Kidde-Fenwal, Inc.

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Kidde-Fenwal originated in 1966 when Walter Kidde & Company, a leading fire protection manufacturer headquartered in Clifton, NJ, acquired Fenwal, Inc., an Ashland-based manufacturer of temperature and gas ignition controls. Both Walter Kidde and Fenwal, having begun their business operations during the 1930's, were already considered among the top companies in their respective industries.In 1989, Williams Holdings Ltd., a major British industrial corporation, acquired Fenwal, Inc. and the other Kidde fire protection companies. Following the acquisition, Kidde's Wake Forest, NC operations were merged with Fenwal's Ashland facility, and in 1991, the new company was renamed Kidde-Fenwal, Inc. In 2005, United Technologies Corporation acquired Kidde plc and created the entity UTC Fire & Security, which merged the Kidde plc fire protection with United Technologies established security business, Chubb.

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