Honeywell has been honoured by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan with its 2006 European Security Company of the Year Award in the building technologies category.

The award recognises Honeywell's successful sales programmes, continued solutions innovation and strategic acquisitions in the security sector.

"Honeywell's robust sales strategy, combined with a number of key strategic acquisitions, has enabled the company to surpass the European security solutions market for two years in a row and firmly position itself among the industry leaders," said research analyst Nick Houldsworth. "An established record of developing leading-edge, innovative technology solutions has also underpinned the company's rapid expansion."

• IndigoVision has also been honoured by Frost & Sullivan, taking out the 2006 Technology Innovation and Leadership of the Year award in the European security industry. The award was presented in recognition of IndigoVision's advanced strategies for product and technological development of IP video solutions for CCTV applications.

• TeleEye Group has received the HKEIA award at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair for its RX Series Video Recording Transmitter, and the multi-rate video compression technology SMAC-M.