Event Report: Apex Global Industry Day 2016

Apeldoorn – On 22 March 2016, Apex Global has hosted their bi-annual Industry Day for professionals in Law Enforcement, Military, and Security again. An extensive program with general and specific presentations, combined with in-depth break-out sessions, to meet with peers, provided real value to its’ visitors. Over 150 industry specialists from over a dozen countries visited the event and learned about the latest developments that they could benefit from in their daily operations.

Morning Program

After the welcoming words from Ton van Langen (Apex Global, CEO), the program was explained by Bas ten Hove (Moderator of the Industry Day). Before the coffee break visitors could already enjoy a couple of interesting presentations in the main hall. These were: Innovation within the MoD, and the first series of Innovation pitches presented by Apex Global’s valued partners. (Innovations in UAV / Quadcopter (CSI), Innovations in Sniper Communication (Tactec), Innovations in Vehicle Protection (Achleitner).

The rest of the morning program consisted of another series of pitches: Innovations in Forced Entry / Breaching (Libervit), innovations in Elevated Tactics / Ballistics (Patriot3), Innovations in Fire Safety (Berki), and was followed by the first break-out session for specialist groups. For that all visitors could pre-register. Many of the visitors had done that and this has been well received by the audience.

Afternoon Program

After the lunch break the final series of 10-minute pitches was presented to the visitors of the Apex Global Industry Day: Innovations in Protective Clothing (Forcetek), Innovations in Gloves Design & Manufacturing (ESKA) and Innovations in Adhesives (Breacherstape). In the second break-out session following the innovation pitches, visitors again had the opportunity to discuss among peers, and share knowledge about the specific products and services.

The last words of the day were for the moderator of the Apex Global Industry Day thanking everyone for a wonderful day! It truly was an amazing day!

Gallery Industry Day

Please have a look at the gallery below for an impression of the Apex Global Industry Day

Apex Global wants to thank all visitors and partners for their visit and their presentations, material and presence. It has been a great event, and we are already looking forward to the next edition!