This year, Matrox celebrates its 45th anniversary. Its two divisions—Matrox Imaging and Matrox Video — share this longevity.

To celebrate 20 years in the security industry, LRG Inc. and select vendor partners gave away $20,000 in prize money to 36 winners from across the Central U.S. via a monthly drawing of entries by dealers and distributors utilizing products from leading manufacturers. 

National Monitoring Center, a third-party monitoring center, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding. 

The conference series will feature education sessions for specific areas of expertise, networking events and product showcases throughout 2021. 

When SDM put out its inaugural issue in January, 1971, the security industry as we know it today did not exist. There were no trade shows, no systems integrators, no DIY systems and no reliable publications to turn to for information.

To show appreciation to its dealer and distribution partners, LRG will award two winning dealer entries and two winning distributor entries $500 at the end of each month through August 2021.

Speco has been a family owned and operated company since 1974, when Louis Keller, a Speco rep and board member, purchased the business. 

Monitor Controls Inc., a residential and commercial security company serving southern New England and eastern New York, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020.

Copp Systems (formerly Copp Integrated Systems) was founded in 1920 by Roy Stanley Copp, an engineer and member of the Dayton Boys, a group of young engineers and students interested in technology. Copp began selling and servicing RCA living room consoles from his Monument Avenue storefront to prominent Dayton families, including the Wrights, Deeds and Ketterings.