KAC Alarm Company is celebrating its 40th anniversary in business.
The world’s largest manufacturer of call points and audible visible warning devices used in fire systems has manufactured over 30 million call points since being founded in 1972.
An open day at KAC’s UK manufacturing base in Redditch was held to mark the event with 170 staff and their families invited.
KAC claim to have been responsible for developing an innovative new product design that quickly replaced the original “break glass” devices that were widely used in the past. This became the de facto industry standard used by manufacturers, according to KAC.
Russell McNamara said, “Our fortieth anniversary is a great advertisement for UK manufacturing. We have been based in the Midlands for 40 years; during that time we have expanded from a one man start-up operation to a worldwide business which has the backing of Honeywell, a global manufacturing and technology leader.
products are used all over the world in high profile buildings, commercial offices and specialist environments such as the marine industry and hazardous areas, providing protection for people, property and assets.
“We invested £2m in a modern manufacturing plant at Thornhill Road in Redditch in 2008 and continue to advance the technologies we use to manufacture our products.”
