The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) will feature four learning centers on its 2015 trade show floor. The hosts of these learning centers will be Avigilon, Axis Communications, Rapid Response and Security Partners, respectively.
Brivo has been wholly acquired for $50 million by Dean Drako, who will serve as the company’s chairman, while Steve Van Till, Brivo’s president and CEO, will continue leading the company.
David A. Stang, founder and president of Stang Capital Advisory, established the company after running Bank of America’s Security Alarm special industry group for nearly 10 years and working in banking for more than 20 years.
On June 25, 2015, two motions will be considered at the NFPA meeting in Chicago which will impact the security industry as well as its customers. The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) issued the following information to explain the proposed NFPA revisions and how they could limit or eliminate private competition by listed central stations’ ability to provide remote station service.
Apollo Global Management of New York will purchase both Protection 1, Romeo, Ill., listed at No. 6 on the SDM 100, and ASG Security, Beltsville, Md., ranked No. 10 on the SDM 100.
Demonstrating its commitment to customers in the Pacific Northwest, North American Video (NAV), Brick, N.J., a SDM Integrator of the Year award winner, opened a new office in Everett, Wash., which is centrally located within the state’s primary gaming area.
ADI announced that Ricky Gonzalez, owner of ACI Telephones in Houston, Texas, was selected from more than 9,000 entries to win ADI’s customer appreciation sweepstakes and a new Chevrolet Corvette.
ASSA ABLOY, New Haven, Conn., announced that its manufacturing facility in its hometown headquarters received certification for Sustainable Manufacturing Practices from GreenCircle Certified, LLC.
Cypress Computer Systems Inc., Lapeer, Mich., and Security Solutions Inc., Cummings, Ga., announced that Security Solutions Inc. now represents Cypress in 25 Eastern states.
B Safe Inc. Wilmington, Del., a regional provider of security and fire alarms to Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, acquired two security companies — SMARTIS Security Systems, Dover, Del., and American Protection Inc., southern N.J.