Short Hills Defense Firm Will Relocate Corporate HQ To Florida

Umbra Applied Technologies Group, a homeland security-focused technology manufacturer, announced on Wednesday will be moving its Short Hills-based corporate office to Tampa, Florida.

According to a release, the company will relocate its corporate headquarters following the build out of a second Tampa location, which is projected to be completed by the end of 2015.

The new corporate office will house the company’s Intelligence Operations, product sales force, a customer service department, and a warranty department to support expanding operations.

The announcement comes in the wake of what company executives termed an “aggressive acquisitions initiative” that’s acquired more than three companies and a “vast portfolio of intellectual properties” over the past three years.

According to its website, Umbra Applied Technologies Group is a “diversified technology company with a vision for the fields of alternative energy, conventional energy, medical innovation, environmental remediation, weapons systems and compound recognition technologies that are related to homeland security.”

The publically traded company’s Annual Report and SEC filings can be seen online here.

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