SecurityXchange, held this year in Park City, Utah, has come a long way since it was founded shortly after 9/11. Every year, the event gathers integrators and manufacturers together for targeted meetings focused on relationships, both establishing new ones and building into existing relationships, as well as finding new technology solutions. This year, more than 325 scheduled meetings occurred during the event — in addition to the impromptu meetings over lunch, dinner and drinks.

Honeywell, Melville, N.Y., announced that Delaware Valley-based JM Resources Inc. and Executive Electronics of Southwest Florida Inc. joined the Honeywell First Alert Professional Dealer Program, an independent security dealer network.

DICE Corporation, Bay City, Mich., held its 2011 Users Group Conference (DUG ‘11) in Bay City, August 8 -10. There were several changes to the structure of the conference this year as well as new projects.

The Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s Occupational Safety and Health (KY OSH) awarded ADI, a global wholesale distributor of security and low voltage products, certification under the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). The company’s Louisville distribution facility was recognized for taking extraordinary measures to ensure the safety and health of its employees.

The Georgia Electronic Life Safety and Security Association (GELSSA) came out of its recent Savannah, Ga. meeting with several new announcements and initiatives to help increase its positive impact on the Georgia security community and get its members involved once again. GELSSA saw more than a 60 percent decline in the membership over the last five years.

Winsted Corporation, Minneapolis, a provider of ergonomic console solutions, achieved the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Certificate from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The scope of its certification is for the design, marketing, distribution and installation of control room consoles, furniture and accessories.

Cincinnati Bell Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell its Complete Protection security monitoring business to Guardian Alarm Company, Southfield, Mich. Cincinnati Bell will continue to offer Complete Protection services through a marketing agreement with Guardian.

ADR Security Services became Bates Security as of May of this year. It will be the same company, stated a press release, but its new name represents a stronger tie to the family that owns and operates its parent company, Sonitrol of Lexington Inc.

Stanley Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, Conn., announced on July 18 the expiration of the mandatory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for its previously announced offer to acquire all of the class A and class B shares and warrants of Niscayah Group AB, Stockholm, Sweden, for SEK 18 per share and SEK 0.05 per warrant in cash. All U.S. antitrust conditions to the offer were satisfied. EU approval was still pending at the time of writing.

Monitronics International, Dallas, an alarm monitoring company that works through a network of nationwide, independent authorized dealers, began participating in a program aimed at reducing emergency response time and saving lives.