Physical Security Industry
Webinar: China’s Security Industry Flexes its Muscles!
April 15th, 2016Physical Security M&A Activity in the First 2 Months of 2016 Set a Record Unlikely to be Surpassed
April 5th, 2016What Now for Honeywell & UTC as Proposed Deal Fails to Get Off the Ground?
It’s been widely reported that Honeywell and UTC have been exploring the possibility of a merger. However it seems UTC rejected Honeywell’s $90 billion offer on grounds that the deal will never win US and EU antitrust approval. Since then Honeywell have made a vigorous counter statement insisting that regulatory obstacles need not prevent the […]
“There is No Better Place to provide Building Automation from than Access Control”
This month Memoori spoke with Adam Stroud, Paxton Access Chief Executive, about the companies ambitions and the role of Access Control in a smart, connected building. Adam is responsible for overseeing the direction and strategy for all companies in the Paxton Group; Paxton Access Ltd, Gendis Ltd, Paxton Access Inc. and Paxton GmbH. After intensifying […]
Honeywell Acquires Xtralis to Strengthen their Fire Detection Business
At the end of last week, Honeywell announced that they have agreed to acquire smoke detection and security company Xtralis for $480M. Although Xtralis is based in Ireland this deal is not motivated by the attraction to lower their tax bill through an inversion, as was the case last week in the announcement by Johnson […]
How Will the Johnson Controls / Tyco Deal Play Out?
Johnnson Control’s offer to acquire Tyco International has been accepted by the Tyco board. However it is not yet a done deal. The premium being offered by Johnson Controls looks reasonable but will it attract other companies to step in with a better offer for the Tyco shareholders? In our New Report on the Security […]
Emerging Technologies Contribution to Driving Security Industry Growth
Despite the fact that the world market for physical security products grew by 7.5% in 2015 according to Memoori’s 2015 Annual Report, there is an undercurrent of pessimism in some sectors of the business, because the rate growth has declined. This particularly applies to video surveillance cameras, where unit prices have fallen over the last […]
Western Video Surveillance Manufacturers Need New Strategies to Compete with the Chinese
One of the main findings in Memoori’s New Annual Report on the Physical Security Industry shows that business models need to be constantly fine tuned, in order to meet the needs of all stakeholders in the supply chain. The two major disruptive factors that bring about the need for change is the introduction of emerging […]
Mergers & Acquisitions in Physical Security start an Upwards Trend to 2020
Merger and Acquisition in the Physical Security industry has been on a roller coater ride over the last 15 years. With an upswing in 2015, Memoori’s New Report predicts that industry M&A will start a new cycle of growth during the next few years. In 2015 the value of deals increased to $5,700m. The two […]
Audio: How the Cloud is Transforming Identity Management & Access Control
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 12th Free Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… “How the Cloud is Transforming Identity Management & Access Control.” A Webinar Q&A with Steve Van Till, President & CEO of Brivo. In this Webinar, we discuss some important […]