London, UK and Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 2nd, 2012 – British Gas (www.britishgas.co.uk), the UK’s leading energy and Home Services provider and Visonic Ltd. (www.visonic.com), a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge home security and safety systems, today announced that British Gas has selected Visonic’s Wireless Intrusion and Safety detectors as part of its smart home product range.
Visonic’s industry leading wireless intrusion and safety sensors provide coverage against break-ins while smoke, CO, flood and gas detectors provide enhanced safety protection.
“Having access to Visonic’s reliable wireless intrusion and safety detectors is providing that extra re-assurance that is critical to our customers”, says Dean Keeling, Managing Director of British Gas Smart Homes.
“Visonic’s wireless detectors incorporate best-in-class technologies with high levels of performance and reliability, making them ideal for security and safety applications”, says Tony Mann, Visonic’s UK Office Managing Director. “With over a million installations worldwide, our solutions are ideal for residential and light-commercial applications as they provide maximum reliability, easy-to-deploy and maintain”.
About Visonic
The Visonic Group, part of Tyco Security Products, founded in 1973, is a leading developer and manufacturer of cutting-edge home security systems and components that provide people around the world peace of mind and safety in their homes. Building on its decades-long position at the forefront of home security innovation, Visonic is today leading the drive to expand the boundaries of security, offering advanced solutions to the full range of residential safety needs, from securing the house and contents to safeguarding the health and comfort of the people who live there.
Visonic’s offerings include a wide variety of home security systems, personal emergency response and safety systems, and a market-leading variety of peripherals. Visonic is headquartered in Israel, where it operates a development center and manufacturing plant. Its sales and marketing subsidiaries in the USA, Germany, UK, Poland, Spain and Hong Kong are supplemented by a worldwide network of distributors, serving a growing installed based that spans more than 100 countries.
For more information on Visonic visit: www.visonic.com
About British Gas
British Gas is Britain’s biggest energy supplier serving around 10 million homes. British Gas is also one of the largest installers of energy efficiency products and last year installed over 400,000 insulation measures in its customers’ homes helping them save energy and money. For more information visit www.britishgas.co.uk
About Tyco Security Products
Tyco Security Products, a business unit of Tyco International, is a unified group of world-leading access control, video and intrusion brands. Operating in more than 40 offices with over 2500 employees, these brands- American Dynamics, Bentel, CEM Systems, DSC, Kantech, Software House, Sur-Gard and Visonic have more combined years of experience in the security industry than any other group in the world. Our security integration platforms, built by our developers from across all product disciplines allow our customers to see more, do more, and save more. Our solutions today are designed to be compatible with the technology of tomorrow.
For more information, visit www.tycosecurityproducts.com
About Tyco International
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) is a diversified, global company that provides vital products and services to customers around the world. Tyco is a leading provider of security products and services, fire protection and detection products and services, valves and controls, and other industrial products. Tyco had 2009 revenue of more than $17 billion and has more than 100,000 employees worldwide.
More information on Tyco can be found at www.tyco.com
