Hikvision to invest in an R&D center in Montreal and a research institute in Silicon Valley

The Chinese manufacturer of network video surveillance systems has announced its globalization and research strategy with the opening of an engineering development center in the Canadian city, and technology in the business innovation zone of the Santa Clara Valley (California – USA).

The multinational Hikvision Make two major strategic investments: an R+D center in Montreal (Canada), which will focus on safety engineering developments, while the so-called Hikvision Research Institute of Silicon Valley in California will be dedicated to technological innovation.

This was announced by Yangzhong Hu, CEO of Hikvision: "These two outstanding investments underline our R+D globalization strategy and commitment to providing products with innovative and revolutionary technologies aimed at the needs of our partners and customers worldwide".

Hikvision, which currently has more than 8.000 R+D engineers, item to which it allocates around the 7% of your income, establish its Research Institute outside China for the first time. A movement that, as Hu asserted, "It is part of Hikvision's global strategy to advance its support and service in regions outside of China., in a logical location for it".

In the case of the new R+D center in the Canadian city, country in which Hikvisión has a presence, responds so much to its ideal location, as well as the team of engineers specialized in IP video.

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