Start An Alarm Manufacturer

[Gabs]

Any Help, comments or even criticisms are appreciated. If I wanted to start a company, to put my product idea into the market, how would I go about this, employing minimal people. Please see my basic structure below.. I do have a few unique ideas, which I think would really catch on, not just panels. And, is this how companies like ADE, Texecom and Pyronix do/did it? Or was it all done in house? No separate manufacturers 

[james.wilson]

you would need a developer / coder to write the firmware. Also most people would want the approval to be 3rd party certificated. |This costs a lot.

the unapproved market probably wouldn't need this but you would need to meet the component standards of EN

[PeterJames]

I think you're asking the wrong people, ask us what features we would like yes, how to go about manufacturing it no. 

My advice to people who want to start their own installation company is always to go and work for an installer for a bit. There is far more to this industry than the black and white most people think. The panel needs to comply with many different EU and BS standards, stuff that you would not have even thought about, working for a co that already produces this stuff would give you that incite.

That said Imran (AlYeti) used to work in manufacturing for DA 

[Gabs]

Thanks for the replies, I know about all the British Standards, been looking into them and seeing what my Accenta G4 (Newest one) complies with. What features would you like? I know I would want something that has a discreet keypad which isn't ugly or big, that blends in and isn't made of cheap plastic that'll just yellow. Same for a bell box, id design an ultra slim SAB, which is made from decent plastic. 

 

Hopefully AlYeti will stumble across this post and can give me an insight into the process, who are DA? 

[MrHappy]

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50 minutes ago, Gabs said:

And, is this how companies like ADE, Texecom and Pyronix do/did it? Or was it all done in house? No separate manufacturers 

 

I assume-

 

ADE came from logic basic key operated panels & each new model became more complex than the previous ?

Texecom was cheap Pir maker which expanded the range into a vertias then employed a 3rd party to engineer the premier ?

Pyronix was a cheap Pir maker, (mid 80's be 5 x 2019 prices) expanded out to making other sensors, sounder & then low end panels, in the end purchasing a proper panel maker

 

I'd also assume if you had the ability to produce intruder alarm controls you would make a lot more doing something different  ?

 

 

[Nova-Security]

32 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

 

That said Imran (AlYeti) used to work in manufacturing for DA 

 

Proper company DA pity they didnt want to evolve the abacus instead of selling to Bosch

 

Have a look at the latest company that are saying they are going to take all of the market www.boundary.co.uk and boundary technologies

[Amps]

37 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

 

That said Imran (AlYeti) used to work in manufacturing for DA 

 

Well well well. The cat is out the bag so to speak

[PeterJames]

1 minute ago, Amps said:

 

Well well well. The cat is out the bag so to speak

I dont think its a secret 

[al-yeti]

5 minutes ago, Nova-Security said:

 

Proper company DA pity they didnt want to evolve the abacus instead of selling to Bosch

 

Have a look at the latest company that are saying they are going to take all of the market www.boundary.co.uk and boundary technologies

Ah when sold out to Bosch that was the end , everyone has a price , and it's to expensive to make things here

 

Developers and manufacturing much cheaper in China and elsewhere , 

 

Was da one of the last in UK? 

[Gabs]

Thanks for the replies, a basic design I had for a bell box was this: 

 

I would like to think that it has been designed well with encapsulated or even potted electronics, designed for any weather or condition. I could look at making a bell box or shed alarm first? Before trying a full main control panel?