Marcel Boschi's Mather & Platt

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Mather & Platt Ltd. Fire Department
In 1883 - Mr. (later Sir) William Mather, while on a visit to the United States, secured the sole rights to market the Grinnell automatic sprinklers in all parts of the world except U.S.A. and Canada. With his friendship and association with John Wormald who had joined Dowson, Taylor & Co. from the insurance industry, Mather & Platt used this event to mark the beginning of yet another side of the firm's activities - one which was to leave a lasting legacy to the history of Fire Protection ...

A NAME RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY - MORE THAN A CENTURY OF FIRE PROTECTION

The company pioneered and developed a number of protection and extinguishing systems for use particularly where the risk is highly hazardous in nature. Notable among these are the "Mulsifyre (High Velocity Spray) System" (for products with flash point more than 68° C) which extinguishes fires in power stations and numerous industries where such risks are present, and "Protectospray (Medium Velocity Spray) System" (for products with flash point less than 68° C) which protects plants containing highly flammable liquids or gas storage centers, chemical and petrochemical plants. Many of the largest petrochemical plants have installed this latter system.

The company was a leader in the design & manufacture of high quality engineered products and systems which protected life and property and improved living standards throughout the world. It became known for the protection of ... Power generation - Oil refineries - LPG bottling plants - Chemicals / Petrochemicals - Loading / Offloading Jetties / Ports - Nuclear Power stations - Textile Industries - Coal/ Steel Industries - Onshor/ Offshore oil & gas - High rise commercial premises - Marine Applications ...