Golan Group

Background

The Golan Group is a private military service provider founded in 1983 by ex-Special Forces security experts from the Israeli Army and has remained privately owned since. Historically, they have been mostly involved in Israel and the southern Americas having served in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Colombia. They have twelve offices and 3,500 employees world-wide and have pooled their management teams from their areas of operation. [1].

Yoram Yasur is the president, Thomas Pearson Jr. is the vice-president.[2]

Among the services they have performed over the years include alarm monitoring, background investigations, closed circuit television systems, couriers, trained dogs, security training, fire safety, guard services, information technology, key control, risk analysis, X-ray screening systems and travel/ tourist security. [3]

Currently they produce and provide the Xpose 2000 X-ray Screening system as well as Armored Vehicles [4] and armoring kits [5]. They hold the exclusive global license for using the cutting edge, patent pending flouroscopic X-ray technology to manufacture and market products that will be aimed at the US aviation community as well as NDT testing or Non-destructive testing. They are also unveiling the new Xpose 2000V which is a mobile x-ray unit [6] capable of being deployed immediately. They have formed XRAYIT, a subsidiary, to market the variety of forthcoming applications. [7][8]

Golan has provided personal protective security for a variety of celebrities touring outside the US [9]. They have recently joined up with key players in the energy industry to comprehend the threat involved to major plants, chemical factories, water treatment facilities and energy related production sites. [10]

They also have their hands in the banking industry, which has gone through major deregulation programs and produced an atmosphere of consolidation both within the industry and out. Golan is creating technology to provide security for the future of online banking. [11]

They are currently headquarted in Florida.

Clients

Among Golan's clients have been:

• 3M
• Abbott Laboratories
• Alcoa Inc.
• American Airlines
• Amway Corporation
• ARAMARK Corporation,
• Avon Products, Inc.
• The Gap, Inc.
• Basic Resource
• Bayer Corporation
• Ciba Specialty Chemicals
• CIGNA Corporation
• Citigroup Inc.
• Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Del Monte Foods Company
• Diner’s Club
• Domino's, Inc.
• Embassies of Canada, Japan, Israel, Spain & USA
• Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Ford Motor Company
• Fruit of the Loom, Ltd.
• General Motors Corporation
• The Gillette Company
• Grupo Bimbo
• Grupo Modelo
• Johnson & Johnson
• Diageo plc
• Kellogg Company
• Kraft Foods Inc
• Levi Strauss & Co.
• Lucent Technologies Inc.
• Marriott International, Inc.
• MasterCard International Incorporated
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
• Motorola, Inc.
• PepsiCo, Inc.
• Philip Morris Companies Inc.
• Pfizer Inc
• Pizza Hut, Inc.
• PriceSmart, Inc.
• The Procter & Gamble Company
• Carlson Companies, Inc.
• Radisson
• Rayovac Corporation
• Revlon, Inc.
• Roche Group,
• Shell Oil Company
• Siemens AG
• Sony Corporation
• ChevronTexaco Corporation
• Taca Airlines
• Telefonica Espanola
• Toyota Motor Corporation
• Visa International
• Wendy's International, Inc. [12]

Contact

Golan Group
Corporate HQ
301 Crawford Boulevard Suite 102
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Phone:(561) 338-0833
Fax:(561) 417-2383
Web: http://www.golangroup.com