Government Security News January 2017 Digital Edition

AMICO Security expects to play major
role in Trump’s border security initiative
BIRMINGHAM, AL — January
11, 2017 — AMICO Security announced
today that its AMIGUARD
system, considered one of the most
secure and cost effective border solutions
available on the market, is
expected to play a large role in President-elect
Donald Trump’s plan
to build a border wall between the
United States and Mexico.
AMICO Security brings to the
market extensive experience in
building border walls and fences.
The company’s high security fence
system currently secures a 36-mile
stretch along the United States and
Mexico Border near Yuma Ariz., at
the San Luis Crossing and an 18-
mile area at the Otay Mesa Crossing
in California.
With President-elect Trump’s call
to expand the border wall between
the United States and Mexico,
AMICO Security has already seen a
sharp increase in interest from several
government agencies.
“AMICO Security is one of the
only truly U.S.-owned manufacturers
of high-security border fencing,”
said Gary Baltz, an AMICO
Security spokesperson. “In many
speeches on President-elect Donald
Trump’s ‘Thank You Tour,’ he stated
that the policy of his administration
will be to buy American and to create
American jobs.”
AMICO Security buys U.S.-made
steel and produces its security fence
panels in its U.S. factories with
American workers, while many other
competitors are foreign-owned
and purchase raw materials from
producers in Mexico and China.
“We hope that our government
will be vetting out those that are not
in compliance with the buy America
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policy,” added Baltz.
AMICO is considered the largest
manufacturer of Security Mesh in
the world and has the capacity to
meet a large demand. Security Mesh
is an extremely cost effective way
to build a barrier and allows border
guards to see through the fence
structure and wind to pass through
thereby reducing wind resistance.
These high security meshes can be
produced to meet anti-climb and
cut requirements making it very difficult
to breach.
AMIGUARD’s patent pending
design allows for the simple integration
of technology such as radar
systems, which can classify targets
and track movement along the border,
in addition to anti-tunneling
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