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Smart Grid – Report on Size, Structure & Growth
September 3rd, 2010Will Smart Grid Outperform its Clean Tech Cousins and Become the Jewel in the Crown
June 9th, 2010Is the Smart Grid Industry just too big for the Utility Companies to Finance and Manage
In the last two months, first quarter figures for 2010 and 2009 year end from the smart grid manufacturers have been released and they show some interesting trends. Itron has delivered a strong 2009 performance increasing its revenues by 29% on 2008, whilst Echelon a serious competitor in the metering business has suffered a significant […]
Trading Conditions Marginally Improve and Consolidation Activity Continues to Grow in the First Quarter of 2010
In the first quarter of 2010 the number of acquisitions announced has grown by 50% on the same period of 2009 and has more than doubled based on the cost of buying. This trend looks set to continue for the rest of this year. Deals announced in March have significantly increased on February but have […]
What’s Driving Consolidation (And What it Means for Integrators)
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 […]
2009 Review of Consolidation in the Physical Security Industry
Almost a year ago, we forecast for 2009 a slowing down in merger and acquisition activity, but more ‘stock for stock’ deals and a significant growth in alliances. Alliance arrangements have grown in abundance and ‘stock for stock’ mergers have increased but not to the extent that we anticipated. However, the volume of mergers measured […]
Majors in the Security Business are Losing Share, Confidence and Ambition Whilst They Sit on Their Cash
The third quarter results of the major security players reported this month would suggest that the market for electronic security products and systems has not yet bottomed out. The decline in security sales, where reported, was around 15% compared with the same period last year. As also noted last month it is evident that the […]
Entrepreneurship in the IP Video Industry
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 […]
Consolidation Brings More Productivity To The Security Industry
There are two major forces that have over the last 5 years brought about a reshaping of the structure of the Security Industry. The first is a rapid consolidation process that is particularly rife when a business is young, immature and growing fast. The second is a heady cocktail of converging technologies brought in from […]
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