Mace Security International, Inc. (Mace) conducts its business in two segments: car and truck washes and security products. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates 51 car washes and five truck washes.
The Company’s Security Products Segment is comprised of two operating divisions: the Consumer Products Division and the Electronic Surveillance Products Division. The Consumer Products Division designs, markets and sells consumer products for use in home and automobile protection and for personal and child protection, including a line of defense sprays, personal alarms, whistles, door jammers, and window and door lock alarms. The defense sprays include tear gas sprays, pepper sprays and sprays with both tear gas and pepper solution. The Electronic Surveillance Products include digital surveillance cameras, DVR recorders, speed domes and controllers, quad processors, multiplexers, monitors, electronic detection devices, devices which allow cameras to be remotely panned and tilted, and electronic recorders. The cameras are offered in weatherproof, black and white, and color models. Certain of the camera models also record audio. The digital video recorders are offered in models which can simultaneously record with four cameras, eight cameras or 16 cameras In addition, an expanded line of electronic security monitors was added to the security products segment, in September 2003, when it acquired the assets of Vernex, Inc., a manufacturer and retailer of electronic security monitors.
With more than 1600 employees and international distributors in 31 countries, Mace is the undisputed International market leader.