Tag: Rick Britton

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Digital Monitoring Products has started construction on an expansion of its headquarters, here. The $7 million project, expected to be completed next summer, will add 36,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space, 28,000 square feet for engineering, training development and marketing and 8,000 square feet for technical support and customer service. It will allow for the creation of about 65 new jobs over the next two years, DMP said in prepared statement. “In...

LAS VEGAS—Bob Harris, owner and president of Attrition Busters, warned an audience of Digital Monitoring Products' security dealers that he was going to “speak about that dirty little word: cable.”Harris, a security consultant who conducts training sessions for large and small alarm dealers, was one of the featured speakers at a DMP Owners Forum, held here in early April. It was the third year the Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer of network solutions has held the annual forum...

Updated April 4 Among the exciting news I learned about on Thursday at the show was that Honeywell's new wireless LYNX 7000 won Best Intrusion and Detection Device in this year's ISC West New Product Showcase event, according to Ralph Maniscalco, Honeywell's director of marketing communications. The company describes the LYNX 7000 as “an all new version of Honeywell's self-contained wireless touchscreen security and home automation system. The product is the first of its kind to control up...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Joe Hurst is the new president of DMP International, the company announced recently. Hurst will market DMP's products outside the U.S.“DMP products are already being sold and used in North and South American countries,” said Rick Britton, DMP CEO, in a prepared statement. “Joe will focus his skills on supporting and greatly expanding sales outside of the United States as the leader of an organization dedicated to growing DMP presence beyond our borders.”Before...

I spent my first morning at ISC West on Tuesday at a rather “unique” forum made up of DMP dealers. The talk there included discussion of the Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer's new XR150/350/550 Series access, burglary, and fire panel that the company is showcasing here in Las Vegas. “We've tried to pack as much stuff as we could in this panel,” Rick Britton, DMP CEO and president, told the dealers. He said it's extremely fast and it's affordable. “More for less,”...