The security products provider announced it would be winding down operations by the end of the year in a note to its distributors.

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Interlogix, a division of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, will begin winding down its businesses in the United States and Canada by the end of the year, according to a note sent to its distributors. The company plans to focus on growth opportunities in its other fire and security businesses.

UTC says Interlogix will continue to provide customer service in the areas of technical support, product fulfillment and warranty obligations in accordance with its warranty policies.

One source told SSI his local Interlogix rep was blindsided by the announcement, considering there were products previously announced to be launched in the fourth quarter.

The source also said the closure will have a major impact on his company, which has hundreds of panels and sensors in its client base.

Earlier this year, Interlogix launched TruProtect, a scalable commercial security solution that unified intrusion monitoring, access control and video surveillance into a single platform.

Even more notably, the company recently relaunched its security dealer program, which had been absent since the days of the GE Security Pro dealer program.

Interlogix was created as the result of a 2000 merger between ITI and SLC Technologies. It was then purchased by General Electric in 2002 and renamed GE Security in 2004.

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) bought the security business of General Electric for $1.82 billion in 2010 and reverted it back to the Interlogix moniker.

You can review the note Interlogix sent to its distributors below. SSI will continue to report on this breaking story .