Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions in Physical Security start an Upwards Trend to 2020
January 5th, 2016Ecova Acquires Retroficiency for its Building Data Analytics
October 29th, 2015Acuity Brands Acquires Distech Controls for $252m to Expand Further into Building Automation
Acuity Brands has just acquired Intelligent Building Automation And Energy Management company Distech Controls for $252.8 million. Canadian based Distech has some innovative products to control HVAC, Access Control and Video Surveillance in Buildings; allowing connectivity and analysis of different systems. It generated $55.7m in sales last year, meaning Acuity paid an exit sales multiple […]
In 2014, Growth through Acquisition in Video Surveillance Cooled Off – Will the Axis Deal Change this now?
The announcement last month that Canon will buy Axis Communications has created much comment about the significance of the deal and how it may change the competitive landscape; setting off a new wave of consolidation in the Security industry. To establish the importance of this deal you need to go back over at least the […]
3 Recent Acquisitions Underline the Future Direction of Physical Security
We recently wrote about the status of M&A in Physical Security, in an article called “Strategic Acquisitions Dominate Security M&A; Whilst Major Conglomerates & External Buyers lose their Appetite” – http://memoori.com/strategic-acquisitions-dominate-security-m-whilst-major-conglomerates-external-buyers-lose-appetite/ In the last 2 years there has been a significant trend for medium sized specialist companies (previously totally dependent on organic growth) to adopt […]
Strategic Acquisitions Dominate Security M&A; Whilst Major Conglomerates & External Buyers lose their Appetite
In the last 6 years M&A activity within the security industry, has for the most part been driven by the major conglomerates through strategic buys to acquire new technology, expand their product range, or improve focus on particular vertical markets and regions in the world where demand is growing. However within the last 4 years […]
Samsung Opens its Internet of Things Chequebook Again… And Invests in UK StartUp Evrythng
On the heels of its SmartThings acquisition this summer, Samsung has now announced that it is partnering and investing (through its venture arm – Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation) in Evrythng; an interesting UK based Start Up that provides software to give every single object in the world a unique web-addressable URL. The aim being to […]
Cooking Up “Protocol Soup” for the Building Internet of Things (BIoT)
Most of the column inches dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) inevitably focus on consumer products. However last weeks’ acquisition of IoT pioneer Neul by Chinese mobile giant Huawei has shifted focus a little bit towards M2M / Industrial solutions. Huawei paid a reported $25m for Neul, who are a key contributor to the […]
Sizing the Smart Wireless Lighting Controls Market 2013 and Growth to 2018
Not surprisingly the introduction of LED Lighting has given a major boost to smart lighting controls right across the globe; but we are now entering a new phase of its development, when LED will be dependent upon smart wireless controls, if it is to open up the vast retrofit market in the commercial and industrial […]
The Milestone Acquisition and its Importance to the Video Surveillance Business
When the world leader in open Video Management Software (VMS) is acquired it’s not surprising that it results in many hundreds of column inches of widely differing opinions; usually surrounding the impact it could have on VMS and the wider implications for the IP Video Surveillance industry. Some of this discussion has focused on “Why […]
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