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Posted: December 6, 2019
NOREL Service Co./NSG Life Safety achieves most sales of JCI’s Autocall product line
Waltham, MA NOREL Service Co./NSG Life Safety was once again awarded for achieving the most sales of all distributors of Johnson Controls Inc.’s (JCI) Autocall product line. NOREL was recognized as a “Top Gun” for the second year in a row, and ranked as the number one distributor of all Autocall distributors in North America. JCI’s Autocall fire detection suite of products, built on legacy systems, is in its second year of successful distribution. As a premier fire detection systems and solutions provider, NOREL has designed and installed the future-ready, Autocall systems in educational, healthcare, government and commercial institutions.
NSG’s president, Dan Chauvin, attributes the company’s success to exceeding their core mission of using their collective industry expertise to provide clients with innovative and practical solutions to their life safety, integrated security and critical communications needs.
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