About
Milipol
At
the end of the 70s, various French
manufacturers supplying police
equipment were worried that they
had limited commercial contacts
at international level. Contrary
to the Aeronautics and Defence
sectors, the Interior Security
sector did not have any promotion
and communications platform that
matched its importance in France.
As a result, the idea of organising
a specific international exhibition
took hold. EXPOL (EXposition POLice),
the first private initiative,
showed the way.
In
1984, the International Milipol
Committee came to life as an association
whose goal was the promotion of
security techniques and equipment.
That
same year, the first international
Milipol Show was organised in
Paris as the privileged information
and public-relations tool, open
widely to professionals in the
field of security, including manufacturers,
end-users, buyers and exhibitors
of all nationalities. The quasi-confidential
field of police, civil and military
security equipment, virtually
unknown to the general public
until that time, was thus brought
to light.
While
the subsiding cold war still held
centre stage, security services
were already at work in the wings,
fighting against such growing
menaces as criminality, drugs,
organised crime, terrorism, industrial
and economic espionage. They expressed
their latest requirements and
needs for equipment, while investigating
all the techniques available.
The
Milipol Show evolved within this
climate of expectation and demand.
It broadened out to include the
field of security which encompasses
private and public communities,
that of industry and businesses,
the protection of populations,
and internal State security.
Held
annually during the 80s, the Milipol
Paris Show found its cruising
speed as of 1991, the year in
which the biennial scheduling
was adopted.
In
1995, it acquired new dimensions
of considerable importance.
As
it was now held under the aegis
of the French Ministry of the
Interior, the Milipol Paris Show
became an official event, along
the same lines as the international
Eurosatory exhibitions for land
armament, Euronaval for naval
equipment and the Paris-Le Bourget
Aeronautics-Aerospace Exibition.
Today,
the international Milipol Trade
Show compels recognition as a
result of its professionalism
and the quality of its exhibitors
and visitors attending from around
the world, all genuinely linked
to the various security sectors.
The
Milipol brand is owned by a group
of companies - COFREXPORT, PROTECOP,
THALES, VISIOM and CIVI.POL Conseil,
a consultancy and service company
of the French Ministry of the
Interior.
The
exhibition is organised by EDS
Milipol.
