Honeywell

Despite the fact that in September we identified 10 acquisition / merger transactions (double the number in the same month last year), the consolidation process has dramatically slowed down this year, when measured by value. This is hardly surprising given the liquidity crisis and the financial melt-down over the last two years, which has dislocated […]

There is no further factual news on the sale of GE Fire & Security since Bloomberg News announcement last month that GE Security had hired J P Morgan Chase to find a buyer. So the speculation continues and the list of potential suitors grows. But unfortunately GE, like all major corporates, is obliged to continue […]

Back in April this year we placed GE Fire & Security on our list of the top 50 potential acquisition prospects for 2009. This followed the decision that month for the sale of 81 percent of its Homeland Protection business to Safran, a French company known mainly in the security industry for its Sagem Securite […]

Allan McHale, Director of Memoori, reviews the business case for convergence and integration in buildings. Part one of this article ran in the May issue of A&S;, with the second part focusing on security systems delivering holistic solutions. Building automation is specified at the design stage for new construction, while security is frequently purchased after […]

Deals announced in June have continued at the same pace as the previous 2 months and are well up on June 2008. This would normally be greeted with surprise because a year ago the security market was a little more optimistic about the future than it is today. However economic downturns have a tendency to […]