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INDUSTRY FOCUS With Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief
Surviving The
TDough Times
ayton, Ohio, has seen a into fire alarms and access control. Fire lot of ups and downs over alarms are still a large part of what they the years. The city is more do, just having completed a renovation of than a survivor as busi- the fire system at Stratacache Tower, for- nesses find a way to keep merly known as Kettering Tower.
their doors open, and today, even attract The 1980s were a turning point for
some very interesting tech firms.
What the city does have are companies
that weather economic storms and con- tinue to prevail. Celebrating 100 years of business, Copp Systems is one example. While security wasn’t part of its business in 1920, the company has taken a leading role in several security verticals, including healthcare, military, transportation, gov- ernment, campus and aviation security.
Nineteen years ago, Bill DeFries moved to Dayton to take leadership of the company that has become fully immersed in the security industry. Take a look at the arithmetic that has made the past 100 years so memorable.
The company has kept making a splash the past half century. In 1920, Stanley Roy Copp opened his company by working on and repairing radios. Following military service, he returned to Dayton and be- came fully immersed as a repair center for AC Delco radios and public address sys- tems at NCR.
By the 1960s, Copp Systems moved closer to security by becoming involved in low voltage systems. In 1970, they jumped
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Copp Systems and the security business. Company officials jumped headlong into their roles as security integrators. Part of the offerings include Wanderguard wrist- bands for memory care patients. The solu- tion is onsight cameras that will lock down a facility if a patient nears an exit. Copp Systems also scored some terrific con- tracts in healthcare, including the Dayton and Cleveland VA Medical Centers.
“We’ve stayed ahead of the economic curve with our integrated solutions and of- fering excellent customer service,” DeFries said. “We also picked and identified strong verticals that we wanted to excel in service, such as crime databases where we have a software solution that aggregates crime in- formation that is usable in real time.”
For a company that started with four employees, and currently has more than 40, it’s been a long and successful ride. Happy birthday Copp Systems.
Ralph C. Jensen is the editor in chief of Security Today magazine.
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