Компания Eden Valley Mineral Water модернизировала систему безопасности завода с помощью 150 камер и искусственного интеллекта

Tucked near Armathwaite, just outside Carlisle, Eden Valley Mineral Water has been a quiet fixture of Cumbria's food and drink industry for years. Run by Roxane UK, the site bottles and distributes water at serious scale, which means a constant flow of lorries, forklifts, pallets and people moving across a busy factory floor, service yard and car park. With operations growing, the company decided it needed a better way to keep an eye on the whole site, not just to catch problems after they happen, but to prevent them in the first place. So, Roxane UK called in Northern Security, a local security specialist, to overhaul the plant's ageing CCTV system. The result is one of the more ambitious safety upgrades of its kind in the region: around 150 cameras now cover every corner of the site, from warehouse aisles to the car park gates. But the real story isn't the number of cameras, it's what they can do. Many of the new cameras use artificial intelligence to make sense of what they're seeing, rather than simply recording footage for someone to review later. Staff across different departments can log in, from a desk or a phone and instantly pull up live or recorded video, search for a particular vehicle or person, and see only the areas relevant to their own job. What used to take an investigator hours of scrubbing through recordings can now take minutes. One of the standout additions is a bespoke speed-monitoring system in the service yard, where lorries and vans share space with staff on foot. Radar-linked signs display a driver's speed in real time, and if anyone breaks the site's strict 5mph limit, the system automatically logs the vehicle's speed, its number plate, and a short video clip, all sent straight to the safety team. It's a simple idea, but one that's already changing driver behaviour on site and giving managers real evidence to work with, rather than guesswork. Inside the buildings, wide-angle "fisheye" cameras give a full 360-degree view of production areas, so nothing is left in a blind spot, while high-definition cameras cover the exterior and perimeter around the clock. For a site that handles large volumes of product, machinery and vehicle movement every day, the upgrade means far more than sharper pictures. It gives Roxane UK's team faster, clearer information when something needs investigating, better accountability on the roads around the plant, and the confidence that come expansion, the system can grow with them. It's a good example of how, behind the scenes of everyday Cumbrian businesses, quiet advances in technology are making workplaces measurably safer, not by replacing people, but by giving them better tools to do their jobs well. Eden Valley Mineral Water's security upgrade was delivered by Northern Security using Dahua Technology's DSS Pro video management platform.