INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW 

AMA Research have published the 2nd Edition of the report  ‘Active & Passive Fire Protection Market - UK 2009-2013’. This report focuses on the housing and construction market and contains original input and a detailed assessment of both active and passive fire protection products.  Key product areas covered include: Fire Alarms, Extinguishers, Smoke Alarms, Sprinklers etc. Fire Doors  and Intumescent Seals Door Hardware – Closers, Locks, Handles, Hinges, Emergency exit hardware etc. Ceilings & Partitions Fire Resistant Cables Glass, Structural Steel etc.

Areas of particular interest:

• Recent growth rates and future prospects – both in the short term in 2009-10, and longer term prospects up to 2013.

• Fragmented supply structure reflecting product diversity.

• Manufacturers offer service and maintenance contracts to add value and increase competitiveness.

• Health and education spending helping to offset severe downturn in housebuilding in 2008-09

• Impact of legislation on market.

Some of the companies  included:

ADT Fire & Security, AEI Cables, AGC Flat Glass Europe , Apollo Fire Detectors Armstrong World Industries, Assa Abloy, Avanti Systems, Cape PLC, CGI International, Chubb Plc, Cooper Industries, Dorma, Draka UK, Dufaylite, Fire Protection Ltd, GE Security, Gent, Halma plc, Hochiki Europe (UK), Honeywell Inc, Initial Electronic Security Group (IESG), IR Group, Kaba Door Systems Ltd, Kidde Fire Protection, LS Leaderflush + Shapland, Macron Safety Systems (UK) Ltd, Nittan (UK), Notifier Fire Systems, Nullifire, Nu-Swift International, Pilkington United Kingdom, Promat UK Limited, Protec Fire Detection Plc, Prysmian, Rockfon, Rockwool Ltd, Saint-Gobain Ecophon, SAS International, SCHOTT UK, Senior Hargreaves Ltd, Siemens Building Technologies, SPI Fire Engineering, Spraysafe Automatic Sprinklers, System Sensor Europe, Thermal Ceramics, Triangle Fire Protection, Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd, USG (UK), UTC, Vetrotech Saint Gobain, Xtralis.

Key areas covered in the report include:

THE MARKET 

• Historical background – influencing factors, economic influences etc.

• Market size by value – overview of active and passive fire protection market, sector shares, development from 2004-2008, with forecasts up to 2013.

• Review of key factors influencing recent growth rates, future prospects, potential in domestic/non-domestic applications etc. Performance of housebuilding, public sector etc in 2008-10 period in particular.

• Future Prospects – short term in 2009-10 and longer term prospects up to 2013.

FIRE PROTECTION / EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS

• Market size by value 2004 - 08 - product analysis (alarms, extinguishers/sprinkler systems, smoke detectors), market size by value, growth prospects to 2013.

• Factors influencing market growth - non-domestic construction, regulations, slowing of growth of smoke detector market in domestic sector, market maturity, levels of imports.

• Household ownership levels - smoke detectors highly saturated in 2008. Fire alarms, extinguishers, blankets and sprinkler systems are relatively unchanged.

• Buying and specification process - range of equipment, key product developments, imports

PASSIVE FIRE PRODUCTS  

• Overall market for passive fire products – Fire Doors, Intumescent Seals, Door Hardware, Ceilings & Partitions, Cables, Structural Steel, Ductwork, Dampers etc. Review of overall market size 2006-13, recent growth and future prospects

• Fire Doors, Hardware, Intumescent Seals – market size, split between sectors in 2008. Timber and steel doors market size, trends and drivers – construction trends, switch to apartments etc.

• Review of Door Hardware sector – market size 2006-13, split between locks, handles, closers, emergency exit equipment, hinges in 2008. Key trends, growth of imports, price competition, sector applications – split between new build and RMI in housing and non-housing applications.

• Cables market – overview of market size 2006-13 for fire-protected cables, domestic / non-domestic split, trends, key influencing factors, review of key suppliers, distribution mix etc.

• Ceilings & Partitions – overview of market size 2006-13 for fire-protection products, trends, key influencing factors, key suppliers.

• Glass – fire resistant glass market size 2008, split between insulation and integrity glass, suppliers.

• Others – structural steel, ductwork and dampers – overall market size 2006-13, trends, key influencing factors, key suppliers.

DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY – ACTIVE & PASSIVE FIRE 

• Review of distribution structure for products - manufacturers, specialist distributors, electrical wholesalers etc.

• Review of major suppliers in all product sectors – leading companies, specialist suppliers, market positioning etc.

• Review of Imports and Exports.

• Future Prospects – key market drivers in medium –longer term.