WVC's Alphacorp aquired

Alphacorp, a West Valley City-based provider of security and fire and life safety systems, has been acquired by Convergint Technologies. Alphacorp was founded in 1992 and employs 60 in its Utah and Idaho operations.

{mprestriction ids="1,3"}Convergint is a worldwide provider of service based integration systems and is based in Schaumburg, Illinois.

“After many years of teaming up with Convergint, we have found that we share many of the same key organizational values,” said Mike Painter, president of Alphacorp. “Combining our resources will allow us to provide more comprehensive services to our customers and offer our colleagues exciting avenues for renewed growth. These new opportunities drove our decision to join the Convergint team.”

With its Utah location, Alphacorp will expand Convergint’s geographic coverage within Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. All of the Alphacorp employees will be joining Convergint, including a team in Boise that will deepen Convergint’s presence in the local region. Alphacorp brings Convergint strong experience in sophisticated systems integration, especially within the healthcare vertical market, the company said in a release.

“Today we welcome Mike Painter and our new Alphacorp colleagues to the Convergint family,” said Dan Moceri, executive chairman and co-founder of Convergint Technologies. “Alphacorp brings a strong service-based culture and the ability to support complex solutions to our combined customers. The deep expertise of their colleagues will be a valuable addition to Convergint nation.

Convergint Technologies was founded in 2001 and has experienced strong and consistent growth both organically and through acquisition. With 15 acquisitions in the past two years, Convergint has continually sought to expand its service offering in order to seamlessly meet the needs of its customers, the company said. {/mprestriction}