Almost right; Grunau Sprinkler was a division of Grunau Mechanical located in Milwaukee WI. Grunau purchased Vogel Sprinkler in 1969 and began manufacturing sprinklers for their own use, and for sale to contractors. The sale to contractors was not going well, after all what contractor wants to buy from their competitor. In 1983 Grunau bought the Star name and patents from the Chmetron Corporation then combined the best of the Star and Grunau product lines and began manufactured them under the Star name (still a wholly owned subsidiary of Grunau). TYCO bought Star in the mid 90's and eventually folded the Star, Central and Gem lines into TYCO. The only sprinklers from the old Star / Grunau line still being manufactured are the PH2 Institutional Pendent and PH5 Institutional Horizontal Sidewall albeit with a different activating mechanism.
Richard L. Mote ET NICET Cert. No. 067611 Designer Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. 7993 Route 522, Suite 1 P.O. Box 407 Middleburg, PA 17842 P 570.837.7647 F 570.837.6335 -----Original Message----- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Todd Letterman Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 10:19 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Sprinklers Thank you for the info, it really helps. -----Original Message----- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Mike Cabral Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 8:08 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Sprinklers Grunau as I recall was a mfg. and a contractor. Star purchased the product line and Grunau remained a contractor. I think there were family ties with the two firms. They had a full line of products. Star, Central and the Gem (Grinnell) line all now fall under what is now Tyco. Over the years the product lines became one product line. For some time each product was sold through different channels. Efficiencies of scale, evaporation of the licensees programs (ask an old timer) the merger of independent distribution into National chains changed the fire sprinkler industry into what we have today. Not in a bad way just a more open market. Sorry rambling! Sent from my iPhone On Dec 22, 2012, at 12:45 AM, "Russell & Carol Gregory" <rcgreg...@snap.net.nz> wrote: > The Grunau head we used in NZ in the 70's/80's was an Institutional > Head for use in cells and the like > > Russell Gregory > Ph 03 338 4853 > e-mail rcgreg...@snap.net.nz > -----Original Message----- > From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org > [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Todd > Letterman > Sent: Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:12 AM > To: Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > Subject: Sprinklers > > Does anyone have any information on a Grunau Fire Sprinkler? > > Todd Letterman CFPS,CET > Senior Fire Protection Consultant > Hughes Associates Inc > 2535 Camino Del Rio South/Suite 320/ San Diego Ca 92108 Cell > 951-691-7993 Office 1-619-344-0310 Fax: 619.344.0908 > [cid:image001.jpg@01CDDF7C.CE7671A0]<http://intranet.haifire.com/Knowl > edgeBa se/graphics/HAI%20Logos/Code%20Consulting.GIF> > [cid:image002.png@01CDDF7C.CE7671A0] > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/atta > chment > s/20121221/fe1d869e/attachment.html> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was > scrubbed... > Name: image001.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 4678 bytes > Desc: image001.jpg > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/atta > chment > s/20121221/fe1d869e/attachment.jpg> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was > scrubbed... > Name: image002.png > Type: image/png > Size: 1199 bytes > Desc: image002.png > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/atta > chment > s/20121221/fe1d869e/attachment.png> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
