Diebold Named Installer of the Year at 20th Annual SAMMY Awards

Learn which electronic security companies were honored for their sales and marketing efforts at the 20th annual SAMMY Awards.

LAS VEGAS – Diebold took home the coveted Installer of the Year title at Security Sales & Integration‘s 20th Annual SAMMY Awards at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino on the eve of ISC West 2015.

Established 20 years ago, the SAMMY (Sales & Marketing) Awards honor the electronic security industry’s top sales, marketing and business installation practices.

Bates Security and Stanley Security were also big winners at the ceremony, with each company taking home three trophies apiece for their marketing efforts. Additionally, Stanley Security tied with Vector Security for the Integrated Installation of the Year category.

Protection 1 continued to dominate the Best Overall Integrated Marketing Campaign category, which the firm has won since 2012.

Following is the complete list of this year’s winners:

Installer of the Year

  • Bates Security (Lexington, Ky.)
  • Diebold (Canton, Ohio) – WINNER
  • Select Security (Lancaster, Pa.)
  • Tyco Integrated Security (Boca Raton, Fla.)
  • Vector Security (Warrendale, Pa.)

Integrated Installation of the Year

  • American Integrated Security Group (College Point N.Y.)
  • Stanley Security (Naperville, Ill.) – WINNER (TIE)
  • Tyco Integrated Security (Boca Raton, Fla.)
  • Vector Security (Warrendale, Pa.) – WINNER (TIE)

Best Overall Integrated Marketing Campaign

  • Central Security Group (Tulsa, Okla.)
  • Protection 1 – WINNER
  • Stanley Security (Naperville, Ill.)

Best Sales Brochure

  • Guardian Protection Services (Warrendale, Pa.)
  • Serious Audio Video (Union City N.J.)
  • Stanley Security – WINNER

Best Video Broadcast Advertisement

  • Bates Security (Lexington, Ky.)
  • Provident Security (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
  • Vector Security (Warrendale, Pa.) – WINNER
  • Xfinity Home (Philadelphia)

Best Radio Broadcast Advertisement

  • COP Security Systems (Alexander, Ark.) – WINNER
  • Low Voltage Contractors (Minneapolis)
  • Total Compliance Services (Tempe, Ariz.)

Best Vehicle Graphics Design

  • Custom Alarm (Rochester, Minn.)
  • Electro Watchman (St. Paul, Minn.) – WINNER
  • Invision Security Group (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.)

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