of utc industry fire and security founded 1818 founder charles & jeremiah chubb headquarters middlesex united kingdom key people simon quillish parent united technologies corporation website www.chubb.co.uk chubb fire & security is a british american owned fire and security business . it is owned by american company united technologies corporation . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by charles and jeremiah chubb who patented their chubb detector lock in 1818 . the company won a government competition for a lock which could not be opened other than by its own key . 1 in 1835 the company produced its first chubb safe at its factory in wolverhampton and in the second half of the 19th century the company expanded into the us and produced a time lock that was fitted to bank vaults across the country . 2 in the 1800s chubb gained some important customers such as the duke of wellington and the bank of england . 3 over the next 100 years the company turned out more than 2.5 m locks . 2 after world war ii chubb expanded its operations in 17 countries . from being a single company manufacturing specialized security products it turned into a broad based group of companies covering not only many aspects of security but fire protection as well . the company went on to acquire a number of rival firms including chatwood milner ltd. 1958 burgot alarms ltd and rely a bell 1962 read and campbell limited 1964 josiah parkes and sons ltd. 1965 and the pyrene company limited 1967 . 4 it was bought by racal electronics in 1984 from which it was demerged in 1992 before being acquired by williams holdings in 1997 5 as the latter company sought to build a security focused conglomerate . chubb was again demerged in 2000 . 2 in 2000 chubb sold chubb locks its lock and safe making unit to assa abloy and concentrated on security systems such as door access and cctv systems . 6 in 2002 chubb held intensive acquisitions talks with sweden based securitas ab the world s biggest security services business . after 18 months of negotiations 7 the talks were called off on the grounds that the deal would not be financially attractive to either company s shareholders . 8 in 2003 chubb was acquired for 622m by united technologies corporation . 9 in 2007 utc bought initial fire and security the security arm of rentokil initial and proceeded to merge the business and its assets with chubb in utc fire & security . in 2013 chubb s australian cash in transit business was sold to prosegur . 10 chubb engineer operations edit chubb subsidiaries around the world now form an important part of the utc business & industrial systems division . see also edit chubb fire chubb locks read and campbell limited minimax limited rampart engineering the pyrene company limited references edit a gazetteer of lock and key makers a gazetteer of lock and key makers a b c companies & finance uk & ireland chubb s safe blown wide open but will there be anything left inside financial times apr 23 2003 the history of chubb locks custodial services chubb locks custodial early sales offices chubbgroup 1980s & on . chubbarchive.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk . retrieved 2011 12 21 . williams of britain to buy chubb security new york times 15 february 1997 troubled chubb agrees 622m utc takeover the independent securitas halts chubb merger bbc news online chubb slips as securitas calls off acquisition talks telegraph.co.uk united technologies of us is in talks on 1bn takeover of chubb financial times apr 21 2003 prosegur compania de seguridad sa through subsidiary acquires chubb security services pty limited reuters dec 16 2013 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to chubb security . official site utc fire & security site official website of chubb australia official website of chubb hong kong official website of chubbsafes taiwan 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 chubb security & oldid 743072201 categories security companies of the united kingdomfire detection and alarm companiesmanufacturing companies of the united kingdomservice companies of the united kingdomcompanies formerly listed on the london stock exchangecompanies established in 1818racal1818 establishments in the united kingdomhidden 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 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