Kidde

Kidde, a brand and division of United Technologies Corporation, is a business, or group of businesses, that manufactures and distributes fire detection and extinguishing equipment. The company was founded by Walter Kidde in 1917 in the United States. The founder was of Czech origin and unrelated to the Danish author Harald Kidde. The company grew rapidly during the 1920s and established a British operation at Colnbrook in 1935 as its first overseas operation. It was acquired by Williams Holdings in 1988 and in 1989 it merged with Graviner (another Williams Holdings business) to form Kidde Graviner. In 1993 it acquired Dunford Hepburn. It was demerged from Williams Holdings in 2000. In 2005, Kidde was acquired by United Technologies...