Habitec Security, ranked No. 53 on the SDM 100, has acquired three companies: Sentinel Alarm Company of Columbus, Ohio; MetaSECURE, a division of MetaLINK, of Defiance, Ohio; and Central Security & Electronics of Traverse City, Mich. The acquisitions allow Habitec to grow in all three of their branch offices.
Sonitrol of the Triangle, a provider of commercial security systems in Raleigh, N.C. for nearly 20 years and ranked No. 97 on the SDM 100, has acquired Sonitrol of the Triad in Greensboro, N.C.
Eagle Eye Networks Inc. has acquired Panasonic Cloud Management Services Europe B.V. (PCMSEU), makers of Panasonic CameraManager and Panasonic Nubo. PCMSEU operated the largest number of cloud recorded cameras in Europe.
Select Security, ranked No. 32 on the SDM 100, acquired Charlotte, N.C.-based Intelligent Technology Inc. and Carolina Security Group following its entry into the territory late last year, adding nearly 1,000 new customers and key team members to its existing branch operation.
Recently, ADT LLC, a provider of security and automation solutions for homes and businesses and ranked No. 1 on the SDM 100, celebrated one of its LifeSaver events in Fresno, Calif., where ADT customer Katie Anderson shared a powerful story of survival.
Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients and ranked No. 26 on the SDM 100, honored CEO Michael Duffy for his 50 years of full-time employment at Per Mar Security Services.
A federal appeals court ruled on June 5 that Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations LLC (RCDI) must pay legal fees to security dealer ADS, ranked No. 20 on the SDM 100 and SDM’s 2014 Dealer of the Year, overturning an eastern Texas district court decision that had sided with RCDI in a patent infringement case.
An article on Slate.com said that police in South Wales have been the first in the UK to use automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology to identify and arrest a suspect on May 31.