Security Industry Dynamics: April Came in with a Roar but Went out with a Whimper

The first quarter results analyzed on Memoori, a site providing information involved in security industry, entitled “The Physical Security Industry in 15 Minutes” showed that both consolidation and investment had slowed down significantly. In the first quarter of this year the number of acquisitions was 20-percent down on the same period of 2010 when Tyco made a US$2 billion acquisition of Broad view Security.  read more

Acquisitions Have Mushroomed in 2010 despite a Stagnant Security Market

The value of deals completed in 2010, identified and analyzed through Memoori monthly Executive Brief “The Physical Security Industry in 15 Minutes” was US$7.98 billion; a growth of almost 75 percent on 2009. This is the highest value ever recorded and is 28 percent higher than the previous record set in 2005 and 2007. read more

High Tech or Cash Cow Business – It's Innovative Technology that is Fuelling Acquisitions in the Security Industry

A strong feature of the physical security business in the first 10 months of this year has been the acquisition of security companies by IT-related companies. read more

Security 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 more than a billion dollars. Acquisition transactions in September were 25 percent up on the same period in 2009, which incidentally was the highest number recorded in that year. Consolidation activity for the first nine months of this year far exceeds the same period in 2009 and 2010 looks like setting a new record; for most of the majors including Honeywell Security, Schneider, Siemens Building Technologies, Johnson Controls, Bosch Security Systems and UTC Fire & Security have yet to seal a deal this year.  read more