Tag: Justin Siller
Emergency communications systems not mainstream—yet
March 26, 2015Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—Providers and integrators of emergency communication systems (ECS) face a number of challenges when trying to establish or grow markets: It's not cheap to expand a fire alarm system into an ECS. Private companies are not required by law to have multi-faceted ECS or mass notification systems (MNS). And it's difficult to get excited about a security system designed for worst-case scenarios that nobody really wants to think about.Some ECS developers remain undeterred. Campus shootings...
Chinese fire manufacturer's new $30m plant in Quebec to target U.S. market
September 22, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
SAINT-BRUNO-DE-MONTARVILLE, Quebec—A Chinese fire manufacturer plans to build a $30 million new plant in this city near Montreal next year. However, its plan to eventually target the U.S. market could face challenges, according to an industry analyst.“I think it could be hard for them to set up distribution,” Justin Siller, manager, security and building technologies, for IHS, a Colorado-based market research company.He noted that the fire alarm manufacturer, Maple Armor, would...