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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Niles, Xantech, Most of Elan to Move to Calif.

In its most dramatic consolidation effort ever, Nortek's new Linear Audio Video Control group is consolidating Niles, Xantech and Elan under one roof in Carlsbad, Calif.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 08/12 at 04:45 AM
News, Product News, Mergers and Acquisitions, People and Places, (0) Comments, Permalink

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Sound Advice Execs Reclaim Brand, Plan Comeback

Former chairman Peter Beshouri outlines a plan that involves an army of already-trained former employees and collaboration with Jon Myer's own comeback.View this story

Posted by Tom LeBlanc on 07/21 at 05:57 AM
News, Big-Box Retailers, Mergers and Acquisitions, People and Places, (4) Comments, Permalink

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

What Ingram Micro Reorg. Means for AVAD, DBL

Ingram Micro thinks it can cross-sell more IT and CE products by folding AVAD and DBL into new Consumer Electronics Division.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 07/13 at 08:54 AM
News, Distributors, Mergers and Acquisitions, (14) Comments, Permalink

Friday, July 09, 2010

Inside Colder’s Acquisition of Flanner’s

Executive explains why purchase makes sense and comments on future Flanner’s plans.View this story

Posted by Tom LeBlanc on 07/09 at 09:55 AM
News, Buying Group, Mergers and Acquisitions, (0) Comments, Permalink

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Techniku Acquisition Helps HomeRun Compete with Lutron

HomeRun Holdings (formerly Wayne-Dalton) has acquired Techniku, enabling it to compete with Lutron for green trifecta of shades, thermostats and lighting controls.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 06/16 at 09:40 AM
News, Product News, Home Automation and Control, Lighting, Mergers and Acquisitions, Z-Wave, (4) Comments, Permalink

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Buy Ripping/Aggregation Company for Cheap

MMCSI, which digitizes and organizes all manner of analog content, has lost its funding; will sell for a song.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 06/01 at 09:01 AM
News, Video, Media Servers, Mergers and Acquisitions, (0) Comments, Permalink

Monday, May 17, 2010

ADT Restructures with Residential, Commercial Divisions

With its acquisition of Broadview Security complete, ADT lays out plan for integrating the brands and dealers.View this story

Posted by Tom LeBlanc on 05/17 at 01:15 PM
News, Home Automation and Control, Security, Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, People and Places, (1) Comments, Permalink

Thursday, April 29, 2010

New Linear Group: Harman de ja Vu?

Former Harman Pro president Mark Terry expects to realign products and channels in the new Xantech/Niles/Elan group, but keep the brands.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 04/29 at 06:35 AM
News, Product News, Audio, Distributed Audio, Home Automation and Control, Control Systems, Mergers and Acquisitions, Permalink

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Protection One Sold for $828 Million

Private equity firm GTCR, which was behind the sales of SecurityLink and Honeywell Security Monitoring, is buying the country's third largest security providerView this story

Posted by CE Pro Editors on 04/27 at 07:30 AM
News, Home Automation and Control, Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, (0) Comments, Permalink

Thursday, April 08, 2010

SpeakerCraft on Linear Roll-up: ‘We Would Scare Other Workers’

Jeremy Burkhardt says it would "stifle creative juices" if SpeakerCraft were included in Linear's consolidation of sister companies Niles, Elan and XantechView this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 04/08 at 05:13 AM
News, Mergers and Acquisitions, (6) Comments, Permalink

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Elan, Niles, Xantech Combine into ‘One Integrated Unit’

Mark Terry, former president of Harman Pro Group, is named president of the new Linear Audio, Video & Control GroupView this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 04/06 at 12:26 PM
News, Product News, Mergers and Acquisitions, (5) Comments, Permalink

Monday, March 08, 2010

Extron Acquires Products Division of Electrosonic

The division makes video and graphics over IP encoders and decoders, HD video players and multi-image display processors.View this story

Posted by CE Pro Editors on 03/08 at 04:28 AM
Press Releases, Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Processors, Video Processors, (0) Comments, Permalink

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Inside an Acquisition: Terra Nova Integrated Systems, Ogren Electronics

Why the bank financed the loan and why the two Wisconsin integrators were motivated to merge.View this story

Posted by Tom LeBlanc on 03/04 at 06:08 AM
News, Mergers and Acquisitions, (2) Comments, Permalink

Friday, February 26, 2010

Post-Acquisition NetStreams Recommits to Resi A/V, Control

Pioneer in audio/video streaming lost touch with residential, but is recommitted under ClearOne; coming soon: HDMI over IP, enhanced dealer supportView this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 02/26 at 05:19 AM
News, Product News, Audio, Distributed Audio, Video, Multiroom Video, Events, ISE, Mergers and Acquisitions, (2) Comments, Permalink

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tyco Buys Brink’s Home Security for $2 Billion

The acquisition gives ADT, which is owned by Tyco, a ~~50 percent~~ 30 percent share (forecast amended by IMS Research) of the market for monitored residential alarm systems.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 01/19 at 07:22 AM
News, Home Automation and Control, Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, (1) Comments, Permalink

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