Hochiki Commemorates 90 Years of Fire Safety

Hochiki Europe, the UK-based subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Hochiki Corporation, which designs, manufactures and markets a broad selection of fire detection and alarm products, is commemorating the Japanese company's 90th year in the fire safety business. 

Founded in 1918, the company installed Japan's first public fire alarm in 1920 and developed the world's first addressable manual call point. 

Today, it is an international business with an annual global turnover in excess of £400 million. Currently it manufactures more than five million detectors every year, and has the largest fire test laboratory in the world.

Hochiki Europe was established in the UK in 1992 and is headquartered at a purpose-built facility in Gillingham, Kent, from where it manages Hochiki's extensive business interests throughout the EMEA region, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Indian subcontinent.