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Defense & IT Companies Buy into Physical Security and Strengthen the Market
October 19th, 2011Survey of the Security Business 2010 – Strategy, Drivers, Valuation & the Investment Market
February 23rd, 2011Security Industry Posts the Biggest Monthly Acquisition Spend on Record
The value of transactions this month is the highest ever recorded for a single month during the last three years, with two purchases each being over a billion dollars. Acquisition transactions in September were 25% up on the same period in 2009, which incidentally was the highest number recorded in that year. Consolidation activity for […]
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 […]
Leading Security Industry Suppliers Lack Confidence Not Money – But New Entrants See Opportunities To Forge Ahead
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 […]