Midwest Alarm expands into Nebraska
By Paul Ragusa
Updated Wed August 3, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa—Midwest Alarm Services, a provider of life safety systems based here, has acquired Electric Specialties Company of Omaha, Neb., a company that also specializes in life safety systems, including service, inspection and monitoring services to more than 350 customers.
The terms of the deal between the two companies were not disclosed.
Established in 1950, Midwest Alarm Services became part of Per Mar Security Services through an acquisition in 1998, which allowed the then small company an opportunity for growth, including the opening of an office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and an office to service the Quad Cities, which stretched Midwest Alarm Services territory into eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
Doug Richard, president of Midwest Alarm Services, said that he is “very excited” to expand the company's footprint now into Nebraska, and looks forward “to growing with the great team that is already in place” there.
Herk Campbell, who will be joining the Midwest Alarm Services team along with his employees, founded Electric Specialties Company in 1983. The company is a Notifier dealer, and provides life safety systems and services including card access systems, fire alarm systems, fire extinguishers/hoods, fire inspections, master clock systems, monitoring, nurse call systems, system design/layout and video surveillance.
Campbell said that Midwest Alarm is the “perfect fit” for his company.
Note: Check back for more on this story, including an interview with Midwest Alarm Services president Doug Richard.
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