Mergers

The current wave of consolidation among security equipment manufacturers will continue, driven largely by the sector’s fragmentation, a new research report predicts. The study, from Memoori ltd., a U.K.-based research firm that follows the building automation sector, found that 50 percent of the companies in the security products industry lack the economic size to remain […]

Last month we gave you a run down on the status of the market at the end of 2009 which was abstracted from our report Survey of the Security Business 2009 – Shape Structure & Consolidation. Many thanks to those who supported it and the complimentary remarks received from those who confirmed that it had […]

This survey is about the state of the physical security industry and its most important challenge today; consolidation. Without a major restructuring, the industry will be unable to properly deliver the benefits of new technology (such as improved performance and increased productivity), to its clients and thereby sustain profitable future growth for all industry stakeholders. […]

Merger and acquisition in the security industry is holding up well and continues to defy the global trend of a rapid decline in activity across developed. This month the volume of trade has continued at the same level as that achieved in the first quarter of 2009 and that is in an environment of a […]

Whilst global mergers and acquisitions have declined rapidly in the first quarter of the year, deals in the physical security industry have held up relatively well. Comparing the last quarter of 2008 with the first quarter of 2009, activity measured by numbers of deals has remained steady, whilst demand in sales of security equipment has […]

Confidence is the key to when and how the future of the security market will unfold. Last week the G20 Summit in London communicated that the world’s leaders stand resolute behind fiscal support of the global economy and serious reforms of the international financial system. The communique sets out the broad outline of how the […]

We have in two previous articles on mergers and acquisitions in the physical security manufacturing, industry, published in A&S; International, reviewed consolidation from 2000 to 2008 and benchmarked the value of companies purchased against high technology and growth. In the January issue we reviewed entrepreneurship in the IP Video sector analysing the distribution by company, […]

This review is based on material gathered from Memoori’s monthly Executive Brief on Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances in the Security industry and then discussion with leading innovative companies around the world. The epicentre of entrepreneurship in the physical security industry is currently firmly established in the IP Video business. Memoori’s database of manufacturers of intelligent […]