Some people are all too quick to dismiss British manufacturing as increasingly insignificant as far as UK pic is concerned. But if one fire panel manufacturer is anything to go by, that analysis may be premature, as Ron Alalouff reports. Serious players in the uk fire industry are still in good shape in spite of current economic woes, according to Ray King, co-founder and managing director of Kentec, the UK based manufacturer of control panels and ancillary equipment. His bullish outlook comes after the announcement of a significant expansion in his business with the acquisition of Viking Electronics Services (VES) - a United States based fire systems integrator with a unique system monitoring software offering.
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