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Flow Control and Fire & Building Products
Flow Control
Tyco Flow Control manufactures both standard and highly specialized valves in a wide variety of
configurations, body types, materials, pressure ratings and sizes. It also manufactures related
equipment, instrumentation and products such as valve actuators, gauges, positioners, valve control
systems and vapor control products, as well as a full line of thermal heat tracing products, specialty
heaters and related products and turnkey installation services. These products are manufactured in Tyco
Flow Control’s facilities located in North America, Europe, South America and the Asia-Pacific region.
Tyco Flow Control’s products are used in various applications including power generation, chemical,
petrochemical, oil and gas, water distribution, wastewater, pulp and paper, commercial irrigation,
mining, industrial process, food and beverage, plumbing and HVAC. Tyco Flow Control also provides
engineering, design, inspection, maintenance, repair and commissioning services.
Tyco’s valves and related products are sold under many trade names, including, among others,
KEYSTONE, GRINNELL, VANESSA, CROSBY, ANDERSON GREENWOOD, TYCO THERMAL
CONTROLS and TRACER. Tyco Flow Control sells valves and related products in most geographic
areas directly through its internal sales force and in some geographic areas through a network of
independent distributors and manufacturers’ representatives. The valve industry is highly fragmented
and we compete against a number of international, national and local manufacturers as well as against
specialized manufacturers on the basis of price, delivery, breadth of product line and specialized
product capability.
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. Tyco
Fire & Building Products manufactures these products in the United States, United Kingdom,
Germany, China and Malaysia and sells them under the TYCO, GEM, STAR, CENTRAL,
GRINNELL and CENTRAL SPRAYSAFE brand names. In North America, a complete line of steel
sprinkler pipe is manufactured by Tyco Electrical & Metal Products (Allied Tube & Conduit), thus
enabling Tyco to offer a complete line of fire protection systems and services. Tyco Fire & Building
Products 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.
Tyco Fire & Building Products sells fire protection products in North America, Central America,
South America and the Asia-Pacific region through a network of company-owned distribution facilities
as well as through independent distributors. 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 and
building 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.
Electrical & Metal Products
Tyco Electrical & Metal Products manufactures steel and related products in North America and
Brazil. Its 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, the Allied Tube & Conduit (‘‘Allied’’)
business is the leading manufacturer of steel electrical conduit, and our AFC Cable Systems division is
8 2005 Financials