Archive: September 2003
SimplexGrinnell wins GSA services schedule
September 25, 2003Andrea Gura
September 25, 2003
WESTMINSTER, Mass. - Fire and systems integrator SimplexGrinnell announced Thursday that it had secured a new agreement with the United States General Services Administration that will make the company's maintenance and repair services available to federal agencies.
The new listing complements SimplexGrinnell's other GSA schedules in fire detection and alarm products, nurse call/patient response products and time solution products by also encompassing the ongoing maintenance...
Strategic Vista to buy Mansoor Electronics
September 25, 2003SSN Staff
September 25, 2003
TORONTO - Strategic Vista International has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets of Mansoor Electronics for approximately $3.5 million in an all-cash transaction.
The deal is expected to close on Sept. 30.
Through the Mansoor acquisition, Strategic Vista hopes to expand its distribution channel and increase its product range, according to Bernie Klein, Strategic Vista’s chairman and chief executive officer.
Strategic Vista will also acquire rights...
Mayor looks to alarm companies to ease budget crunch
September 25, 2003Derek Rice
September 25, 2003
SEATTLE - Facing budget shortfalls next year, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed a license fee for alarm monitoring companies as a means of bringing in additional revenue.
Nickels made the proposal in his 2004 budget, which the Seattle City Council will consider on Sept. 29.
Under the proposed licensing structure, alarm companies would be required to pay an annual fee of $40 for each of its monitored burglar alarms, $80 for monitored fire alarms not required by fire code...
Axcess signs supply agreement with Honeywell
September 25, 2003SSN Staff
September 25, 2003
DALLAS - Security equipment manufacturer Axcess International has signed a supply agreement with Honeywell to provide that company's Automation & Control Solution Service business unit with Axcess' patented RFID solution.
Now a strategic supplier, Axcess will sell its battery-powered wireless tag to Honeywell, which will sell, install and support the product through its worldwide offices as part of Honeywell's Asset Locator, a part of the Enterprise Buildings Integrator system....
Barrier, gate companies merge
September 18, 2003SSN Staff
September 18, 2003
IRVING, Texas - Integrated Security Systems announced that its security gate subsidiary, B&B Electromatic, has merged with ARMR Services Corp., a supplier of crash rated barriers and parking control equipment.
The new company will operate under the name B&B ARMR Corp and combine products and solutions to offer customers with “best of breed solutions,†according to C.A. Rundell Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Integrated Security Systems.
“We...
ASIS commissions industry study
September 18, 2003SSN Staff
September 18, 2003
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - ASIS International has given Eastern Kentucky University's Justice & Safety Center a $150,000 grant to compile a report about trends in private security. That grant, which will be matched with another $150,000 from EKU's College of Justice and Safety, will examine revenues and expenditures of the security industry, broken down into eight subsets: alarm companies, contract guards, private investigators, consultants/security engineers, locksmiths, manufacturers,...
Fire Systems Design wins contract
September 18, 2003SSN Staff
September 18, 2003
HURST, Texas - The Republic Group of Insurance Companies has selected Fire Systems Design, a Notifier distributor based here, to serve as the contractor for the retrofit fire alarm installation in the company's 314,000 square foot headquarters in Dallas.
The new system will include a Notifier AM-2020 fire alarm control panel with remote audio paging capabilities and multiple XPIQ transponders distributed throughout the building for audio amplification. Two risers for fire detection...
Diebold buys Australian, New Zealand-based integrator
September 18, 2003SSN Staff
September 18, 2003
NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Systems integrator Diebold, Inc. has acquired Vangren Technology, a company specializing in the sales, service and installation of electronic security solutions throughout Australia and New Zealand.
The purchase enables Diebold to expand its reach outside the United States, said Bartholomew J. Frazzitta, vice president of security for Diebold. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Vangren is regarded as one of Australia's...
Redwood City systems group relocates
September 11, 2003Andrea Gura
September 11, 2003
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The low-voltage group of an $80 million electrical contractor has relocated into new space to accommodate its growing division.
Redwood City Electric, an electrical contractor that opened its doors in the early 1970s, in June moved its Systems Group to a much larger location, about 40,000 square feet. The building, located down the road from Redwood's former facility, is located at the interchange of I-880 and Route 101, a major intersection that makes the...
Little Rock airport deploys Bioscrypt readers for security
September 11, 2003SSN Staff
September 11, 2003
TORONTO - Bioscrypt has installed 100 fingerprint readers that incorporate HID’s iClass contactless smart card technology for security at Little Rock National Airport. The system will provide access control for about 5,000 users.
According to Julia Webb, vice president of global sales and marketing for Bioscrypt, fingerprinting is the most mature and reliable biometric technology. She added that fingerprinting will be the primary technology deployed in airports in 2004.
The...