Tag: fire systems

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — On June 7, 2024, Convergint celebrated its 23rd Annual Convergint Social Responsibility Day, giving nearly 10,000 colleagues across 220 global locations the opportunity to spend the workday giving back to their local communities. Convergint praised its workers saying that this year’s efforts have resulted in a total payroll donation of more than $3 million and more than $500,000 in labor and equipment donations from the company’s colleagues, partners, and families....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It's like the United Nations of security at Tyco's new Global Center of Excellence. Walk through the office and you'll hear engineers speaking Chinese, Russian and Arabic. Fourteen languages are spoken here. In addition to linguistic fluency, employees must also understand the business culture in their countries of expertise, Daryl Haga, director of Tyco's GCoE, told Security Systems News.“We hire top people who are highly educated, [many with multiple advanced degrees],”...

DALLAS—The global fire protection systems market—products and services—will climb from $34.7 billion currently to $66.56 billion by 2018, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.That's an increase of more than 90 percent and represents a compound annual growth rate of 13.9 percent during that five-year period, says the research and consulting company, based here.The North America market is expected to have the largest share of the total market—between 40-50 percent—by...