control system, alarm center service, and security guard service.

Axis network cameras are now being installed in all of Alko’s 350 stores and are linked to Securitas’s alarm center in Helsinki.

“An IP-based camera system offers so many benefits. The images are displayed live in Securitas?s alarm center and the staff there can see what is happening in any store, wherever it is in the country. We get the right help at the right time,” says Ky