Guardian Protection

Guardian Protection Services is the nation’s largest privately held security systems company. The installation of security systems for jewelry stores was Guardian's first, and sole, focus in 1950. The company was known as Guardian Alarm Systems of Pittsburgh, Inc. until 1975, when it was renamed Guardian Protection Services, Inc. ("Guardian"). The company focused on the design, sale, installation and monitoring of security systems to homes and businesses in Western Pennsylvania and the surrounding tri-state area. In 1986, Inc. magazine named Guardian to its "Inc. 500" list of America's fastest growing companies. By 1991, Guardian's customer base had grown to 10,000 accounts.

During this time, Guardian attracted the interest of the Armstrong Group of Companies ("Armstrong"), a privately held company founded in 1946 by Jud L. Sedwick, and located in Butler, Pennsylvania. Among its family of businesses was the 3,000-account electronic security firm, Mastertech. Armstrong valued the sales acumen and installation expertise of Guardian Protection Services. In turn, Guardian clearly recognized Armstrong's financial strength and demonstrated ability to successfully develop a group of diversified businesses in the telecommunications, real estate and restaurant industries. In 1991, Guardian Protection Services was acquired by Armstrong, who chose to continue using the "Guardian" name. Guardian offers its 24-hour monitoring services to all 50 states. Guardian’s 24-hour central monitoring station has achieved Five Diamond certification under the guidelines of the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA), is certified by the Underwriters Laboratories ( ), and is Factory Mutual (FM) approved. More than 250,000 customers trust their protection to Guardian. Guardian is ranked #6 in the May 2015 Security Distributing & Marketing (SDM) industry journal’s Top 100 list of security systems companies. Guardian is ranked #11 in the CEPro industry journal of Top 100 structured wiring integrators.
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