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MadahCom will become part of Cooper Wheelock’s Notification Systems
business. With this acquisition, Cooper Wheelock expands its ability to provide
customers with comprehensive indoor and outdoor notification system solutions
designed to protect, alert and inform people in the event of an emergency.
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“MadahCom’s capabilities in wireless technology
deliver the industry-leading solution in the rapidly growing MNS market, where
delivering the right message to the right people at the right time is paramount
for evacuation and security. Coupled with our acquisition of Wheelock, Inc. in
2006 and our existing Cooper Menvier business, we now have a strong global
platform in the fire and safety notification market,” said Cooper Industries
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kirk S. Hachigian. “The acquisition of
MadahCom also builds upon our core competency in the RF wireless space, a
technology that we have leveraged across Cooper to create ‘smart’ products that
provide enhanced value for our customers.”
MadahCom’s flagship products, WAVES (Wireless Audio
Visual Emergency System) and TACWAVES (Tactical WAVES), a portable alerting
system, are personnel and public warning systems and feature sophisticated
command and control software to activate safety sirens, customized voice
messages and visual alerts via secure networks. The WAVES system also utilizes
various other modes of communication including SMS, desktop alerting, and
dial-out systems. WAVES is classified as Commercial-Off-The-Shelf by the United
States Department of Defense, making it acceptable to the widest range of
government and military applications, and it is the only personnel alerting
system that meets all of the Pentagon Anti-Terrorism Sub-Directorate
requirements for force protection at military bases.
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