Beam smoke detector manufacturer Fire Fighting Enterprises has been awarded a 2009 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the international trade category.
Over the last six years the company has sold to over 70 countries and the award recognises the company’s track record in export sales and overseas trade.
The company, based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, develops and manufactures specialist smoke detectors suitable for covering large indoor spaces. Products from its FireRay range have been chosen to protect valuable venues around the world – from warehouses in Poland and Croatia, and from a palace in Romania to cinema complexes in India.
Recent overseas activity has been the addition of a new office in the USA last October and there are plans for direct local representatives to be employed in both India and China.
“It is fantastic to be honoured in such a way, and really hits home to all of us here that our efforts over the last few years truly have been successful,” said managing director, Ian Steel. “It feels particularly special at this time, knowing that we have performed so well even in face of such general – and global – economic difficulties. But then you can’t put a price on safety, I guess!”
