MINNEAPOLIS — To expand its gas and flame detection, and monitoring solutions, Honeywell has acquired Fire Sentry Corp., a fire detection and control products provider. Terms of the deal were not released.
"This acquisition will further strengthen Honeywell's leadership position in the gas detection space," Honeywell Life Safety President and CEO Mark Levy says. "It will enhance our competitive gas and flame offering and bolster our cross-selling opportunities across the globe."
Yorba Linda, Calif.-based Fire Sentry offers fast-responding electro-optical flame detectors, portable test lamps and dedicated control panels, according to a press release. Designed to ensure rapid, accurate and reliable detection of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon fires within a single device, clients in industrial markets, such as petrochemical, use the products.
"Fire Sentry has a 30-year history of proven fire and flame detection innovation and more than 100,000 units installed worldwide in a wide array of industrial settings," Levy says. "This is a great fit for our Life Safety business. It deeply complements our technology advances in gas detection."
The recent deal builds on Honeywell's acquisitions of System Sensor in 1984 and Zellweger Analytics in 2005. Fire Sentry will integrate into Honeywell Life Safety and will extend significant synergies in distribution channels, vertical end-markets and global end-users, according to Honeywell.
Other Recent News
May 22, 2012
Eaton Corp., a diversified industrial manufacturer, announced this week it has agreed to purchase Cooper Industries for $11.8 billion.
May 15, 2012
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has launched a recruitment campaign to increase the number of code enforcers participating on its technical committees.
April 24, 2012
The Board of Trustees here approved a false fire alarm ordinance that will require repeat offenders to pay $750 for each false alarm.
April 10, 2012
The Security Industry Association (SIA), in conjunction with several other groups, is supporting bipartisan legislation reintroduced by Congressman Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Congressman Charlie Bass (R-N.H.) to increase the use of life-saving residential carbon monoxide (CO) alarms.
March 22, 2012
The National Training Center (NTC) has completed the transition to computer-based testing (CBT) for NICET Fire Alarm exams.