Novotec Engineering GmbH, based in St. Wolfgang near Munich, specializes in control technology and has cooperated with Siemens for some years in the development of emergency control systems for police and fire department emergency call control units, rescue services and other security control centers. The company generated sales revenues in the single-digit millions with 20 employees in 2005. Some 80% of this total was derived from activities outside Germany.

Software used for alarm and control of intervention forces had a total market volume of some 100 million euros in 2005 and an annual growth rate of more than five percent.
Novotec Engineering's core product is the ELS/GEOFIS application software: this networks main control stations for police, fire department, emergency medical services as well as monitoring centers operated by private service providers. This ensures control of intervention forces, especially in crisis situations where the time factor is critical.

The software is scaleable and is suitable both for small installations and for highly complex C4I systems (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelli-gence).

This is the fourth acquisition by SBT in the security sector within the past twelve months. Together with its existing business in the German market, through the purchase of Novotec, Siemens will now occupy a leading position in the field of emergency operations control centers.