Tag: Scott Switzer

COPPELL, Texas—Global security company IDIS announced that its acquisition of electronic security products provider Costar Technologies has been completed. IDIS and Costar have enjoyed a long-term existing ODM (original design manufacturer) relationship – approximately 60 percent of Costar Video products are already made by IDIS. The acquisition builds on the strong ties between the two companies and will catalyze strategic synergies including a deeper focus on potential growth sectors. Costar...

COPPELL, Texas—In the month since it closed a $10 million cash deal to buy CohuHD, Costar Technologies and CohuHD have closed three deals together. “These are opportunities that we would not have had [as separate companies]. The products [of the two companies] are complementary but not competing,” Tom Kampfer, president of CohuHD Costar, told Security Systems News. “We don't need to reconcile sales teams or product lines, [tasks that can] create a distraction and be...