Honeywell Analytics is a producer of

gas detector A gas detector is a device that detects the presence of gases in an area, often as part of a safety system. A gas detector can sound an alarm to operators in the area where the leak is occurring, giving them the opportunity to leave. This type of ...

based in Poole in the

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History

Zellweger Analytics established its SF Detection brand in 1991 to supply domestic

carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a colorless, poisonous, odorless, tasteless, flammable gas that is slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simple ...

(CO) units to consumers. The company was the first to bring a kitemarked product to market in 1996, while a subsequent model, the SF350BS released in 1998, was the first device to be approved to the new British Standard. When the European Standard governing the use of domestic CO alarms (EN50291:2001) was released in 2001, the company launched the SF350EN in 2002; the first CO alarm in the UK to be certified to the European Standard. In 2005

Honeywell Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building technologies, performance ma ...

acquired the company and re-branded the organisation as Honeywell Analytics, within its Honeywell Life Safety Group. In 2007 MST Technology, a German supplier of

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and laboratory based gas detection, was also acquired and integrated.

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* Honeywell Companies based in Poole {{US-manufacturing-company-stub