factory overlooking minimax corner minimax limited was a british manufacturer of fire extinguishers founded in england in 1903 . their unique conical fire extinguisher was known as the minimax . the company was purchased by the pyrene company limited in 1955 . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit minimax limited opened their first office in england in 1903 in leadenhall street london with one salesman . in 1905 they won the highest award for extinguishers in a st.louis exhibition . in 1907 minimax were suppliers to king edward vii for protection of his motor car and were exporting to countries such as argentina china siam india and tasmania . in england extinguishers had been supplied to westminster abbey windsor castle winchester cathedral and oxford and cambridge universities . a new factory was built at feltham middlesex in 1911 at the junction of staines road and fagg s road minimax corner which became a famous landmark . 51 27 28 n 0 24 36 w 51.45778 n 0.41000 w 51.45778 ; 0.41000 minimax factory site . soon 1 000 extinguishers a month were being produced . the czar of russia placed an order for extinguishers for his yacht polar star and the siberian railway was supplied with minimax extinguishers . two hundred extinguishers a day were produced during the first world war along with many thousands of aerial bombs . between the wars many new developments were introduced including co2 extinguishers . colliery protection with remote controlled extinguishers became a speciality . distillation plants for producing fresh water from salt water were made from 1939 to 1945 with one order for 600 from the dutch navy . a minimax extinguisher minimax was purchased by the pyrene company limited in 1955 . pyrene was taken over by chubb security in 1967 . the factory was closed and demolished in the 1980s the site has now been refurbished by nevill long & encon ltd and is their west london interiors distribution centre 1 the factory s art deco gateway was saved and now stands as public art overlooking minimax corner . 2 a nearby cul de sac is also called minimax close . see also edit chubb fire chubb security chubb locks read and campbell limited rampart engineering the pyrene company limited references edit minimax limited . geograph.org.uk . retrieved 13 april 2013 . minimax limited gateway . geograph.org.uk . retrieved 13 april 2013 . external links edit http www.gracesguide.co.uk minimax http www.chubb.co.uk media related to minimax company at wikimedia commons v t e utc building and industrial systems subsidiaries carrier corporation international comfort products corporation chubb fire chubb security the pyrene company limited read and campbell limited ge security kidde otis elevator company otis elevating railway otis hovair rampart engineering the pyrene company limited minimax limited people willis carrier charles chubb walter kidde elisha otis products chubb detector lock related united technologies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title minimax limited & oldid 653866219 categories firefighting equipmentdefunct manufacturing companies of the united kingdommanufacturing industries in londonhistory of hounslowhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 28 march 2015 at 09 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view