Screwfix launches LifeSafe’s StaySafe

LifeSafe Holdings PLC

18 September 2023

 

For immediate release                                                                                                        18 September 2023

LifeSafe Holdings plc

("LifeSafe", the "Group" or the "Company")

Screwfix launches LifeSafe's StaySafe All in-1 fire extinguisher in 850 UK stores and online

LifeSafe (AIM:LIFS), a fire safety technology business with innovative fire extinguishing fluids and fire safety products, announces that its industry-leading StaySafe All-in-1 fire extinguisher is now available in the Screwfix (part of Kingfisher plc) chain of 850 stores in the UK, and on its website.

The StaySafe All-in-1 contains a non-toxic, non-hazardous, eco-friendly patented fluid and can extinguish ten types of everyday fire; lithium-ion batteries, bio-ethanol, motor oil, bio-diesel, diesel, E5 and E10 petrol, electrical, textiles, wood and cooking oil. The StaySafe All-in-1 is lightweight, easy- to use, maintenance free and fully recyclable. The product can be kept anywhere a fire may start.

Stuart Strelley, Trading Manager Screwfix, said: "We are pleased to be working with Lifesafe and have launched the Stay Safe All-in-1 to Screwfix customers via our website and our 850 branches."

Neil Smith, CEO of LifeSafe, commented: "In offering this potentially life-saving solution, we are delighted the new StaySafe All-in-1 is now available through Screwfix, the UK's leading multi-channel supplier of trade products, representing a significant sales channel. With more than 17 million homes in the UK without any form of fire extinguishing capability the StaySafe All-in-1 is an eco-friendly, fire extinguishing solution that is simple to use and effective across multiple fire types."

The StaySafe All-in-1 can be seen in use here: https://www.lifesafetechnologies.co.uk/products/staysafe-all-in-1-fire-extinguisher    

For further enquiries:

LifeSafe Holdings plc	Via FTI Consulting
Dominic Berger, Chairman	[e-mail]
Neil Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Mike Stilwell, Chief Financial Officer
WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Chris Fielding
Darshan Patel
Isaac Hooper
FTI Consulting (Financial Communications)	Tel: [phone]
Tom Hufton	[e-mail]
Harriet Jackson
Liam Gerrard

Notes to Editors

LifeSafe is a fire safety technology business that develops eco-friendly, novel and innovative fire extinguishing fluids and life-saving fire safety products.  Through its highly experienced management team, LifeSafe is successfully creating new markets for the Group in fire safety through its unique technologies, products, digital marketing and multi-channel sales.

LifeSafe has developed what the Directors believe to be a market disrupting range of eco-friendly fire safety protection products including, launched in December 2022, a new Thermal Runaway Fluid to combat thermal runaway in lithium battery fires by permanently extinguishing and preventing the re-ignition of lithium fires.  This is an evolution of the Group's core FER1000 extinguishing fluid, for which the Group has been granted a patent in the UK, which has been developed by LifeSafe to extinguish five different types of fire: electrical, paper, textiles, cooking oil, and petrol and diesel.

The Group launched its best-selling first generation StaySafe 5-in-1 fire extinguisher using this fluid on Amazon Prime in the UK in August 2021.  It subsequently became Amazon Prime's top-selling fire extinguisher in the UK in the same month.  The StaySafe All-in-1, an evolution of the Group's core fluid which is verified to extinguish ten different fire types, was launched in the UK in April 2023 and in the US in July 2023.  StaySafe products were launched in Screwfix in Spring 2022.

LifeSafe is continuing to develop new fluid derivations for applications in various industrial market sectors.

LifeSafe was admitted to trading on AIM in July 2022 with the ticker LIFS.L.  For additional information please visit https://www.lifesafeholdingsplc.com.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lifesafe-technologies

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LifesafeT

About Screwfix

Recognised as being "where the trade buys" and promising a fast, reliable service, Screwfix is the UK's leading multi-channel supplier of thousands of high quality screws, fixings, hand tools, power tools, plumbing and electrical supplies. Combining trade prices and a massive range of leading brand name items, Screwfix offers over 18,000 products and is fully committed to customer care and support.

Screwfix is part of Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company with approximately 1,500 stores, and operations in eight countries across Europe. We operate under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, TradePoint and Koçtaş, supported by a team of over 80,000 colleagues. We offer home improvement products and services to consumers and trade professionals who shop in our stores and via our e-commerce channels. At Kingfisher, our purpose is to make home improvement accessible for everyone.

 

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