Tag: Tri-Ed
Resolution Products now available at North American Tri-Ed locations
May 23, 2016SSN Staff
HUDSON, Wisc.—Resolution Products in May announced that its full line of product offerings, including retrofit-ready Interactive Gateway Modules, and the Helix security and automation platform, will be stocked and available at North American Tri-Ed locations.Resolution's latest offerings are designed to deliver smartphone-controlled security and automation to most widely installed security platforms in the market today.
James Rothstein, SVP—global security marketing at Tri-Ed said in...
Tri-Ed opens new branch, plans co-locations with Clark
February 3, 2016Spencer Ives
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Tri-Ed, a distributor, announced the opening of a new branch in Memphis and the intention to co-locate two new locations with Clark Security, a locksmith division of Tri-Ed's parent company Anixter.Co-locating will benefit “the customer base from Clark, as they migrate from the mechanical into the electrical locking business. They'll have a single stop shop, as Tri-Ed offers more of the electrical locking products,” Pat Comunale, Tri-Ed president and CEO, told Security...
The biggest and the newest at ISC West
March 18, 2015Spencer Ives
LAS VEGAS—At the 2015 ISC West show, exhibitors put a lot of thought into their booths—rather literally with Hikvision's “Thought Theater”—and some companies, like IDIS, are using big booths at ISC West to introduce themselves to the industry.
IDIS, a global manufacturer, is setting up a 2,800 square-foot booth—one of the top 10 biggest booths at the show this year—as a first time exhibitor. This booth heralds IDIS' entrance into the U.S. market,...
Tri-Ed stuffs backpacks with school supplies for 450 Mission 500 children
March 13, 2015SSN Staff
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Employees of Tri-Ed and its parent company, Anixter, filled 450 backpacks with notebooks, folders, rulers, pencils and other items for childhood education for Mission 500.
Tri-Ed, a distributor of IP video, CCTV, access control, fire, intrusion and other security products, held the teambuilding event at its recent annual sales meeting in Florida.
The non-profit Mission 500 serves children and communities in crisis and has the support of many companies and groups in the security...
Comunale to head $2b security division
November 17, 2014Martha Entwistle
WOODBURY, N.Y.—With the acquisition of national distribution company Tri-Ed complete, Anixter on Nov. 5 announced that the new security division will retain the Tri-Ed brand name and that Pat Comunale will serve as president of global security solutions.Comunale told Security Systems News he's more invigorated today about the possibilities for Tri-Ed than he was 10 years ago when the distribution company was launched.“The opportunity is much larger than building a brick-and-mortar business,”...
Comunale discusses Tri-Ed post-acquisition
November 5, 2014Martha Entwistle
Tri-Ed will continue to be the brand name for the security division of Anixter following the recently completed acquisition of Tri-Ed by Anixter.
That seems like a smart move, and also probably not a huge surprise to those who have followed this deal.
The company also announced that Pat Comunale will serve as president of global security solutions for Tri-Ed. James Rothstein will serve as SVP of global marketing and Dirk Foreman, who headed up sales to high-end integrators for Anixter previously,...
Anixter to acquire Tri-Ed for $420 million
August 11, 2014Martha Entwistle
GLENVIEW, Ill.—Today, Anixter International announced that it will acquire Tri-Ed for $420 million, so now Tri-Ed, which had aspirations to become a "billion dollar distribution business," will be part of a $1.7 billion security distribution company.
Anixiter will buy Tri-Ed from Audax Group, a private equity firm, which acquired Tri-Ed in April 2012.
Since getting into security in 2000, Anixter has “quietly built a $1.1 billion security business, but we're still the...
Videofied makes 'mainstream' move
March 26, 2013Rich Miller
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn.—Videofied has made what President Keith Jentoft calls “a big move” to bring indoor video verification into the mainstream, partnering with an independent distributor for the first time to expand the company's reach in the United States and Canada.Videofied, based here, previously only sold directly to its dealers, Jentoft said. An agreement with TRI-ED will change that, with the distributor offering Videofied's new line of indoor video intrusion alarms.Jentoft...
ISC Solutions opens
November 4, 2010Martha Entwistle
NEW YORK—The transformed ISC East, now called ISC Solutions, opened here with a new look and crowded aisles yesterday.
Was it a function of more people being at the show this year as opposed to last? Or was it the skinny aisles that gave the illusion that there were more people? The official audited numbers won't be available for more than a month, according to Ed Nichols of event organizer Reed Exhibitions, but attendees who spoke to Security Systems News said it didn't matter....