Sciens Building Solutions has acquired Standard Electronics, a provider of fire alarm and low-voltage systems and services, located in El Cajon, Calif., near San Diego.

With already-established locations across the state of California, Standard Electronics increases Sciens’ presence in Southern California. The partnership allows Standard Electronics to offer its customers even more resources and expertise, while leveraging Sciens North American growth, according to an announcement.

“We chose Sciens because they are thoughtful and disciplined in their growth strategy. They are buying companies to invest and grow them together, not just to have a group of companies that are loosely related,” said Brent Dusenberry, co-owner and president of Standard Electronics. “Their core values are ideally aligned with ours at Standard and we're excited to begin this next chapter in our exciting journey.”

Standard Electronics was established in 1976, serving the greater San Diego area. The company was purchased by John Mongillo and Brent Dusenberry in 2017 with the commitment to provide its customers with the most technologically advanced low voltage systems. Similar to Sciens’ previously acquired Southern California company, Time and Alarm Systems, Standard Electronics also specializes in the K-12 school market, as well as government and other verticals.

Based in San Francisco and backed by The Carlyle Group, Sciens Building Solutions is a fire and life safety company, focusing on the design, installation, provision of maintenance and inspection services for fire detection, fire sprinkler and security systems across a variety of commercial vertical markets.

“The addition of Standard brings us expanded expertise in California and adds to the hundreds of employees we already have supporting customers in the state,” said Sciens CEO Terry Heath. “We aren't adding companies just to get to scale; we partner with great organizations and then work together to grow. This allows us to serve more customers with more services and gives employees the chance to grow.”