Fike fire distributor, American Fire Technologies, was recently presented with the U.S. Commerce Department's Export Achievement Certitificate. The award recognizes companies that have benefited from the Department's U.S. Commercial Service assistance to make their first export sale or expand into new international markets.

"Over the years, exporting has enabled our company to grow and expand, and being well-diversified geographically has helped us to weather the worldwide economic situation and sustain local jobs here in Wilmington [NC]," said Carl Busian, President of American Fire Technologies. "In just a few short years, our exports as a percentage of total sales have grown from 4 to 15 percent - a 266% increase ... "

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After investigating fire suppression system alternatives, the Wharton Esherick Board decided on a Fike ECARO-25 clean agent fire suppression system with DuPont™ FE-25™. The ECARO-25 system is activated by an ionization-based smoke detector that sounds an alarm and reports the first indicators of smoke. Small pressurized tanks of FE-25 installed in closets throughout the studio eliminated the need for an extensive piping system, greatly reducing the cost of installation.

Blue Springs, MO, July 15, 2008 – Fike announced today that its global clean agent fire suppression system offering will include the use of DuPont™ FM-200® clean agent, beginning August 15, 2008.

The use of FM-200®(ASHRAE name HFC-227ea) will not require engineering changes to Fike’s product offering, nor will it require any technical or installation changes for Fike’s distributors. FM-200® has identical performance characteristics as FE-227® (ASHRAE name HFC-227ea) that Fike previously offered. After August 15, 2008, all Fike HFC-227ea systems globally will be marketed, manufactured, and delivered using the FM-200® brand. Fike’s systems with FM-200® will continue to meet UL and FM approvals as before.

Fike and its distributor, Reliable Fire in Alsip, IL, are featured in the August issue of Consulting Specifying-Engineer. Fike's DuPont FM-200 clean agent fire protection system saved a data center located in one of Chicago's major financial institutions on the evening of April 3, 2009. To read the story, please click the read more link below.