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Minimax is one of the oldest brands in the world, for fire
extinguishers. Minimax is a pioneer and leader in fire fighting
equipments in India for about a century. Minimax provides varied
variety of Fire Fighting Equipments to suit the needs of
industrial, commercial and home environment. Minimax is an ISO
9001 company with all its products are marked by ISI. Minimax
products are available throughout India through its strong
distribution network.
Steelage Industries Ltd. originated as a manufacturer of
equipment such as safes and lockers for the security market. It
grew rapidly mainly because of outstanding quality and captive
demand. It later acquired Minimax - a manufacturer of fire
fighting equipment.
As a step towards providing
quality security solutions Steelage Industries Ltd. in the year
1951 entered into technical collaboration with UK based Chubb
Safes Group, who were acknowledged as world-wide leaders in
security business safeguarding wealth in all major banks and
commercial establishments.
Equity participation from Chubb
Group in 1971 gave Steelage Industries Ltd. the green signal to
make further forays into the Indian market. The partnership with
Chubb Group also resulted in Steelage Industries Ltd. acquiring
Minimax of India Ltd. ‘Minimax’ division, a highly reliable and
trusted name in fire extinguishers under the brand name Minimax.
The growth of the Indian economy,
in general, and growth of its banking network and industrial
infrastructure in particular, helped Steelage Industries Ltd. to
become an important and integral part of the security and
safety-products market.
In 1975-76, a well-equipped factory for manufacture of
fire-extinguishers and allied products was set up at Ambattur,
near Chennai. Another new and modern industrial plant for
manufacture of fire engines, trailer pumps and portable pumps
was commissioned in July 1986 at Ambattur.
The growth of Indian economy saw
the industrial infrastructure improve considerably leading to an
increase in the need for fire-protection systems. In 1980, Fire
Protection systems business was started under the brand name
Minimax. Since then the Projects division undertakes projects
related to installation of fire-detection, fire alarm,
fire-extinguishing facilities for buildings and industrial
complexes.
In March 2000, the Sweden-based
Gunnebo Group acquired the ChubbSafes business. Gunnebo Group
made a public offer for the remaining shares in Steelage
Industries Ltd. and at the end of 2005 the name of the company
was changed to Gunnebo India Ltd.
Thus Gunnebo India Ltd. became a
subsidiary of the Gunnebo AB Group, Sweden and since then it is
poised for greater integration and access to the latest
developments in modern technologies that has provided a distinct
competitive advantage to its products in the security solutions
market.
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