Ford is working to recover after a fire broke out at a power sub-station beneath its US corporate headquarters, briefly shutting down data center operations and prevented it from gathering sales data. The automotive giant is reported to have the building completely evacuated in Dearborn MI. As a result the power had to be completely cut off and the servers which had to receive sales data from dealerships all over USA were temporarily cut off from the internet. During the incident no injuries were reported and the fire was brought under control after a few minutes but until it became apparent that every nook and cranny was cleared for every kind of risk the building was opened for the staff to enter again.

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Coltraco Provides Devices Used For Monitoring Fire Suppression Systems
Coltraco is an ultrasonic level indicator manufacturer, a family company, with 3 generations of the family working for the business alongside an extremely talented group of individuals, all who share our values and commitment to science and commercial integrity. The company was founded in 1987 by Mr. E C Hunter, a Royal Naval (RN) Submariner 27 year at sea & his son Mr. Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, the current CEO.

Mr. E C Hunter spent 5 years working for the Admiralty Research Laboratories, specialising in sonar technologies. It became clear to him that marine CO2 suppression systems could benefit from a portable ultrasonic device, able to monitor the contents. Methods at the time involved either weighing cylinders, or using testing devices that included a radioactive source. Identifying a significant market opportunity, with large commercial vessels typically holding up to 600 x 45KG cylinders on-board, Mr. E C Hunter retired and set to work. By 1987 he had produced the world’s first dedicated marine portable liquid level indicator, able to monitor multi-banked rows of cylinders aboard commercial vessels. Whilst the original monitoring device was complex to use, its accuracy was unparalleled, able to read cylinders to within 1/8th of an inch or +/- 1.5 mm. It took another 3-4 years until 1990 to develop a unit which was more user-friendly. Today, Coltraco have equipped over 9000 ships, 25 Navies, 1000 offshore oil & gas platforms, 100 power stations and 5000 fire safety companies. We export our state of the art modern liquid level indicator and other devices under our banner to 105 countries and exports constitute 85% of our output.