Legrand North America, West Hartford, Conn., completed its acquisition of Middle Atlantic Products Inc., which now becomes the company’s new Commercial A/V division.
Stanley Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, Conn., and Niscayah, Stockholm, Sweden, a global provider and integrator of security solutions, both announced today that Stanley has made an offer to acquire the Swedish company.
SDM announced the recipients of its fourth annual Channel Partner Awards during ESX in Charlotte, N.C. on June 9. These awards are presented to manufacturers in the security industry based on nominations and votes received from SDM magazine subscribers via a two-part online survey process conducted by Clear Seas Research. The awards recognize the superior support these companies provide to the dealer and integrator channel.
LRG Inc., an independent factory rep organizations servicing the electronic security industry, is celebrating its tenth anniversary in style with $10,000.00 in rewards giveaways. Cash prize drawings are being held every month from January through August 2011 and reward both a distributor salesperson and a dealer with $500 each simply for selling or purchasing any product from sponsor manufacturers Altronix, Denon, EverFocus, Gentex, Remee Wire, Tane, and Winland. Complete contest rules are posted at www.lanrepgroup.com.
How to stay at the top of your game? Stay attuned to change, specifically to game changer technology platforms, including the ones discussed in this article, that are poised to take security from ‘what it is’ to ‘what it will be.’ Almost everyone has heard a version of Isaac Asimov’s famous quote, “The only constant is change,” which is a translated version of a quote by Heraclitus, a 500 B.C. Greek philosopher.
We only install IP,” keynote Domenic Flores, senior project manager for Royal Caribbean Cruise LTD, Miami, bluntly said while discussing the cruise lines’ security philosophy at the Axis A&E Technology Summit 2011. Flores’ presentation illustrated one simple message from Axis Communications Inc., Chelmsford, Mass., and its technology partners during the summit — IP adoption continues to move full steam ahead with stronger business value and a rapidly falling price tag that matches the added features and functionality IP-based systems offer.
Retailers lost more than $37 billion to theft last year, according to an annual survey recently conducted by the University of Florida with a funding grant from ADT Commercial, a security systems integrator. The National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) preliminary results show an increase in theft by nearly $4 billion, from $33.5 billion in 2009 to $37.1 billion in 2010.
Stanley Convergent Security Solutions Inc. (Stanley CSS), Naperville, Ill., has expanded its strategic partnership with Lenel Systems International Inc. in order to support the Picture Perfect and Facility Commander™ Wnx product lines. Lenel is a business of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. According to the company, Stanley CSS continues to deepen its already best-in-class security integrator presence in the industry, extending and strengthening its product delivery platform for its valued customers with this addition.
Pixim Inc., a provider of imaging chips for enterprise security cameras, announced the acquisition of Advasense Technologies Ltd., a developer of next generation CMOS image sensor technology located in Ra’anana, Israel.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), Alexandria, Va., will host the Airport Security Keynote Lunch at the Government Summit at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21 at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Scott Broyles, president and chief executive officer, Safe Skies Alliance, will discuss ways manufacturers and integrators can participate in the Aviation Security System Integrated Support Testing (ASSIST) program.
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