Fog protection put an effective end to theft of designer products

The design company Bell Xpress experienced a large number of break-ins where burglars got away with Jacob Jensen designer products, its office computers and irreplaceable prototypes. This is now history thanks to effective fog protection.

Thirteen burglaries in just one year was Bell Xpress's unpleasant record before securing their premises in a minor industrial estate.

"Previously, our administration department was burgled quite often. But after combining our burglar alarm with fog protection, we have had no burglary attempts. The cannons have triggerede twice, however, but only due to forgetful staff members," says Bo Frandsen, managing director of Bell Xpress, a well-known design producer.

Prototypes disappeared

"The numerous burglaries were extremely unpleasant. We lost some of the products displayed in our showroom as well as PCs and other office equipment. But worst of all was the theft of a collection of prototypes for new designer products during one of the burglaries. It was very annoying. And totally meaningless, as the prototypes are worthless to everyone else but us," he explains.

To stop the series of burglaries, Bell Xpress had fog cannons installed, and they have put an effective end to the annoying burglaries. Since the installation, the company has only been burgled twice, and it almost seemed as if the burglars had not seen the stickers on the windows. They were stopped by the fog before being able to remove any valuables. So the company can now focus on their products and exports.

"And since we work with world-class design, we don't exactly mind that our fog cannons are so elegant that they blend in with the other products in our showroom, which has visitors from all over the world," Bo Frandsen says, smiling.

Exports to more than 30 markets

Bell Xpress has specialised in the production and distribution of JACOB JENSEN designer products by Danish designer Jacob Jensen and now his son Timothy Jacob Jensen. The products are well-known and very popular internationally and are exported to more than 30 countries worldwide. The 10-12 most important markets are European countries, while Japan is the largest non-European market.

"Thailand and Malaysia have also shown a great interest in our JACOB JENSEN DESIGN, and most recently we have designed 30 shop-in-shops in Hong Kong exclusively with our products. The potential out there is enormous. The Chinese east coat of alone boasts a population of 500 million people, of whom 20 million are dollar millionaires," says Bo Frandsen.