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ESX 2009

January 06 2009

Maximum Impact Awards Program Launched

New program recognizes products’ business impact on installation and monitoring companies

January 6, 2009 – The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) has announced the call for entries for its Maximum Impact Awards (Mia’s) program. The new awards program is open to all manufacturers and service providers with products and services for the electronic security industry.

The Mia awards are the first and only program to consider the business impact of a product or service on installation and monitoring companies as the foremost criterion for praise. The Mia's will recognize both new and recently introduced products in a wide variety of electronic security product and service categories, including:

•  Video Surveillance
• Access Control/ID Systems
• Accessories & Aids
• Intrusion Alarms
• Fire Alarms
• Central Station Equipment
• Industry Services
• Residential Custom Electronics

Judges will evaluate written entries submitted by supplier companies, with a focus on the products’ ability to increase revenue, profits and company value for installing and monitoring companies.

Products and services introduced to the market between July 1, 2007 – July 1, 2009 are eligible for the awards. All entries are due by February 20, 2009. Complete entry details and a submission form can be found at www.esxweb.com/mia

For more information on the awards program, contact Lauren Hill at 508-618-4555, lhill@ae-ventures.com. For complete ESX event details, please visit www.esxweb.com.

About ESX
Owned, directed and sponsored by the industry leading trade associations, NBFAA and CSAA, and produced by the award-winning AE Ventures team, ESX is the premier training event for security integration and monitoring companies. ESX focuses on systems integration, its nexus with monitoring and best practices to offer the highest quality and most comprehensive education in the industry. Thanks to this unique focus and the sponsorship of CSAA and NBFAA, ESX attracts the biggest, best and most progressive installing and monitoring companies in the world to meet with the hundreds of exhibiting electronic security equipment vendors. For more information, visit www.esxweb.com.

About NBFAA
NBFAA, a non-profit 501(c) 6 trade association, is the nation's oldest and largest organization dedicated to representing, promoting, and supporting the electronic life safety, security, and systems industry. Member companies specialize in a wide spectrum of services to commercial and residential consumers, including security and fire alarms, video surveillance, access control and monitoring. In cooperation with a federation of state associations, NBFAA provides government advocacy and delivers timely information, professional development tools, products and services that members use to grow and prosper their businesses. The NBFAA may be reached at (888) 447-1689 or on the Web at www.alarm.org.

About CSAA
The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) is a trade association representing providers, users, bureaus, and other agencies of UL-Listed and/or FM-Approved Central Station protection services. It is legally entitled to represent its members before Congress, regulatory agencies on the local, state and federal levels, and other authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) over the industry. Now in its 59th year, CSAA continues to serve its members’ interests in an ever-increasing variety of ways. The CSAA may be reached at 703-242-4670 or on the Web at www.csaaul.org.