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Bay Alarm makes 'strategic move' with SDA buy
May 28, 2014Martha Entwistle
SAN DIEGO—Super-regional Bay Alarm's May 21 acquisition of SDA Security, based here, adds commercial strength and density in southern California, David Carter, CEO of NetOne, told Security Systems News.Carter called the deal “very positive” for NetOne, a consortium of security companies. “Very simply, we are not losing any company to an outside acquisition. Both [Bay and SDA] are 25-plus-year members [of NetOne], now that they are coming together, that legacy will continue,”...
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Bay Alarm exec on state board overseeing alarm companies
January 9, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
I've written about Pacheco, Calif.-based Bay Alarm before. The company, which is more than 65 years old, says it's the largest independently-owned and operated alarm company in the nation. It's certainly a competitive player in California, and now the company's co-president has been appointed by that state's governor to an important committee that oversees alarm companies in the state.
Here's more from the news release Bay Alarm sent out early this month:
In one of his final appointments of 2011,...
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Bay Alarm branching out
October 17, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
Bay Alarm bills itself as “the largest independently-owned and operated alarm company in the United States.” I don't have independent verification of that, but I do know the Pacheco, Calif.-based company is a major player in that state, so whatever it does is of interest. That's why the following recent announcement about the company expanding in the San Diego area and creating new jobs caught my eye. Here's more from the press release announcing that Bay Alarm opened its 14th service...