Tag: Xtralis
SIA names Kim Loy and Brendan McFall as 2023 SIA Chair’s Award honorees
March 6, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Kim Loy and Brendan McFall as the 2023 recipients of the SIA Chair’s Award, an annual award selected by SIA’s Board of Directors chair recognizing SIA members’ diligent efforts in furthering the association’s mission and commitment to its future.
SIA will present Loy and McFall with the award at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, which will be held March...
Honeywell focused on connected home/building
April 4, 2016Martha Entwistle
LAS VEGAS—A newly reorganized Honeywell Security and Fire intends to do more acquisitions in its quest to provide “the best connected solutions,” David Paja, Honeywell Security and Fire president, told Security Systems News.
Noting that Honeywell CEO and chairman David Cote has talked about the “intent to leverage M&A as a strong tool” in driving innovation, Paja said acquiring technology, particularly software, is “a strategy at the forefront of the process.”
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Honeywell buys smoke detection business
February 5, 2016Spencer Ives
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Honeywell announced on Feb. 4 it will acquire Xtralis, a smoke detection, security and video analytics company, for $480 million.Contacted by Security Systems News, Fred Koons, corporate communications director for Xtralis, said the company couldn't comment beyond saying, “We're excited to be joining Honeywell, and think it will take Xtralis to the next level.”Honeywell declined an interview request from SSN. Xtralis' smoke detectors protect high-profile locations,...
Xtralis acquires video monitoring company Heitel
August 18, 2011Daniel Gelinas
BRUSSELS, Belgium—Xtralis, a global provider of early fire-, gas- and security- threat detection solutions, in July announced the acquisition of Kiel, Germany-based CCTV manufacturer HeiTel Digital Video GmbH. It's an acquisition that Xtralis says positions the company well for the surveillance market.
"Xtralis has been a dominant player in the remote and central monitoring market with its ADPRO by Xtralis branded product line with a very strong position, particularly in the UK," Xtralis deputy...
Air-sampling technology market goes nuclear
January 6, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
NORWELL, Mass.—About half of the nation's 104 nuclear power plants plan to update their fire protection programs based on NFPA 805, a new set of risk-based fire protection standards for nuclear reactors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced this week.
The switch is expected to generate increased revenue for companies like Xtralis that make and/or supply fire products to the highly-regulated nuclear industry.
That's because to meet the new standards, which reactors can choose...