Motorola

Motorola Solutions achieved record sales in 2022 in both its product segments and all three technology groups. The firm’s total revenue in 2022 reached $9.1 billion, a 12% increase on 2021 figures. While growth came primarily from its radio communications product lines, its video security business has also grown by around $300 million year-over-year and […]

In this Research Note, we examine Motorola Solutions Video Security and Access Control business based on their Q1-2022 financial results, investor presentations and M&A. Our analysis of two recently acquired companies, Calipsa and Videotec, brings Motorola’s deal count up to eight acquisitions in this segment in less than four years. Motorola announced its Q1 results on 12 May 2022, […]

Motorola Solutions has added another company to its growing portfolio of Security brands, this time with the acquisition of Ava Security, a vendor of cloud video surveillance and analytics. Terms of the deal were not released at this stage, but in keeping with previous Motorola acquisitions, they will probably be released in a future financial […]

Motorola Solutions continues its strategy of investing in its video surveillance and analytics business with the purchase of Envysion, a US physical security provider for the retail sector, for $124 million net of cash on 2nd November. Envysion’s loss prevention offering for quick-service restaurants, convenience, and specialty stores is a cloud-based solution. It integrates video systems […]

Our smart buildings and smart cities are now being designed to sense and understand the world around them much like humans do. Networks of sensors hear via microphones in voice control, smell via air quality or gas monitors and feel via temperature, humidity, or pressure sensors. However, like in humans, sight is generally accepted as […]

Motorola Solutions continued its video acquisition binge this week with the purchase of Pelco for $110 million in cash. It marks their third video surveillance acquisition in the last two years, as they continue to try and position themselves among the industries top tier suppliers. It comes less than two months after their acquisition of […]

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Over $2.9 billion was invested in firms providing physical security solutions for residential, commercial and industrial facilities in 2019. The data from our new report on M&A and Investments in Smart Buildings H2-2019 reveals the extent of global investment in the physical security […]

Memoori have been collecting and analysing global M&A data in the Physical Security Industry covering the last 18 years. This article looks at the trends that have taken place over this period driven by the need for consolidation built around innovative products that deliver solutions. We review the impact M&A has had on developing winners […]