technology founded 1957 headquarters clovis california u.s. number of locations global key people herve fages svp video line of business products security cameras video management systems matrix systems revenue us 400 million 2014 number of employees 1 200 2012 parent schneider electric website www.pelco.com a cctv made by pelco . pelco corporation commonly referred to as pelco is an american based security and surveillance technologies company 1 founded in 1957 and headquartered in clovis california . 2 pelco was purchased by current parent company schneider electric in 2007 and was incorporated into schneider electric s building automation business unit . pelco products are globally distributed and frequently found in airports malls office buildings factories and on college campuses . contents 1 history 2 technologies 3 industries 4 references 5 external links history edit pelco sales was founded in 1957 in by e.l. heinrich in hawthorne california . 3 heinrich created pelco sales as a side project to his already successful mechanical aviation business . pelco sales first product line consisted of pan tilt devices and joysticks designed to remotely control the position of television cameras . the demand for pelco sales products grew rapidly resulting in heinrich s decision to abandon aviation and focus on camera technologies . the company was moved to gardena california and then again to fresno california to provide adequate work space for product production . in june 1987 rod heinrich sold pelco sales to local investor david mcdonald shortly after approving plans for an 80 000 square foot facility in clovis california . mcdonald truncated the name to pelco commonly referred to as the beginning of the new pelco . 4 the company continued to expand reaching distribution in more than 130 countries . 5 in 2007 french power company schneider electric purchased pelco for us 1.22 billion 6 in an effort to enhance their building automation business . pelco s security and surveillance systems most notably protect buckingham palace the statue of liberty and china s presidential palace . 7 technologies edit pelco produces a comprehensive collection of high tech security and surveillance products . 8 industries edit commercial retail industry and technology government and military residential references edit pelco by schneider electric ceo sharad shekhar to revive pelco global video security business . sourcesecurity.com . pelco inc. private company information businessweek . businessweek.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . pelco background . it223.tripod.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . pelco brochure pdf . signalcontrol.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . a primer on electronic security for schools universities and institutions . books.google.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . tom leblanc 1 august 2007 . schneider electric acquires video security maker pelco for 1.22 billion . cepro.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . jones randall . the richest man in town the twelve commandments of wealth p. 135 . hachette book group new york . isbn 978 0 446 55068 0 . pelco security cameras & cctv systems by schneider electric . pelco.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to pelco corporation . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pelco & oldid 738304930 categories companies based in fresno county californiacompanies established in 1957clovis californiasecurity companiesvideo surveillance companieshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 03 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view