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Ansul (Johnson Controls Fire Protection)
Marinette, Wisconsin-based fire suppression products brand; subsidiary of Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI). Produces FORAY ABC dry chemical — monoammonium phosphate base with proprietary additives (yellow color), manufactured by "an exclusive chemical process." The sole Ansul ABC agent providing Class A fire suppression capability. Marinette, WI facility (One Stanton Street) produces dry chemical fire suppression agents and systems. Import data suggests Ansul imports components and potentially base MAP from China (confirmed China import shipments in Panjiva database). Suzhou Wuyue's customer list explicitly includes "Ansul" — suggesting Ansul may source base MAP powder from Suzhou Wuyue and reformulate/additize into FORAY at Marinette, or alternatively that the relationship pre-dates a switch to domestic sourcing. Ansul also makes halon, Purple-K, and CO2 systems; FORAY is the ABC powder brand. Johnson Controls acquired Tyco International (2016) which included Ansul.
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FORAY ABC Dry Chemical Suppression
40%Fixed Fire Suppression Systems
35%Restaurant & Industrial Suppression
15%Portable Fire Extinguishers
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Did you know2024
[single-source] Ansul (a Johnson Controls subsidiary) sells FORAY ABC dry chemical — its branded monoammonium phosphate fire suppression agent — as manufactured via "an exclusive chemical process" that implies domestic US production at its Marinette, Wisconsin facility. Yet Suzhou Wuyue Synthetic Fire Sci-tech (Mudu Town, Jiangsu, China) explicitly lists "Ansul" as a customer in its marketing materials. These two facts are difficult to reconcile: either Ansul sources base MAP from Suzhou Wuyue and additizes it in Wisconsin (making "Ansul" a Chinese powder in a Wisconsin package), or the Suzhou Wuyue relationship is pre-2010s and Ansul has since built domestic capacity. Johnson Controls' own import records (Panjiva) confirm Chinese import shipments. The provenance of FORAY ABC dry chemical — one of the most widely deployed fire suppression agents in the United States — is ambiguous in its China content.
Ansul / Johnson Controls ↗Origin2023
Ansul was founded in 1915 in Marinette, Wisconsin -- founded specifically to address fire hazards at the Ansul Chemical Company, by employees who recognized that no adequate dry chemical fire suppression technology existed for chemical plant fires. Marinette, Wisconsin (northern Wisconsin, on the Menominee River) became Ansul's permanent home and has remained so for 110 years. Ansul invented the first effective dry chemical fire extinguisher technology and built the FORAY ABC powder brand into the standard for US commercial and industrial fire suppression. Johnson Controls acquired Tyco International in 2016; Tyco had acquired Ansul in 2005. The current ownership structure: Ansul (brand + Marinette Wisconsin manufacturing) is a Johnson Controls subsidiary within its Fire Protection segment. FORAY ABC dry chemical -- the product of a 110-year-old Wisconsin fire chemical tradition -- has an ambiguous supply chain relationship with Suzhou Wuyue (a Chinese MAP powder manufacturer that lists Ansul as a customer), raising unresolved questions about how much of FORAY is domestically produced versus Chinese-powder-additized in Wisconsin.
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