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Burns International Services Corporation
 PROFILE
Burns will guard your stuff and turn up the heat on intruders. Burns International Services, formerly Borg-Warner Security, provides security guards, background screening, drug screening, investigation, and other physical security services. Burns operates from more than 300 offices in Canada, Colombia, Mexico, the UK, and the US under the brand names Burns and Globe. The company's clients include about 14,000 commercial, financial, industrial, residential and governmental facilities. Burns offers armored transport services through 49%-owned Loomis, Fargo & Co. Burns is a subsidiary of Sweden's Securitas, which also owns Pinkerton's.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 1,378.60
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 4.2%
Employees: 75,000
Revenue per employee: $18,381.33

 KEY PEOPLE
• John A. Edwardson
    CEO
• James M. Froisland
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
200 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
US
Phone: 312-322-8500
Fax: 312-322-8704
Online: Web Site

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