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Tyco Electrical & Metal Products
Tyco Electrical & Metal Products manufactures electrical raceway and related products primarily in
North America and Europe. Our products include steel electrical conduit, pre-wired armored cable,
flexible electrical conduit, metal framing systems, cable tray and cable ladder and related products
utilized in the construction, industrial and original equipment markets. In North America, Allied
Tube & Conduit (‘‘Allied’’) is the leading manufacturer of steel electrical conduit, and AFC Cable
Systems is the leading manufacturer of steel and aluminum pre-wired armored cable. Georgia Pipe
manufactures plastic conduit. Allied manufactures metal framing and support systems and electrical
cable tray and cable ladders in North America and sells them under the Powerstrut, Unistrut and T.J.
Cope trade names.
Allied manufactures and distributes welded steel tube products in North America and in the
United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, welded and drawn steel tubing is manufactured under the
trade names of Newman Monmore, Newman Phoenix, Tyco Tube Components and HUB LeBas. We
manufacture and distribute specialty steel strip products in the United Kingdom under the JB&S Lees,
Firth Cleveland Steel Strip and Ductile Stourbridge trade names. In Brazil, tube is manufactured and
sold under the trade names of Frefer and Dinaco. These businesses serve a wide spectrum of customers
and applications ranging from automotive, fire protection, security and safety containment, recreational
equipment, commercial construction and traffic control systems. Products compete on the basis of price,
availability and breadth of product line.
Tyco Fire & Building Products
Tyco Fire & Building Products manufactures and sells a wide variety of products to fire protection
contractors and fabricators of fire protection systems. These products include a complete line of fire
sprinkler devices, specialty valves, plastic pipe and pipe fittings and ductile iron pipe couplings. We
manufacture these products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China and Malaysia
and sell them under the GEM, Star, Central, Grinnell and Central Spraysafe brand names. In North
America, a complete line of sprinkler pipe is manufactured by our metal products unit (Allied), thus
enabling us to offer a complete line of fire protection systems and services. Tyco also produces a
complete line of specialty fastening products for the building industry that are manufactured in the
United Kingdom under the trade names of Lindapter and Ancon and metal framing and support
products that are manufactured in the United Kingdom and Germany.
Central Sprinkler maintains a network of distribution facilities in the United States that stock and
sell a full line of fire protection products directly to contractors and installers. GEM Sprinkler and Star
Sprinkler sell fire protection products through a network of independent distributors. In Canada,
Central America, South America and the Asia-Pacific region, we sell fire protection products through
independent distribution and in some cases directly to fire protection contractors. In Europe and the
Middle East, we operate a number of company-owned distribution facilities which stock and sell a full
line of fire protection, mechanical, building products and other flow control products. Competition for
the sale of fire products is based on price, delivery, breadth of product line and specialized product
capability. The principal competitors are specialty products manufacturing companies based in the
United States, with other smaller competitors in Europe and Asia.
Tyco Infrastructure Services
Tyco Infrastructure Services provides a broad range of environmental, consulting and engineering
services through its Earth Tech business. Earth Tech’s principal services consist of a full-spectrum of
water, wastewater, environmental and hazardous waste management services. We also provide
infrastructure and transportation design and construction services for institutional, civic, commercial
and industrial clients; design, construction management, project financing and facility operating services
for water and wastewater treatment facilities for municipal and industrial clients; and transportation
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