Dieter Dallmeier, an important personality, died much too early, at the age of only 67. As a doer and pioneer in security, he not only rendered outstanding services to developments in the security market. The editors of Wiley and GIT SECURITY were also shocked by the news of this sad event. We had been in contact with Dieter Dallmeier since the 90s of the last century. He was always ready and willing to provide information about the solutions he and his team came up with and insights into the company's activities. Most recently also in a major Dieter Dallmeier GIT interview about responsibility in matters of data protection, ethics and sustainability.

According to information from his team, he was still present in the company every day and with full commitment until his death on 16 December 2022. Dieter's son Thomas Dallmeier had already been a partner in the management since 2015, and the subsequent succession of the company's management had thus been arranged for a long time. The next generation was thus already in place, the future fate of the company in the best hands - the more, one would have wished that Dieter Dallmeier could look back on the further development of his life's work for much longer. 

The news of Dieter Dallmeier's death deeply shocked all employees of his company, as can be read on the Dallmeier homepage, and filled the entire Dallmeier Group with great sadness. Dieter Dallmeier was regarded as an entrepreneur par excellence, even beyond his own company, also worldwide, as a technical and entrepreneurial visionary the likes of which the industry rarely experiences. His vision, his determination and his tireless commitment have contributed to the fact that the company he and his wife Christina founded together in 1984 has become what Dallmeier Electronic is today: a global player with regional roots and more than 400 employees worldwide supplying customers in over 60 countries with video technology from Germany.

For a long time, as long-time companions confirm, he himself stood on the ladder as an installer of video systems and lent a hand himself. This down-to-earth attitude, which has always remained with him, has shaped many things in the company: From the products, which, as readers of GIT SECURITY have confirmed time and again, were developed with a great deal of love and understanding of detail for the market and for the users, to the way he treated his employees. According to the Dallmeier team, this interaction was always characterised by great personal appreciation for good work and for the people behind the tasks.

The company continues to write on the homepage: Due to a unique combination of entrepreneurial spirit, decisiveness and human kindness, Dieter Dallmeier had always enjoyed the highest esteem among the staff, but also among customers, partners and suppliers. Once again, the publishing house Wiley and the magazine GIT SECURITY can only fully concur.

With the death of Dieter Dallmeier, the security industry, the business world loses a great entrepreneur, doer, and inventor who, with his ideas and commitment, has significantly shaped not only the video security industry over four decades.

Wiley and GIT SECURITY would like to take this opportunity to express their sincere condolences to the Dallmeier family, friends and the entire team.

Milestones of Dallmeier Electronic, the company founded by Dieter Dallmeier:

1984 Company founded

1993 First petrol station solution - first digital technology to combat fuel theft

1997 Winning of a major project at the "Crown Casino" in Australia. Start of successful casino business and first impulse for growth

2000 First digital video sensor with image memory and transmission

2001 Foundation of Dallmeier UK

2003 Foundation of Dallmeier Macau and Dallmeier USA

2004 "Virtual video matrix" with MPEG-2 encoding for the "Sands Casino" in Macau

2010 "SeMSy" Security Management Software

2011 Presentation of the patented "Panomera" camera systems for long distances and large areas

From 2012: Expansion into further key markets such as international airports, sports stadiums, safe city, logistics, industry, critical infrastructure

2015 Purchase of the company building in Bahnhofstrasse

2019 35 years of Dallmeier and opening of the "Dallmeier Experience Centre" on the third floor of the company headquarters