−Removed: Risk Industries, Inc.
−Removed: (GRI or the Company) was incorporated in 1967 in Colorado.
−Removed: The Company is presently engaged in the design, manufacture,
−Removed: and sale of custom computer keyboards, proximity switches, security alarm components and systems, pool access alarms, EZ Duct wire covers,
−Removed: water sensors, electronic switching devices, high security switches and wire and cable installation tools.
−Removed: Market, and Distribution
−Removed: Company designs, manufactures, and sells computer keyboards, proximity switches, security alarm components and systems, pool access alarms,
−Removed: water sensors, electronic switching devices, high security switches, and wire and cable installation tools.
−Removed: The Security sales division,
−Removed: which concentrates on selling products for security purposes, comprises of approximately 95 percent of net revenues and are sold through
−Removed: distributors and alarm dealers/installers.
−Removed: security segment has approximately 1,000 current customers.
+Added: Item 1 Business
+Added: (a) Business Development
+Added: George Risk Industries, Inc.
+Added: (GRI or the Company)
+Added: was incorporated in 1967 in Colorado.
+Added: The Company is presently engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of custom computer keyboards,
+Added: proximity switches, security alarm components and systems, pool access alarms, EZ Duct wire covers, water sensors, electronic switching
+Added: devices, high security switches and wire and cable installation tools.
+Added: Products, Market, and Distribution
+Added: The Company designs, manufactures, and sells
+Added: computer keyboards, proximity switches, security alarm components and systems, pool access alarms, water sensors, electronic switching
+Added: devices, high security switches, and wire and cable installation tools.
+Added: The Security sales division, which concentrates on selling products
+Added: for security purposes, comprises of approximately 96 percent of net revenues and are sold through distributors and alarm dealers/installers.
+Added: The security segment has approximately 1,000
+Added: current customers.
One of the distributors, Ademco, Inc.
−Removed: (previously known as ADI), accounts
−Removed: for approximately 41 percent of the Company’s sales of these products.
+Added: (previously known as ADI), accounts for approximately 36.6 percent of the Company’s
+Added: sales of these products.
Anixter, Inc.
−Removed: accounts for another 18.2 percent of the security
−Removed: segment of the Company sales.
−Removed: Loss of these distributors would be significant to the Company.
−Removed: However, both companies have purchased
−Removed: from the Company for many years and are expected to continue.
+Added: accounts for another 23.7 percent of the security segment of the Company sales.
+Added: Loss of these
+Added: distributors would be significant to the Company.
+Added: However, both companies have purchased from the Company for many years and are expected
Also, the Company has a written agreement with Ademco.
−Removed: This agreement was
−Removed: signed in February 2011 and was initiated by the customer.
−Removed: The contents of the agreement include product terms, purchasing, payment terms,
−Removed: term and termination, product marketing, representations and warranties, product support, mutual confidentiality, indemnification and
−Removed: insurance, and general provisions.
−Removed: keyboard and proximity switch segment has approximately 700 customers.
−Removed: These products are primarily sold to original equipment manufacturers
−Removed: to their specifications and to distributors of off-the-shelf keyboards of proprietary design.
−Removed: Company has intense competition in the keyboard/proximity and security/burglar alarm lines.
−Removed: security/burglar alarm segment has approximately seven major competitors.
−Removed: The Company competes well based on price, product design, quality,
−Removed: customization and having products made in the USA.
−Removed: competitors in the keyboard/proximity segment are larger companies with automated production facilities.
−Removed: GRI has emphasized small custom
−Removed: order sales that many of its competitors decline or discourage.
−Removed: and Development
−Removed: Company performs research and development for its customers when needed and requested.
−Removed: Costs in connection with such product development
−Removed: have been borne by the customers.
−Removed: Costs associated with the development of new products are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: The Company also does
−Removed: R&D for itself to help in the development of new products.
−Removed: has approximately 195 employees.
+Added: This agreement was signed in February 2011 and was initiated by the
+Added: The contents of the agreement include product terms, purchasing, payment terms, term and termination, product marketing, representations
+Added: and warranties, product support, mutual confidentiality, indemnification and insurance, and general provisions.
+Added: The keyboard and proximity switch segment has
+Added: approximately 300 customers.
+Added: These products are primarily sold to original equipment manufacturers to their specifications and to distributors
+Added: of off-the-shelf keyboards of proprietary design.
+Added: The Company has intense competition in the keyboard/proximity
+Added: and security/burglar alarm lines.
+Added: The security/burglar alarm segment has approximately
+Added: six major competitors.
+Added: The Company competes well based on price, product design, quality, customization and having products made in the
+Added: The competitors in the keyboard/proximity segment
+Added: are larger companies with automated production facilities.
+Added: GRI has emphasized small custom order sales that many of its competitors decline
+Added: or discourage.
+Added: Research and Development
+Added: The Company performs research and development
+Added: for its customers when needed and requested.
+Added: Costs in connection with such product development have been borne by the customers.
+Added: associated with the development of new products are expensed as incurred.
+Added: The Company also does R&D for itself to help in the development
+Added: of new products.
+Added: GRI has approximately 200 employees.
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