GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 17, 2013— EPS Security (EPS), a national top-30 residential and business security provider, has acquired Lowell-based Browning Detection Systems located at 209 E Main Street, Lowell, Mich. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition finalized last month includes business operations and store-front property of Browning Detection Systems. EPS will retain Browning’s current employees including proprietor Steve Browning, who will work at EPS headquarters in Grand Rapids as a project manager.
The acquisition adds more than 50 contracted security accounts to EPS Security’s customer base. EPS currently monitors nearly 18,000 commercial and residential customers, making it the largest security company in West Michigan.
Browning Detection Systems originally opened for business in October, 2011.
About Engineered Protection Systems (EPS Security)
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Engineered Protection Systems (EPS Security) is a nationwide leader in security systems services. The Company currently ranks among the top 35 largest security companies in the U.S., and it is one of just seven security firms in the country to operate a central station facility that is UL-listed, FM-approved and certified by the Central Station Alarm Association as “Five Diamond” qualified. EPS provides burglar alarms, fire alarms, card access systems, video surveillance and integrated systems to more than 18,000 commercial and residential clients in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
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