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Canada – GLI acquires Bulletproof Solutions

Gaming Laboratories International has bought Bulletproof Solutions, Atlantic Canada’s Trusted IT Services Company with a strong and growing portfolio of successful contract and project services.

The investment further underscores the GLI Group’s commitment to Canada, and in particular, New Brunswick and the Atlantic Provinces.

El Grupo GLI anunció que, como parte de la adquisición, el equipo completo de líderes y ejecutivos de Bulletproof, incluyendo el equipo de gerencia sénior liderado por Steven Burns, Jeff Shaw y Andrew Jefferies, continuará operando la compañía, tal como lo han hecho desde su inicio. Ambas compañías planean apalancar las fuertes capacidades en servicios TI de Bulletproof en todas las demás provincias de Canadá y en los Estados Unidos. Además de los clientes tradicionales y centrales en los sectores público y comercial a los que Bulletproof sirve hoy, la oferta de servicios TI de Bulletproof estará disponible inmediatamente para las compañías relacionadas con máquinas de juegos, loterías y votación; todos los sectores en los que el Grupo GLI mantiene una participación dominante del mercado en servicios relacionados con los ensayos.

Bulletproof CEO Steven Burns said: “This is the ideal scenario for Bulletproof to take it to the next level. We’ve done a good job growing our company to over 80 people in Atlantic Canada, we have a strong foundation of great processes and especially excellent people. GLI Group immediately saw the awesome potential we have to become more and wants to nurture that potential into growth and success for Bulletproof.”

Al seleccionar a GLI como su accionista, Steve Burns comentó, "Personalmente, me convencí de que el Grupo GLI era nuestro socio ideal debido a sus exitosos antecedentes en inversión y construcción de negocios líderes en la industria, enfocado en proporcionar los mejores servicios en su clase a clientes y consumidores y, a su compromiso con New Brunswick y Canadá."

The GLI Group’s principal owner James Maida said: “We’re very pleased to invest in Bulletproof and their management team. While the GLI Group has businesses globally, the Atlantic Canada region is critically important to our strategy. The Bulletproof team has done an impressive job building a globally competitive company in New Brunswick. We’re excited about the opportunity to expand Bulletproof throughout Canada and globally with New Brunswick as the base of operations. This is great for us and it’s great for Atlantic Canada because we see opportunities to expand into markets across Canada and the rest of the world. Atlantic Canada is a great place to do business and an ideal place to concentrate some key centralized services Bulletproof provides. We’re going to deliver those services to a wider export market across the world. At the same time, we see an opportunity in parallel for on the ground operations to expand into other key regions of Canada and the USA which will only further strengthen the GLI Group and Bulletproof’s market position and success.”

GLI is committed to jobs and growth in the Maritimes.

Mr. Maida noted, “Given the province’s recent announcement on the development of their cyber-security strategy, we (GLI) see great potential in being part of the implementation and growth opportunity by investing in existing infrastructure and competencies in the region. We find great synergies investing our capital there.”