UTC Climate, Controls & Security closed on the sale of its fire and security branch operations in the U.S. to Comvest Investment Partners, a private equity fund of the Comvest Group.
Bosch Security Systems Inc. announced that Climatec Building Technologies Group, Phoenix, Ariz. was awarded a new 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor truck as the grand prize in the company’s Ticket to Ride promotion, which has been in place since October 2011.
Mark your calendars for the annual Electronic Security Association Day on Capitol Hill, April 17 and 18, in Washington, D.C. Members from across the country will gather to meet with their congressional representatives and staffs to discuss issues that are critical to the security industry and public safety.
UPDATED - Audax Group, an investor in lower-middle market companies, completed the acquisition of Tri-Northern Holdings Inc., d.b.a. Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution.
Jay Hauhn, chairman of the board of directors for the Security Industry Association (SIA), unveiled the organization’s new logo on March 28, 2012 at the ISC West show in Las Vegas.
Central station managers going to Las Vegas for the upcoming ISC West can also earn certification as trainers. The recently-revised SIA-APCO Central Station Operator Instructor (Train the Trainer) Course is scheduled for March 25-28 at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, with additional sessions throughout the year.
3M Cogent, Pasadena, Calif., a global provider of biometric identification solutions to government agencies and commercial enterprises, announced that its MiY-ID Gov biometric access control reader is the first product to be certified as an approved biometric authentication system by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in accordance with FIPS 201 standard.
At ISC West last week, Samsung Techwin and Intelligent Security Systems (ISS) jointly exhibited an integrated video surveillance system that combines Samsung’s video surveillance cameras and devices and ISS video management services (VMS) and image analytics.
Matrix Systems, a Miamisburg, Ohio-based access control and security solutions provider, appointed security industry veteran Ron Kandcer as its vice president-sales last week during ISC West.