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UPS acquires CastleGuard Security

November 2, 2012SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Universal Protection Service, a provider of security services based here, announced recently the acquisition of CastleGuard Security, a security company servicing the Miami-Fort Lauderdale region, according to a UPS press release. The acquisition expands the guard and security company's guard force in southern Florida. “We are excited to take on the special customers and vertical markets that CastleGuard protected,” Brian Cescolini, chairman and co-CEO, Universal...

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UPS acquires A&R

September 5, 2012SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Guard and security installation company Universal Protection Service announced this week it has acquired A&R Security Services Inc., one of the largest privately owned and operated guard providers in the Midwest.The acquisition, announced Sept. 4 and which includes A&R's United Security LLC, will expand Universal's guard force throughout Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin. It will enable the company “to execute its...

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Universal Protection acquires guard-tracking technology

May 16, 2012Martha Entwistle

SANTA ANA, Calif.— Universal Protection, a $500 million guard company that also does security installation, on April 2 acquired Heritage Security Services of San Diego. It also acquired a guard-tracking technology that its CEO says is "game-changing."In addition to 1,200 guards, the deal brings with it a “proprietary and patented guard-tracking technology.” That is what really drew Universal into the deal, Steve Jones, co-CEO and COO of Universal Services of America, the parent...

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