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O’Gara Group Back In Vehicle Armoring Business With Acquisition

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

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The private security firm The O’Gara Group yesterday said it has acquired Protection Devices, Inc. (PDI), a small Texas-based firm that armors SUVs for government and commercial customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PDI up-armors between 50 and 75 SUVs annually, primarily Chevrolet Suburbans, with its largest customer being the Department of State by a “wide margin,” Bill O’Gara, CEO of The O’Gara Group, told Defense Daily. PDI has one of five contracts with the State Department to…

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