Kansas Investment Firm Acquires Security Control Systems

SCS is a full-service provider of integrated security management systems specializing in complex electronic control systems.
Published: July 23, 2020

LENEXA, Kansas — Kansas Business Investment Co. (KBIC), a private investment firm, announces the acquisition of Security Control Systems (SCS), an integration company based in Houston.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Established almost four decades ago, SCS is a full-service provider of integrated security management systems specializing in complex electronic control systems that generally incorporate access control, video surveillance, audio intercommunication and proprietary alarm monitoring systems.

The true specialty of SCS is integration of two or more of these subsystems into one complete and easy to operate package with all subsystems being highly integrated and easy to manage, according to the announcement.

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The integrator also operates a branch office in Dallas. The general area of service for the company extends throughout the Southwest, incorporating Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona and New Mexico. Other SCS projects have been successfully completed worldwide as a member of the Security-Net systems integrator cooperative.

“KBIC brings to the SCS team new leadership, management talent, sales and other resources that will ensure and enhance the capability of SCS to continue to provide its customers with world class security solutions,” stats Bill Savage, owner and president of SCS. Savage further explains that he expects the deal “to expand opportunities for our employees and benefit the vendors that have shown us so much loyalty over the decades.”

Sandra Jones and Co., a boutique M&A brokerage focused on the physical security industry, represented SCS as financial advisor in the transaction, which was effective July 17.

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