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Apollo Fire Detectors Limited is a story of success. The company has grown from manufacturing ionisation smoke detectors on a single production line into a truly global company with a world-beating range of products and a central place in the future of fire protection.
Apollo win both Business of the Year and Exporter of the Year at the Business Excellence Awards, run by the newspaper local to its headquarters in Havant, The Portsmouth News.
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Apollo is named Fire Solutions Partner for Portsmouth Football Club.
Apollo retain Investor in People recognition.
Apollo America moves to Kentucky.
AlarmSense guide for HMOs released.
New Corporate Identity launched at FireExpo 2007.
Danny Burns joins Apollo as our 4th Managing Director.
Apollo China opens new office in Shanghai.
Apollo celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
Apollo detectors are installed in a diverse range of sites this year, including Westminster Cathedral, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Manchester Piccadilly Station, Yelde Hall and and an oil and gas processing facility on Sakhalin, Russia.
Orbis, Apollo's new generation of conventional detectors is launched.
Apollo receive EC certificates of conformity under the Construction Products Directive (CPD) for fire detection products for Series 65, XPlorer and Discovery.
The workforce nears 400 and exports reach 75 countries.
Approximately 2,000 Apollo Discovery detectors and ancillary devices are installed in the new £350 million retail development, WestQuay in Southampton.
Apollo celebrates its 20th anniversary with an Open Week. Visitors to its headquarters in Havant, gain an insight into every aspect of our business. We also welcome our third MD, Michael Hamilton as Neil Quinn becomes Chairman.
Windsor Castle is restored following a devastating fire. Apollo detectors are installed to safeguard against any future disaster.
A new test facility, Apollo's Fire Test Room gives further confidence that new products will meet approval processes.
Apollo's new premises are opened by HRH The Duke of York on 8 April.
New product development continues apace with the launch of ranges including Series 65, Discovery and RDM.
Apollo is accredited with the Investors in People award, recognising the continuous support to train and develop staff which helps the company reach its full potential.
Building work starts on a new 120,000 sq.ft (11,000m²) headquarters for Apollo in January.
In October, Apollo moves in to the new premises in Brookside Road.
The XP95 range is further developed to include a range of interfaces.
Apollo wins an unprecedented third Queen's Award for Export Achievement.
Apollo takes on the lease of factory 4, gaining an extra 32,000 sq.ft (3,000m²). Total factory area is now 62,000 sq.ft (5,800m²).
Apollo continues to consolidate its market position with the release of intrinsically safe and marine versions of Series 60 and XP95 detectors.
Another landmark year for Apollo: the XP95 range is launched and one million detectors are made and sold in one year. Five thousand Apollo detectors are used in a new fire system at the Kremlin, Russia as modernisation of the governmental and cultural building complex takes place.
Apollo develops Series 60, the first low profile range of fire detectors, and opens up the US market the following year. Apollo gets a new sister company - Apollo GmbH - and a new MD as Neil Quinn takes over from Stephen O'Shea, our first MD.
Apollo expands into factory 2. Refurbishment costs reach £500,000 as it's the biggest factory on site.
Series 90 fire detectors are established as a market leader and turnover increases by 64 per cent as the range develops further to include ancillary devices. Apollo becomes the first fire detection company to obtain approval to BS5750 Part 2.
Apollo is awarded its first Queen's Award for Export Achievement. The Series 90 range expands to include a manual call point.
Conventional Series 20 optical replaces the previous optical smoke detectors. The Series 90 range of analogue addressable detectors is launched. The protocol they use forms the basis for every subsequent intelligent Apollo product.
In five years, the company has expanded from a single production line to occupy 30,000 sq.ft (2,800m²) in two adjacent factories.
Apollo joins international engineering group Halma plc and is renamed Apollo Fire Detectors Limited.
Introduction of two more conventional products, the Mark II rate-of-rise heat detector and the optical smoke detector.
Introduction of conventional Mark II ionisation smoke detector.
Apollo Manufacturing Ltd is established in Havant, Hampshire, UK with a 13-strong workforce.