Skip to Content

Commercial


Rosalie McGee

Commercial

Specifically Speaking: Rosalie McGee discusses designing a comprehensive physical security plan

December 31, 2024Cory Harris, Editor

FORT WORTH, Texas—For Rosalie McGee, the skills she developed in the military served as the impetus for a career managing and designing physical security systems.    McGee, project management office (PMO) director and physical security consultant with Crux Solutions, explained that she was very young and did not recognize that she was gaining and developing skills in situational awareness, threat awareness, risk assessment, quick decision-making and crisis management.   She...

Crux Technology and Security Solutions, Rosalie McGee, Security Systems News (SSN), Specifically Speaking


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

Moon Security Services

Commercial

Pye-Barker acquires Moon Security Services

December 24, 2024SSN Staff

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Moon Security Services, expanding its reach in the Pacific Northwest. Marking a milestone in Pye-Barker's delivery of full-suite services, the acquisition allows Pye-Barker to deliver security, fire alarm, video surveillance, access control and data security services to commercial customers in Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Moon Security Services was founded in 1957 and has branches located in Pasco,...

Bart Proctor, DECO Ventures, George De Marco, Michael A. Miller, Moon Security Services, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

Martin Stein

Commercial

Blackford Capital acquires Security Fire Systems

December 20, 2024SSN Staff

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Blackford Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm, has announced the Dec. 12 acquisition of Security Fire Systems, a provider of sprinkler design, engineering, and installation services located in Dallas-Fort Worth. This acquisition launches Blackford Capital’s Fire Safety Consolidation Platform as the firm enters the fire safety and security space. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. Founded in 1993, SFS is an industry...

Blackford Capital, Chris Alexander, Martin Stein, McGuireWoods and Varnum, Mike Alexander, Oak North Bank PLC, Plante Moran, Security Fire Systems


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

Seacoast Security

Commercial

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires Seacoast Security

December 19, 2024SSN Staff

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Seacoast Security, a Northeast provider of security systems, fire alarms and video surveillance with eight locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. These locations will be Pye-Barker's first in these three states, marking important milestones for the company. By partnering with values-aligned organizations like Seacoast, Pye-Barker is in nearly every continental state. Since 1976, under the...

Barry Epstein, Bart Proctor, H. David Haynes, Maine, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, New Hampshire, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, Scott Haynes, Seacoast Security, Stephen Haynes, Vermont, Vertex Capital


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

ASSA ABLOY acquires Norshield Security Products

Commercial

ASSA ABLOY acquires Norshield Security Products

December 18, 2024SSN Staff

STOCKHOLM — ASSA ABLOY has announced the acquisition of Norshield Security Products (“Norshield”), a U.S. manufacturer of high-security openings and enclosures. Norshield was founded in 1981 and has some 70 employees. The main office and factory are located in Montgomery, Ala. "I am very pleased to welcome Norshield into the ASSA ABLOY Group. This acquisition delivers on our strategy to strengthen our position in mature markets through adding complementary products...

Assa Abloy, Lucas Boselli, Manufacturer, Nico Delvaux, Norshield Security Products


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

Security On-Line Systems

Commercial

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires Security On-Line Systems

December 5, 2024SSN Staff

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Security On-Line Systems, a security systems, fire detection and alarms company serving the Philadelphia and greater Delaware Valley regions of Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. These growing areas of the Northeast provide additional launching points for Pye-Barker to reach customers with full fire code compliance and complete life safety protection. Formed in 1974 in Ambler, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, Security...

Bart Proctor, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Phillip Gardner, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, Security On-Line Systems, William Lutz Jr.


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

George De Marco

Commercial

Registration opens for ESX 2025

December 5, 2024SSN Staff

DALLAS—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) has announced that registration is now open for the 2025 Electronic Security Expo (ESX). This trade show and educational conference, known to dealers and integrators as “The RMR Educational Event of the Year,” is designed by and for electronic security and life safety integrators and dealers. ESX 2025 will be held June 16-19 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Cobb County, Atlanta, Ga.  According to ESA, ESX is an...

Atlanta Braves, Cobb Galleria Centre, Electronic Security Association (ESA), Electronic Security Expo (ESX), George De Marco, Morris F. Weinstock Person of the Year, New York Mets, Truist Park


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

United Automation

Commercial

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires United Automation

December 5, 2024SSN Staff

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of United Automation, a fire and security systems integrator with three Louisiana locations in West Monroe, Shreveport and Alexandria. United Automation – which provides fire and security alarms, access control, video surveillance and systems automation – will strengthen Pye-Barker's efforts to service more customers with full fire code protection. The addition of United Automation in Louisiana...

Bart Proctor, Brian Smith, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, United Automation


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

2024 Bill Bozeman Award

Commercial

Nominations now open for PSA/SSN Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards

December 2, 2024Cory Harris, Editor

WESTMINSTER, Colo., and YARMOUTH, Maine—PSA and Security Systems News have announced that nominations are now open for the fourth annual Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards, which aspire to identify the leading systems integrators within security, from smaller, local integrators all the way up to the big nationals. Winners will be awarded at PSA TEC 2025 - taking place March 9-12 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver - and featured within the pages of SSN.  Broken...

2025, AK Technologies, Alscan, Bill Bozeman, Candice Aragon, Cory Harris, Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards, Matt Barnette, PSA Security Network (PSA), PSA TEC, Sage Integration, Security Systems News (SSN), Tech Systems Inc.


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon

Nico Delvaux

Commercial

ASSA ABLOY acquires Premier Steel Doors and Frames

December 2, 2024SSN Staff

STOCKHOLM—ASSA ABLOY has announced the acquisition of Premier Steel Doors and Frames, a U.S. manufacturer of hollow metal doors and frames, metal building door systems, and aluminum windows. "I am very pleased to welcome Premier into the ASSA ABLOY Group. This acquisition delivers on our strategy to strengthen our position in mature markets through adding complementary products and solutions to our core business,” said Nico Delvaux, president and CEO of ASSA ABLOY. "Premier...

Assa Abloy, Lucas Boselli, Nico Delvaux, Premier Steel Doors and Frames


Read Full Articlered right arrow icon