Tag: Tyco Fire Protection Products

NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland—Tyco has acquired “substantially all of the assets” of Commercial Wireless Systems International, it announced today in a prepared statement. CWSI will be integrated into Tyco's Fire Protection Products business unit, thus broadening Tyco's offerings and expertise in wireless technology and systems, Tyco said in the statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Florida-based CWSI, in business for 30 years, develops wireless fire alarm and detection products....

LANSDALE, Pa.—Tyco Fire Protection Products introduced three new valves in the American market this summer for use in commercial and industrial fire sprinkler systems. Introduced were two new resilient seated gate valves and the pre-trimmed DV-5 Deluge Valve.The valves, which are UL-listed and FM-approved, are part of Tyco's extensive line of fire system valves. They have proved popular in other markets worldwide, and now the American market is ripe for them as well, Gijsbert van Rooyen, product...

LANSDALE, Pa.—Tyco Fire Protection Products' new sales leader of the company's sprinkler business in the Americas told Security Systems News that he sees positive growth opportunities in the sprinkler market in 2014 as the construction market comes back.Also, Don Russell told SSN, the warehouse storage business is strong as companies like Wal-Mart and Amazon increasingly need space to store the goods their customers want to buy.“Warehousing is big in the U.S. right now. It's very robust,...

CHICAGO—SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco fire and life safety company, says it has “reinvented every aspect of notification” in bringing to market a new family of intelligent notification appliances it's showcasing at the 2013 NFPA Conference & Expo here this week.“We think it's a revolutionary development in the industry that will really change the nature of notification,” Chris Woodcock, director of marketing communications for Westminster, Mass.-based SimplexGrinnell, told...

LANSDALE, Pa.—With all model fire and life safety codes now requiring fire sprinklers in new homes, new sprinkler markets are opening up as more and more states and local communities pass laws complying with the codes. Tyco Fire Protection Products, a worldwide manufacturer of sprinkler systems based here, says a network of residential fire sprinkler installation contractors it has developed over the last few years helps both Tyco and the installers take advantage of the growing market opportunity. “We've...