is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2013 afex industry manufacturing founded 1968 headquarters raleigh north carolina u.s. products fire protection services safety products parent bonaventure group inc. website afex afex based in raleigh north carolina is a specialty manufacturer of vehicle fire suppression systems . the company was founded in 1968 initially to serve the timber harvesting industry in the southern pine forests . later this was expanded to the waste handling industry primarily used to address the need found at sanitary landfills . in 1986 the business was purchased by bonaventure group inc. shortly afterward much of the company s focus shifted to providing vehicle fire suppression systems to the mining market first in the united states and then beginning in 1994 in the latin american countries . afex systems are typically found on excavators haul trucks power shovels wheel loaders bulldozers graders etc. other industries served where fire is a significant hazard are steel mass transit pulp and paper and agriculture . 1 afex fire suppression systems carry activfire fm and ce approvals . references edit randy smith august 1989 . system protection for heavy off road equipment . fire systems 5 6 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title afex fire suppression systems & oldid 662457276 categories fire suppressionhidden categories orphaned articles from october 2013all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 15 may 2015 at 15 15 . 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