Commemorative plaque

Brass plate inscribed "Presented to James Fluker Esq, Chairman and Managing Director of Minimax Ltd...to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the firm.. November 1928"

This plaque was presented to the chairman and managing director of Minimax, James Fluker, in 1928 to commemorate 25 years of activity. The plaque was preserved by the Chubb company’s internal archive.

Minimax was founded in 1903, opening a factory in 1911 that produced 1000 extinguishers a month with worldwide orders – including an order from the Czar of Russia. The Siberian Railway was stocked with Minimax extinguishers. The company was most famous for its conical extinguishers.

The Minimax factory continued producing throughout both World Wars, producing 200 extinguishers a month in WW1. The company was taken over by the Pyrene company in 1955, who were then taken over by Chubb security in 1967. The Feltham factory remained famous for its art-deco design, with the gateway retained as public art when the building was demolished in the 1980s. A number of nearby roads are named in the company’s honour.