# Hikvision: company

Canonical ID: `14178a30-cb76-4427-a363-51393f20971c`

## Key facts

- **HQ:** Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- **Founded:** 2001
- **Focus:** Manufacturer of video-surveillance equipment
- **Scale:** World's largest manufacturer of video-surveillance equipment
- **Backers:** Partly state-owned
- **Stage:** Placed on the U.S. BIS Entity List in Oct 2019 and subject to U.S. sanctions

- **Slug:** hikvision
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2001
- **HQ:** China

## Models

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## Supplies to

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## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikvision
2. https://www.governmentcontractslaw.com/2019/10/hikvision-dahua-technology-among-28-added-to-entity-list-resulting-in-broad-impact-on-chinese-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-and-facial-recognition-firms/

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