Red Stag Timber near Rotorua, NZ — the largest structural timber sawmill in the southern hemisphere, with 300+ staff and 1,500+ contractors across a 75-hectare site — replaced an ageing, hard-to-expand system with a Protege GX platform, installed by ICT partner Nutech Security. The entire live cutover took under two years with no production stoppages.

Wins for the site & its people

• Full changeover on a live industrial site with zero downtime, one door and gate at a time
• Aerial-photo floor plans let 24/7 guards see exactly where an alarm or smoke detector is triggering — no guesswork
• Early fire warnings via Pertronic integration help guards respond fast or direct the fire brigade
• One-click emergency function unlocks every door and gate emergency services need — no pressure on a lone guard
• Rugged tSec readers survive sun and rain outdoors with no failures; PIN keypads let after-hours visitors in safely
• Access levels tied to training and inductions control key lockers for mobile plant, with expiry reminders for H&S compliance
• Flexible reporting, email-on-event alerts and automated daily reports keep management informed
• Remote management via the Protege app — guards open gates on the go, and admins log in from anywhere in the world
• Integrated Hanwha cameras and Automated Licence Plate Recognition mean only registered trucks get in
• Easy modular expansion — add an expander on a DIN rail and go