HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC acquired The Gamewell Company, a transaction completed in 2003, structured as Acquisition of privately held company; purchase price not released.
The Gamewell Company operates in Automation and Control Solutions (Fire Solutions / Life Safety), is based in United States (Ashland, Massachusetts). Gamewell, a 150-year-old privately held maker of commercial fire systems in Ashland, Massachusetts, was known for its distinctive red fire-alarm street boxes and for introducing the first wide-area network fire-reporting system. Honeywell's Fire Solutions Group acquired it to strengthen its commercial fire controls and detection position; Honeywell's SEC filing cited completing the Gamewell acquisition as a world leader in fire controls and fire detection technology.
Strengthen Honeywell's presence in the commercial fire market and add wide-area network fire-reporting technology to its Notifier/FCI/Fire-Lite/Silent Knight/System Sensor lineup.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.