Īlvis Mk6 Salamander airport crash tender fitted with Pyrene equipment The factory, now known as Westlink House, is a Grade II listed building. Pyrene moved to a new Art Deco style factory in 1930, located on the Great West Road, Brentford and established the concept of major fire demonstrations with the construction of a large demonstration ground alongside the Brentford factory, to simulate an oil storage depot. Brent America was sold to Oakite and was later acquired by Chemetall GMBH. Brent continued to manufacture the firefighting chemicals globally for Pyrene for several years until Pyrene redeveloped the chemistry side of their business. Pyrene only retained rights to manufacture the off patent firefighting chemicals. Its Pyrene Company Limited sold part of the chemical division to the Brent International Chemical Company which was a stand-alone specialty chemical company who manufactured a variety of industrial cleaning compounds. In 1927, a metal-finishing division was established, which developed the Parkerizing process for metal rust-proofing. The London General Omnibus Company awarded Pyrene the contract for its fire extinguishers in 1924. The company moved to Grosvenor Gardens, London in 1918, and then to Stoke Newington in 1920, where a factory to manufacture soda-acid and foam fire extinguishers was established. Phillips, an American businessman, set up in Great Queen Street, London, selling 'pump' extinguishers. Ī British offshoot, The Pyrene Company Limited was founded in 1914 when Wallace B. He established what became known as the Pyrene Company of Delaware in 1909. In 1907, a Scottish engineer, unable to get financial backing in the UK, took his idea for a fire extinguisher to the US.
The former Pyrene Company Building, Great West Road, Brentford Company history
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