Introduction

ICTS - International Consultants on Targeted Security - has long been a name synonymous with Aviation Security. The world leader in its field, ICTS - founded in 1982 - has been at the forefront of the global Aviation Sector for over two decades, building an unrivalled reputation for professional integrity, service quality, innovation and commercial ethos.

Fast-growing and dynamic, with cutting-edge technology solutions to complement a wide range of services, ICTS attributes its continuing success to uncompromising commitment to serving our clients, with respect to their resources and identification with their objectives. This is achieved through effective management of ICTS's most important resource - our employees - for which we aim to provide a safe, fair, supportive and rewarding environment where they can progress and fulfill their potential.

ICTS has developed an international customer base, expanding its operations across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In 2000, ICTS International incorporated its European Operations under ICTS Europe Holdings B.V., which was sold in 2002 to Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport. In April 2008, Fraport AG has sold its wholly-owned ICTS Europe Holdings B.V. subsidiary to Management Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), a leading Germany-based private equity compay, experienced in the industrial services sector and DBAG's Fund V co-investor fund. ICTS Europe comprises 25 operating companies in 24 countries, maintaining offices at over 80 locations across Europe, employing over 10,000 staff. In 2007, ICTS in Europe provided services to over 700,000 flights; this included enhanced aviation security services provided to approximately 110,000 of these flights.

ICTS over the years developed and introduced professional concepts and service solutions that later became industry benchmarks. ICTS Europe is an innovative, enthusiastic and instrumental force in the industry, effectively facing the professional, technological, commercial and security challenges of the global aviation sector.