dormakaba Acquires Entrance Control System Company Avant-Garde

dormakaba has signed a binding agreement to acquire Avant-Garde Systems Inc., one of the largest independent solution providers for entrance control systems in the United States. This acquisition represents a core-in-the-core acquisition, strengthening dormakaba’s North American go-to-market in access automation solutions.

Founded in 2015 and based in Clarksville, Indiana, Avant-Garde provides a “one-stop-shop” solution for their customers. Avant-Garde combines in-depth entrance control expertise with full-service capabilities, offering full lifecycle from consultation and product selection to installation and support. Products include a full range of turnstiles, vehicle and pedestrian gates, metal detection, turnstile canopies and guard houses.

The Avant-Garde acquisition adds key capabilities in target strategic growth verticals such as data centers, airports and nation-wide integrators.

Till Reuter, CEO dormakaba, says: “We are delighted to welcome the Avant-Garde team into our Group. This acquisition is an important piece to advance our North American growth plan. It will strengthen our entrance systems control capabilities, enhancing our high-margin business as well as positioning us for growth in our key verticals: airports and data centers.”

dormakaba expects to close the acquisition of Avant-Garde Systems Inc. in early January 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed. dormakaba expects the transaction to be accretive to Group EPS from day 1.