Assa Abloy announces the acquisition of Alcea and strengthens its position in the critical infrastructure market

ASSA ABLOY expands its Critical Infrastructure business with the acquisition of ALCEA

ASSA ABLOY recently announced that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals to complete the acquisition of the French company ALCEA. The merger of ALCEA's operations into ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions' Critical Infrastructure business can now proceed.

For Jorma ISSAKAINEN, Senior Vice President of Critical Infrastructure at ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions: “Thanks to the acquisition of ALCEA, we complete our software offer and thus concretize our strategy around solutions centered on access control. Our goal is to strengthen our expertise and become the world leader in critical infrastructure protection environments. »

For Pascal LENGLART, Founder of ALCEA: “ALCEA was founded in 1995 and today employs 120 people. It was important for ALCEA, and therefore for its customers, that the primary motivation for this acquisition was the industrial dimension of the project. »

For Bruno ALSINA, Director of Operations at ALCEA: “We are delighted that the solutions, relationships and support services that we have developed with our customers are part of the continuity and benefit from the dynamics of one of the main security groups in the world. »

ALCEA, the French designer of security solutions

ALCEA, which achieves a turnover of 20 million euros, is a manufacturer of safety supervision software and associated electronic control equipment. ALCEA offers a complete and scalable offer to meet the security needs of public and private sites.

For Dominique JARDIN, Business Director Critical Infrastructure France at ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions: “ALCEA has strong expertise in access control, particularly in the telecommunications and transport sectors. This expertise fits perfectly into the offer that we propose to our customers. Thanks to this acquisition, we now offer a complete and tailor-made offer to meet the needs of critical infrastructures. »

The ALWIN monitoring solution, ALCEA's flagship product

ALWIN is a safety supervision solution and ALCEA's flagship product. This solution is certified by the National Cybersecurity Agency in France (ANSSI). The ALWIN system is a modular and open software which controls various devices: accesses, surveillance cameras, intrusion detection sensors. The ALWIN solution already integrates the Aperio and CLIQ solutions from ASSA ABLOY and soon ABLOY BEAT.

Exposure

ALCEA and Critical Infrastructure will participate in the next edition of Expoprotection, from November 15 to 17 in Paris, Porte de Versailles.