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Conway Security Products Limited
Conway Security Products Limited is a British manufacturer of CCTV equipment based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

The Company Origins
The company was established in August 1986 following a management buy-out of the manufacturing operations of part of the Henderson Group of companies. The founders of the company had worked in the CCTV industry for several years at a company called Visual Contact, which was subsequently acquired by the Henderson Group. Visual Contact was a manufacturer of CCTV products including CRT monitors, cameras and telemetry control systems. The company had also been involved in the installation of CCTV and had a prestigous client list including Royal Estates, prisons, high-security government departments and a large portfolio of commercial clients.

The company was originally involved in the manufacture of a variety of sheet metal components and in 1988 began developing a range of CCTV products that supported the growing CCTV market in UK.

Rapid Growth in the UK CCTV Market
Conway was involved heavily in some of the most extensive CCTV projects installed during the, largely, Conservative government funded programs. Projects to install cameras throughout the London Underground network, HM Prisons, London Buses, Network Rail stations as well as a large number of town and city centres in the UK were undertaken from the late 1980's through to the early 1990's. These systems still form a major part of the UK surveillance network today. The size of this network is disputed and there are no clear indications as to how many cameras there are under the control of councils and local authoritites. Recent estimates put the figure as high as 51,600

The Modern CCTV Market
Conway's products have continued to evolve as the role of CCTV has changed. CCTV was originally thought of as a tool solely for urban centres where the cameras became the target of "Big Brother" accusations with the UK being seen as a surveillance state. The rights of persons are being considered more and more with the use and installation of cameras. Conway is at the forefront of developing products that are used in detention and custody environments. Here the challenge changes from one of spying to one of observation and protection. The challenge changes from making the camera resistant to physical attack to one where the product has to be safe from the perspective of the room occupant, key to that is eliminating the opportunity for self harm.