Companies

Jan 1, 2003 12:00 PM

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

GE Industrial Systems, Plainville, Conn., a division of General Electric Co., has acquired InfoGraphic Systems, Garden Grove, Calif. GE has also completed its acquisition of Ion Track Inc., Wilmington, Mass., a provider of advanced trace detection systems.

Tech Systems Inc., Duluth, Ga., has acquired Baker's Security Solutions, Houston.

Apollo, Newport Beach, Calif., has acquired the ASTI product line including access control panels, alarm panels and readers. Apollo will provide upgrades from the ASTI line to current Apollo products.

AGREEMENTS

Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, has introduced a high-speed visitor management system manufactured by Security Identification Systems Corp., West Palm Beach, Fla., which will be offered by Johnson Controls under a sales agreement.

Anixter International Inc., Skokie, Ill., and Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., have announced a partnership in which Anixter will become a distributor of Axis' IP-based security equipment.

IDenticard, Lancaster, Pa., and Horizon Software International LLC, Loganville, Ga., have formed an alliance to make IDenticard's access control and imaging systems compatible with Horizon's comprehensive food service management solutions.

GE Interlogix, Plainville, Conn., has selected JM Resources, King of Prussia, Pa., as a preferred dealer in the Pennsylvania tri-state area.

CCTV manufacturer Sperry West, San Diego, and ADI, Melville, N.Y., a unit of Honeywell, have formed an international distribution and sales partnership.

Mallon and Associates, New York, and Broadband Capital Holdings have formed a joint venture to provide investment banking services to the global security industry. The new company, Mallon Capital LLC, will be based in New York.

SAFLINK Corp., Bellevue, Wash., has licensed advanced fingerprint identification algorithms from Eagan, Minn.-based BIO-key International Inc.

C and B Sales Associates, Cumming, Ga., and Trigon Electronics, Orange, Calif., have partnered in the Southeast security market.

Norbain SD Ltd., Berkshire, U.K., and Securitech International Inc., Cocoa Beach, Fla., have has been named licensed distributors of the TOPAZ access control system from InfoGraphic Systems, Garden Grove, Calif.

LEGIC Identsystems AG, Switzerland, has appointed Kaba Mas, Lexington, Ky., as a licenced U.S. partner.

LiveWave, Inc., Newport, R.I., has partnered with Argonne National Laboratory as part of the PROTECT (Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism) subway program to create early warning and response systems to safeguard from chemical attacks.

VistaScape Technology Corp., Atlanta, has signed Eagle Integrated Solutions Inc., Alberta, Canada, as an integration partner to market, integrate and deploy Security Data Management System (SDMS) software and services to airports.

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Information Technology (IT) sector, Herndon, Va., and BroadWare Technologies, Cupertino, Calif., have formed a strategic alliance to deliver networked video applications for the defense, public safety and homeland security markets.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HID Corp., Irvine, Calif., and BIO-key International Inc., Eagan, Minn., have announced a new line of security solutions combining HID card and BIO-key biometric technologies.

FKI Security Group, New Albany, Ind., (formerly Fire King Intl.) has formed the FKI Security Locksmith Council to advise on industry demand, trends and product development.

TamperGard Security Film from 3M, St. Paul, Minn., recently won the award for this year's “Outstanding Achievement in Tamper Evidence” at the Product and Image Security Convention (PISEC) in Dublin, Ireland.

Bold Technologies, Gurnee, Ill., has integrated remote video technologies from OZVision, Boston, to its central station software.

Software House, Boca Raton, Fla., has announced it has sold more than 5000 licensed C-CURE 800 systems.

Galaxy Control Systems, Wakersville, Md., is now an authorized GSA contractor.

COPS Monitoring, Williamstown, N.J., has announced plans to open a new central monitoring station in Phoenix.

T.A.C., Toronto, has been honored with a Best New Product Award at the LonWorld 2002 show. It is the third year in a row the company has won the award.

A record 420 security dealers, employees and their families recently visited Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and the 17th annual National Dealer Sales Meeting, sponsored by GE Interlogix. Winning dealers met or exceeded their six-month sales quota to earn the spectacular getaway in early November.

Infinova has relocated its corporate headquarters from Princeton, N.J., to Monmouth Junction, N.J.

Image Vault LLC, New Albany, Ind., has been named the fastest growing privately held company in Louisville in “The Fast Fifty awards program,” developed by Business First of Louisville, Ky.

A promotional CD-ROM for new Haven, Conn.-based Sargent Manufacturing's T-Zone Lever Lockset has placed as a finalist in the multi-media category of the Connecticut Vision 2002 Awards, a state-wide competition among film makers.

The MT lock from SAFLOK, Troy, Mich., has recently achieved compliance with the American National Standard Institute (ANSI)/Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) A156.25 - 2002 American National Standard for Electrified Locking Devices.

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