Net sales were $618.5 million in the third quarter, down from $642.9 million in the third quarter of 2014. Acquisitions contributed to $18.9 million to net sales.
SSI spoke with Nortek Security & Control Senior Vice President Product and Market Development Duane Paulson and Numera CEO Tim Smokoff for an exclusive discussion on business strategies, the DIY market and more.
The Numera Libris solution is expected to help A.P.I. and Security Central dealers meet the demand for mobile health and safety monitoring services.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nortek, which owns a slate of audio, video, security and home automation brands, may be in talks to be acquired by United Technologies Corp.
Nortek Security & Control, the PERS provider featured in Life Alert commercials, has acquired Numera, maker of cellular-enabled health and wellness systems including fall detection and telehealth.
Nortek Security and Control is priming the newly launched GoControl brand name to attain consumer-level recognition like Bose, Sonos and Nest with a strong UMAP policy.
Linear President Michael O’Neal said the name change reflects its parent company’s emphasis on the connected home.
Did you know that Nortek’s Linear security and home automation group has the only NASA-approved doorsets? Or that it has a crash-test dummy named Fred? I didn’t.