Published in the December 2012 Coal USA Magazine
The company began in 1912 as a cattle feed manufacturer called Bastol Sales Company.
Francis Hood purchased the company in 1915 and renamed it Ansul Chemical Company, based on its primary product at the time – a refrigerant. This marked the beginning of the Tyco legacy of ingenuity.
In 1939, the company acquired DuGas Engineering Company, a small manufacturer of dry chemical fire protection equipment, and introduced its first cartridge-operated fire extinguisher the same year.
Ansul went on to become a brand of special hazard fire protection products for applications underground, offshore, onboard, in the kitchen, around the plant, at the office, off the road, and in the air.
