History of Euralarm Euralarm Gubelstrasse 22 CH-6301 Zug Switzerland 1 of 13
Foundation 12 th March 1970 in Zurich by Ernst Meili (Switzerland) Foundation assembly of the Section Fire: 24 participants from 12 countries Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, France, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and Yugoslavia as individual firms BFPSA (United Kingdom) and ZVEI / Germany as national associations 2 of 13
The Presidents Year Name Association Country 1970 1974 Herbert Krenzlin ZVEI Germany 1974 1980 Anders Jörgensen SWELARM Sweden 1980 1983 Jacques Levoyer GCID France 1983 1984 Friedrich Hemme ZVEI Germany 1984 1986 Manuel Spreng VSHSA Switzerland 1986 1990 Michel Maillet GCID France 1990 1992 Helmuth Ristow ZVEI Germany 1992 1994 John Wislöff NORALARM Norway 1994 1996 Andreas Scheidweiler VSHSA Switzerland 1996 1998 Fred Shaw BFPSA United Kingdom 1998 2002 Gennaro Sica ANCISS ANIE Italy 2002 2005 Antony Lamb BSIA United Kingdom 2005 2008 Gustav Pfister Siemens Switzerland 2008-2012 Hansjürg Mahler SES Switzerland 2012 2015 Marc Chabaud Cofras France 2015 - Enzo Peduzzi Siemens Switzerland 3 of 13
Herbert Krenzlin / D Anders Jörgensen / SE Jacques Levoyer / F 1970 1974 1974 1980 1980 1983 Friedrich Hemme / D Manuel Spreng / CH Michel Maillet / F 1983 1984 1984 1986 1986 1990 Helmuth Ristow / D John Wislöff / N Andreas Scheidweiler / CH 1990 1992 1992 1994 1994 1996 Fred Shaw / UK Gennaro Sica / I Antony Lamb 1996 1998 1998 2002 2002-2005 4 of 13
Gustav Pfister / CH Hansjürg Mahler / CH Marc Chabaud / F 2005 2008 2008-2012 2012-2015 Enzo Peduzzi / CH 2015 5 of 13
The Chairmen Section Fire Chairman Vicechairman Year Name Country Name Country 1970 Herbert Krenzlin ZVEI D 1971 1972 1973 1974 Anders Jörgensen SWELARM S 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Jacques Levoyer GCID F 1981 1982 1983 Friedrich Hemme ZVEI D 1984 1985 1986 Michel Maillet GCID F 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 John Wislöff NORALARM N 1993 1994 1995 Fred Shaw BFPSA UK John Wislöff NORALARM N 1996 1997 1998 Gennaro Sica ANCISS ANIE I Gilbert v. Langeveld VEBON NL 1999 2000 2001 2002 Gilbert v. Langeveld VEBON NL Beat Müller SES CH 2003 2004 Gustav Pfister SES CH Derek Harrington BFPSA UK 2005 2006 Derek Harrington BFPSA UK Gustav Pfister SES CH 2007 2008 Derek Harrington FIA UK Michael von Foerster ZVEI D 2009 Michael von Foerster ZVEI D Graham Simons Honeywell UK 2010 2011 Dominique Taudin F 2012 Dominique Taudin UTC F Philippe Lecuyer F 2013 2014 2015 6 of 13
The Chairmen Section Intrusion/Security Chairman Vicechairman Year Name Country Name Country 1982 Manuel Spreng VSHSA CH Helmuth Ristow ZVEI D 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Andreas Scheidweiler VSHSA CH Dietrich Schultheis ZVEI D 1995 1996 1997 Dietrich Schultheis ZVEI D Rolf Norberg LIF SE 1998 Antony Lamb BSIA UK Anders Gustafson SWELARM SE 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jos van Kampen VEBON NL Hansjürg Mahler SES CH 2009 Jos van Kampen VEBON NL Paul Langer Bosch D 2010 2011 2012 Rolf Sigg SES CH Carlo Loi ANIE I 2013 2014 2015 Peter Löffler Siemen s David Wilkinson BSIA UK 7 of 13
The Chairmen Section Service Chairman Vicechairman Year Name Country Name Country 2009 Marc Chabaud COFRAS F Edward Lister Tyco ADT UK 2010 2011 2012 Enzo Peduzzi Siemens CH Sir Edward Lister Tyco ADT UK 2013 Martin Harvey Tyco ADT UK 2014 2015 Martin Harvey Tyco UK Maria Joao Conde APSEI PT 8 of 13
The General Secretary Section Fire Section Security Year Name Country Name Country 1970 By the office of the current President 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Helmut Groh ZVEI D Helmut Groh ZVEI D 1984 Mrs. Tousch GESI F Helmut Groh (+Finances) ZVEI D 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Istvan Kulcsar VSHSA CH Istvan Kulcsar VSHSA CH 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Dirk Gesenhues ZVEI D Dirk Gesenhues ZVEI D 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Euralarm General Secretary Year Name Country 2009 Dirk Gesenhues Germany 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 9 of 13
The General Director Euralarm General Director Year Name Country 2010 2011 Glen Dale B 2012 B 2013 B 2014 B 2015 B 10 of 13
The Auditors Section Fire Section Security Year Name Country Name Country 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 G. v. Langeveld VEBON NL 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Carl. A. Hofmann VSHSA CH 1995 1996 Kurt Graser Cerberus-P P Gaston Dakulovic AIA B 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Hans-Martin Fischer ZVEI D Jos van Kampen VEBON NL 2003 J.A. Leijendekker VEBON NL 2004 2005 2006 2007 Erwin Schoemaker VEBON NL 2008 Sec. Fire Sec. Security Sec. Service Year Name Country Name Country Name Country 2009 HM Fischer ZVEI D E. Schoemaker VEBON NL JA Leijendekkers UNETO NL 2010 P. Krapp ZVEI D E. Schoemaker VEBON NL JA Leijendekkers UNETO NL 2011 P. Krapp ZVEI D E. Schoemaker VEBON NL JA Leijendekkers UNETO NL 2012 2013 2014 M. Duggan FIA UK M. Duggan FIA UK 2015 Chr. Sarraf VBÖ A Peter Krapp ZVEI D 11 of 13
The General Assembly / Members Meeting Year Place Country Remarks 1 1970 Zürich Switzerland Foundation 2 1971 Munich Germany 3 1972 Paris France Starting relationship with Eurofeu 4 1973 Amsterdam Netherlands 5 1974 Stockholm Sweden 6 1975 London Great Britain 7 1976 Milano Italy Contact with CEA 8 1977 Oslo Norway Start of regular joint meetings between CEA / Euralarm / Eurofeu 9 1978 Paris France Participating in Seminar Safety in Hospitals 10 1979 Vienna Austria Fire protection of properties (i.e. Schönbrunn palace) 11 1980 Bern Switzerland Euralarm 10 th Anniversary 12 1981 Spitzingsee Germany Joint politics on European Standardisation with CEA 13 1982 Copenhagen Denmark Foundation of the Intruder Section 14 1983 Lisbon Portugal New Statutes 15 1984 London Great Britain Contact with the European Communities 16 1985 Roma Italy First press conference during the General Assembly 17 1986 Brussels Belgium First approach to 1992 by CEA and EC 18 1987 The Hague Netherlands Panel discussion with CEA, EC and CEN delegates Joint work Euralarm / CEA 19 1988 Oslo Norway Lecture on Fire protection and detection in hotels 20 1989 Vienna Austria Lecture by Dr. Krainz about criminal investigation on burglars behaviour 21 1990 Paris France Euralarm 20 th Anniversary Panel discussion: European laboratories 22 1991 Lausanne Switzerland 23 1992 Barcelona Spain 24 1993 Berlin Germany 25 1994 Stockholm Sweden 26 1995 Edinburgh UK 27 1996 Florence Italy 28 1997 Cannes France 29 1998 Amsterdam Netherlands 30 1999 Brussels Belgium 31 2000 Vienna Austria Euralarm 30 th Anniversary (no festival) Workshop Testing and Certification 32 2001 Dublin Ireland 33 2002 Lillehammer Norway Workshop: Challenging the European market New Euralarm Statutes 34 2003 Lucerne Switzerland Industry joins Euralarm 35 2004 Broadway UK Workshop EFS-Mark 36 2005 Prague Czech Rep. EQM and CE-Marking 37 2006 Seville Spain Euralarm Quo Vadis? 12 of 13
Year Place Country Remarks 38 2007 Berlin Germany EQM Project; Service Directive 39 2008 Sofia Bulgaria EQM Project 40 2009 Sorrento Italy New Euralarm Statutes; New Section Service 41 2010 Valencia Spain 40 th anniversary of Euralarm 42 2011 Bucharest Romania 43 2012 Noordwijk Netherlands New Euralarm Statutes, Closer to the members 44 2013 Kjiv Ukraine White Paper 45 2014 Juan les Pins France Conference on Smart Cities 46 2015 Vienna Austria New Euralarm Statutes Strengthening the organisation 47 2016 Lisbon Portugal 13 of 13