Mark Hillenburg has been named chairman of the associate members’ liaison committee for The Monitoring Association (TMA). Hillenburg is the executive director of marketing at DMP and a longtime member of TMA. As chair of the committee, he will represent associate members on the TMA board of directors.

Aiphone Corp., an international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, now has a mobile app available to new and existing installations of the GT Series multi-tenant video intercom.

VIVOTEK, an IP surveillance solution provider, has partnered with Esentia Systems Inc. The Baton Rouge, La.-based company will distribute VIVOTEK’s complete product line throughout the United States, effective immediately.

Aiphone, an international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, updated its QuikSpec online design tool, making it easier for specifiers and installers to find product information required to accurately design and assemble intercom products.

ESA has recognized the distinguished group of companies supporting the industry in 2019 through its Executive Strategic Partnership program.

TKK Electronics Inc., a Milwaukee-based provider of rugged computers, vehicle docks, mounts and mobile broadband data solutions, announced the sixth annual Technology on the Go (TechGo) Expo will take place at 838 S. 2nd St. in Walker’s Point on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. 

USAV, a division of PSA, today announced the addition of Patrick C. Whipkey as the director of USAV. In this role, Whipkey will directly impact the success of USAV by cultivating relationships with integrators, manufacturers, service provider partners and associations within the network, as well as managing programs and collaborating with the management and executive teams on the overall strategic direction of USAV. 

The newly established Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA or 'the Alliance'), a non-profit, non-stock corporation formed to outline specifications for a common standardized platform for security and safety solutions, announced that since its formation in Fall 2018, the organization has grown by 50 percent and initiatives are in full swing.

The late Don Springer started Viking Electronics in 1969, producing power supplies in the basement of his home in Hudson, Wis.