Fike UK Drives Plans for Significant Growth

Fike Corporation – one of the world’s leading providers of industry safety solutions – has announced the commercial amalgamation of its UK explosion, fire protection and Oil & Gas facilities as part of ambitious growth plans to double company turnover in the UK & Ireland over the next five years. (Read More)

Having previously acted as separate entities, the company’s branches have now combined commercially to be able to provide total protection for applications as diverse as manufacturing process industries, public utilities, municipal buildings, hotels and schools, marine and oil rigs.

As part of the company’s growth strategy the Cwmbran site, which previously specialised in providing fire alarm and detection systems, has now doubled in size to incorporate the fire suppression solutions that were previously handled by an office in Guildford.  

Expanding into a neighbouring facility during 2015, the site now houses all fire protection employees under one roof, including engineers, research and development teams’ right through to designers, sales and manufacturing.  There has also been extensive upgrading of the fire training facilities that attract multi-national attendees to the many courses run there.
With several staff relocating from the company’s original Guildford office, the Cwmbran team now comprises over 100 staff.
The Cwmbran site will continue to hold full responsibility for the development and manufacture of all fire safety equipment to be distributed to Fike Customers across the world.

As part of the growth plans Keith Avila will take on the role of UK Commercial Manager having previously acted as General Manager at the Kent based explosion protection division.

Keith said: “All UK divisions have played an influential role in building an unprecedented global reputation and as we grow our presence even further and drive sales of our highly reputable safety solutions, the time is right for Fike to merge these divisions.

“In doing so, this allows us to take a more holistic approach in carrying out our comprehensive expansion plans, and as such, continue to meet our business objective of cohesive service delivery.
“The move has also allowed us to increase our in-house capabilities as we strive to provide the most cost effective solutions – without compromise - for our clients.”

Founded in 1945, the family owned and operated Fike Corporation is headquartered in Blue Springs, Missouri, America.  Fike UK opened its doors to the UK market in 1985 – marking a 30 year milestone last year – and following on from the global success of the company.

With 70 years’ experience manufacturing products ranging from rupture discs and explosion protection systems, right through to fire suppression and alarm systems and specialist Oilfield energetic devices, the company’s robust solutions are well known for their reliability and accuracy.

Fike’s explosion protection division – located in Maidstone, Kent – has already experienced rapid growth, doubling in size in 2013 to cater for the company’s growing orders from some of the UK and Irelands largest chemical, pharmaceutical and blue chip food companies.

Keith added: “We are at the forefront of the industry in supplying safety solutions which exist to try and eliminate the risk of potentially devastating disasters occurring and the time is now right to fuse all this growth and expertise into one key operational base.

“Safety is paramount, especially in the workplace and this is something that should never be underestimated. We will continue to grow at Fike in order to prevent potentially catastrophic disasters occurring, and always ensuring our customer’s workforce is protected.”

Fike is an industry expert in rupture disc technologies, explosion protection, fire alarm systems and fire suppression solutions. The company prides itself on meeting and in many cases exceeding industry standards to deliver technologically advanced, fast and flexible solutions.

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