Tag: Steve Kaufer
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires California-based Maximum Security
September 21, 2023SSN Staff
ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Maximum Security, a security, alarms and fire detection company based in Palm Springs, Calif.
In addition to its recent acquisition in Palm Desert, Pye-Barker said that this has opened the larger Coachella Valley region to them. The company said that it already has significant market share in California, and these acquisitions are important milestones for the company as it continues its mission to be the full-service provider of choice for...
ESOP is a good idea, industry says
April 18, 2016Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Integration firms Tech Systems and Pro-Tec Design both implemented Employee Stock Ownership Plans in the last 12 months, and most respondents to Security Systems News' latest poll said that ESOP is a good plan, benefiting the owners and the employees.A majority of respondents, 57 percent, said that an ESOP strategy benefits all parties involved, the owners and the employees.Other exit strategy options are more profitable for business owners, 19 percent said. “I personally...
Readers warming up to stand-alone home automation
August 7, 2013Leif Kothe
YARMOUTH, Maine—In June, Comcast, a relative newcomer to the industry, rolled out Xfinity Home Control, which allows homeowners to control lights and thermostats and remotely view rooms in their homes without what was traditionally the foundation of such a package: a home security system.According to respondents to SSN's September News Poll, 63 percent say professional security companies need to offer such a home automation package without a security system. However, 56 percent of the 41 respondents...