The month of October featured some pretty significant news for ADT.
The company announced it would be acquiring Red Hawk Fire & Security to accelerate growth in the commercial security market and expand the company’s product portfolio with the introduction of commercial fire safety-related solutions.
ADT says revenues from the combined company’s business customers are expected to represent approximately 25% of total revenue.
Online readers were also interested in ADT’s lawsuit to recoup $2 million owed by Adam Schanz, owner of Alder Holdings and various subsidiaries of Alarm Protection, that was agreed upon in a 2017 settlement.
In other acquisition news, after UTC Climate, Controls & Security purchased S2 Security in September, it announced it would merge its acquisition with Lenel to create LenelS2.
LenelS2 will provide scalable, cutting-edge customer solutions in the access control and security management systems industry, serving global enterprises to small- and mid-sized companies, according to the company.
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