Company History

Just 18 months prior to the launch of The Fire Beam at Firex 2005, the company was the brainchild of company founders Andrew Gilmour and Karl Caddick. As with all the best plans, the two best of friends came up with the idea over a pint! So a clean piece of paper was removed from the drawer and the ultimate beam detector was designed and born.




Both looking after there own areas of expertise, the idea soon became a reality. Many obstacles had to be overcome, not least of which was finding a manufacturing partner. This they found after a lot of footwork in Malaysia with contract manufacturing company Lemtronics happily marrying British design with the highest quality manufacture.




Development could then progress from the first prototype through to the finished Fire Beam you see today. Working from their sales and warehousing base in Dunstable Bedfordshire, the company is growing daily with sales expertise now added to the team and the invaluable back room skills of June Ashby.




The Fire Beam is in a very short time becoming accepted as the beam of choice throughout the industry. With the granting of third party certification VDS, export is seen as the next area of growth along with further product development that will eventually cover every conceivable requirement and innovation in beam detection.