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HID Global Acquires Mercury Security Distribution

On September 18, 2017, HID Global acquired distribution company Mercury Security Distribution from Acre Security

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HID Global’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is HID Global’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-09-18
Target Mercury Security Distribution
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) HID Global
Sellers(s) Acre Security
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Mercury Security Distribution

Togher, Ireland
Mercury Security Distribution is a distributor of CCTV, Access Control, Intruder and Fire products and services. Mercury SD expertise encompasses all aspects of CCTV distribution from products to training and after-care service. Mercury Security Distribution was founded in 1995 and is based in Togher, Ireland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

HID Global

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Safety/Security
DESCRIPTION

HID Global Corporation provides secure identity solutions.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 22
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-18 Mercury Security Products

Long Beach, California, United States

Mercury Security Products is a manufacturer of OEM hardware and also the supplier of controllers for physical access control. Mercury Security Products was founded in 1992 and is based in Long Beach, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-24 Crossmatch

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States

Crossmatch is a provider of biometric identity management and secure authentication solutions. Crossmatch was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Acre Security

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees400
Revenue 226M EUR (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Acre Security is a manufacturer of electronic security products that are emphasizing the ongoing transition to more open platform systems. Acre Security was founded in 2012 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-18 Mercury Security Products

Long Beach, California, United States

Mercury Security Products is a manufacturer of OEM hardware and also the supplier of controllers for physical access control. Mercury Security Products was founded in 1992 and is based in Long Beach, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-17 Open Options

Addison, Texas, United States

Open Options Corp. is a provider of an open platform access control solutions. Open Options was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas.

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