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The company has 1.100 employees and is the third-largest commercial electronic security provider in North America. The deal was an important move for our U.S. operations, where it will bring added value to our customers and make our offering much stronger. The acquisition was consolidated in Securitas as of February 1, 2016, after approval by regulatory authorities in the U.S. 2016 During 2016, Securitas conducted four major acqui- sitions in Europe, North America and Latin America. The acquisitions strengthened our ability and capacity within electronic security and helped us to maintain the rapid pace of transition to security solutions that combine on-site and mobile guarding with various forms of electronic security. 2017 From 2017, a large part of the information from cus- tomer sites is reported in a digital format. This gives Securitas a unique opportunity to gather all possible data – from incident reports, camera feeds, sensors and access control – and to combine it with data from external sources, such as crime statistics and police reports