OUR STORY
In the summer of 1966, APCO’s founder Ron Cobb was studying art at Georgia State University in Atlanta while working full-time and also serving in the Army Reserves. A childhood friend in Ron’s East Atlanta neighborhood approached with an opportunity to purchase a defunct engraving company which was a small subsidiary of a large provider of commercial building alarm systems. That larger company was called APCO, or Alarm Products Company, answering one of the most frequently asked questions, “What does APCO stand for?” Oddly enough, nothing to do with signage or architectural products!
Ron and partner purchased APCO on August 1st, 1966, a decision that has had a positive impact on thousands of us within the extended APCO family ever since.