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Keep-up-to-date with the latest company and product news from Hochiki.
Keep-up-to-date with the latest company and product news from Hochiki.
Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, is thrilled to announce its support for the opening of the Fire Industry Association's (FIA) new hands-on training bays at their Northwich training facility.
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Hochiki Europe, a leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, has announced the imminent closure of its online store as part of an exciting transition towards a brand-new website set to launch in 2025. The current online store will cease operations on September 30th, 2024, marking the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter in Hochiki's digital presence.
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Hochiki Europe, a leader in fire detection and emergency lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the results of its annual customer survey for 2024. The survey, which saw a 100% completion rate from customers who participated, reveals significant improvements in customer satisfaction and product perception compared to the previous year.
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For nearly three decades, Graham Lowe has been a guiding force in fire safety, serving as Managing Director of Hochiki Europe. Now, as he steps into retirement, Lowe offers a unique perspective on the remarkable transformations within the fire detection industry and how Hochiki Europe has strategically adapted to stay at the forefront. In this interview, Lowe shares his insights and thoughts for the future not only for the team at Hochiki but also the broader industry.
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Hochiki Europe, a leading provider of fire detection and life safety solutions, is delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted as finalists for the Fire Safety Project of the Year Award at the Fire Safety Matters (FSM) Awards 2024.
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Renowned life safety leader, Hochiki Europe, is gearing up to display its comprehensive fire safety solutions at the Fire Safety Event 2024, taking place at the NEC Birmingham from the 30th April to the 2nd May 2024.
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Hochiki Europe, the global leader in life safety solutions, is proud to introduce an unparalleled generation of UL listed smoke detectors now available for installation projects across any region that requires UL approval. Specifically designed to achieve compliance with the rigorous UL268 7th Edition standards, Hochiki's range of innovative 7th edition products fill a crucial gap for conventional applications to meet the UL standard.
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Hochiki Europe, a global leader in life safety systems, is thrilled to announce the launch of the Hochiki Training Academy, a cutting-edge facility designed to provide comprehensive training for industry professionals operating in the field of fire safety. This initiative reflects Hochiki's commitment to advancing knowledge and expertise in the industry, ensuring that professionals are well-equipped to handle the latest advancements in life safety technology.
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Hochiki, the leading provider of innovative, Japanese designed life safety solutions, specialising in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of state-of-the-art fire detection and emergency lighting systems will be at Intersec 2024 - the world’s leading event for emergency services, security, and safety.
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Please note that Hochiki Europe will be closed during the Winter Holidays: Closing 12:00pm Friday 22nd December 2023 Re-Opening 8:30am Tuesday 2nd January 2024. Our last order processing and shipping dates are detailed below.
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Hochiki Europe, a leading provider of innovative life safety solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of three highly experienced sales professionals, Adrian Willis, Jason Bryant and Nick Brammall, to its growing team. With their wealth of industry knowledge and expertise, Adrian, Jason and Nick will play key roles in expanding Hochiki's presence in the market and providing exceptional service to our valued customers.
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On Thursday 14th September 2023 the forklifts at Hochiki Europe’s new warehouse facility in Gillingham paused as the team welcomed MP for Gillingham and Rainham, Rehman Chishti and the Mayoress of Medway Cllr Nina Gurung to cut the ribbon and declare the new part of the Hochiki operation officially open.
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Global leaders in life safety manufacturing and design have achieved BOSEC approval for their ESP and Latitude products. BOSEC is the quality benchmark for fire protection in Belgium and is one of Europe’s highest quality marks requiring brands to undergo stringent and lengthy approval process to carry the accreditation. It covers products for passive prevention and active prevention, as well as organisations who work within the fire industry, such as installers and system designers.
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Research has revealed that the cost of avoidable fire alarms, such as false alarms, are costing SMEs in the UK £696 million every single year. The figure comes from research conducted by Red Fox, a leading and independent expert in technology and B2B research, commissioned by Hochiki Europe to understand the impact of false fire alarms on UK businesses.
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Mr Shinsuke Kubo, Hochiki Europe’s Commercial Director steps into the role of Managing Director from 3rd July, with Graham Lowe, the outgoing MD, remaining in the business part time to support Mr Kubo during his first year in the role.
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A new approach for The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service's response to Automatic Fire Alarm Signals from commercial premises began on July 1st 2023.
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This week employees based at Hochiki Europe, Gillingham in Kent, have virtually cycled a whopping 1443.96 kilometres to the Hochiki Italia office based in Verona in honour of World Wellbeing Week 2023.
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Leading manufacture of life safety products Hochiki Europe, have today demonstrated their commitment to training for life for fire engineers and apprentices with a sizeable donation of life safety equipment to Banham Academy’s new training facility in Derby.
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After the acquisition of Apex House, a large, purpose-built warehousing/shipping hub in Chatham, Kent, by the Hochiki Group in February 2023, work has begun on the refitting of the site.
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Fire Industry leaders Hochiki Europe will be attending the Fire Safety Event at the NEC, Birmingham this month where visitors will be able to benefit from demonstrations of the next generation of emergency lighting system.
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World leaders in life safety, Hochiki Europe, have today announced the launch of their next generation of emergency lighting, FIREscape Nepto. This intelligent, self-testing and self-monitoring emergency lighting system is set to revolutionise the emergency lighting market.
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Global life safety company, Hochiki Europe has today announced the purchase of multi-million-pound facility in Chatham, Kent. Following sustained demand for the company’s leading fire detection equipment and systems, the new facility represents an investment of £5.5 million by the group.
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Intersec opens its doors this coming January and Hochiki Middle East FZE, part of the Hochiki Group, will be giving visitors to the event a preview of the FIREscape Nepto emergency lighting system.
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Leading life safety manufacturer Hochiki has appointed Hemanth Kumar as General Manager for their Middle East and India operations reaffirming investment in their people is an investment in their customers.
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Leading life safety manufacturer Hochiki Italia has appointed Alessandro Marcon as their new Sales Director enabling a stronger focus on customer experience and sales.
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Launched this month, leading life safety manufacturer Hochiki Europe has opened its all-new training facility as well as launched brand new online courses to allow customers far and wide to upskill for life.
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Hochiki will be making significant new investments in their people to support the Middle East, Africa, and European regions in order to develop the expertise they can bring to their customers in 2022 and beyond.
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Leading life safety solutions manufacturer Hochiki Europe has appointed Richard Wharram as their new Export Sales Manager, replacing Mark Jones who has accepted a new role developing and managing Hochiki’s network of OEM partners across the export regions, enabling a greater focus and support for these partners.
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Leading life safety manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, has today announced a new perfect fit partnership which will enable its most sophisticated addressable multi-sensor device, the ACD, to be compatible with the MxPro 5 range of addressable fire control panels from Advanced Electronics.
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Leading Japanese life safety manufacturer, Hochiki, has launched in the Danish market with its most powerful and sophisticated fire control and indication system yet, L@titude. Following Part 13 certification which then paved the way for DBI approval, this market leading system uses an interface which is available in multiple languages, simple to use and understand.
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Annually the KWIB Awards celebrates the fantastic achievements of business women in the county of Kent. We are delighted that this year Katie Walker, HR Manager for Hochiki Europe (UK) has been shortlisted as a finalist in not one, but two categories – Leadership & Management and Resilience.
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Leading life safety solutions manufacturer Hochiki Europe has appointed James Morrison as the new Regional Sales Manager for the North of the UK replacing Richard Wharram who moves into one of two new roles to support the accelerated growth in system sales and Hochiki’s System Partner Programme alongside UK Systems Manager Neil Eves.
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Whilst the situation regarding the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe and the UK is developing and changing quickly, we would like to assure all our partners that the business has been continually reviewing and monitoring the UK Government’s advice.
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Leading life safety manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, has appointed lighting expert Ian Hill as the company’s new Emergency Lighting Business Manager.
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Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, has partnered with the FIA (Fire Industry Association) to host a roundtable discussing best practice when it comes to life safety in Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs).
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Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, has launched FIREscape+ - an innovative system which combines emergency lighting, fire detection and wayfinding technology.
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Following the growing debate around fire safety within Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs), Hochiki Europe, leading manufacturer of life safety systems, has published a new whitepaper exploring current British standards and guidance.
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The SOC-E3N is Hochiki’s new generation conventional photoelectric smoke detector, which is fully compatible with the majority of existing Conventional systems.
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The HFW-DHR-01 wireless magnetic door holder is compatible with all of the FIREwave Wireless Translator and Expander Modules enabling it to be easily integrated into a new or existing wireless systems.
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Hochiki Europe hosted an educational webinar on the updated British Standard (BS) 5266-1: 2016 Emergency Lighting at 10am on Wednesday 1st November 2017.
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Hochiki Europe, the leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, has launched a brand new analogue addressable life safety platform, L@titude.
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Some 95 per cent of life safety installers think that the industry isn’t doing enough to provide training for the next generation of professionals, according to new research from Hochiki Europe.
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Leading life safety system manufacturer, Hochiki Europe (UK) Limited, has strengthened its position in the Italian market by acquiring fire and security product distributor, Device and Electronic Systems (DES srl).
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Leading manufacturer of life safety systems, Hochiki Europe, has extended its energy-efficient FIREscape LED emergency lighting range with FIREscape lite; a new mains-powered, emergency lighting solution.
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