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July 15th, 2008

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TurboFoam Installation Video

April 1st, 2013

John McLoughlin and Brian Roherich worked to put together this great installation overview for FRC’s new TurboFoam Direct Injection Foam Proportioning System. This video in no way replaces the installation manual, but it does cover the basics of installation. This is not a sales or operations video! You will not learn how to operate the TurboFoam system here. It describes the steps a truck builder needs to perform to install the new foam system. The audience for this video is District engineers and mechanics, OEM engineering staff, and technically minded folk who want to understand the components of the TurboFoam system.

R·O·M Corporation Acquires Fire Research Corp.

January 8th, 2013

BELTON, MO / NESCONSET, NY (January 7, 2013) – R·O·M Corporation (“R·O·M”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Fire Research Corporation (“FRC”). FRC will become a subsidiary of R·O·M and maintain its presence in Nesconset, NY.

FRC Founder Jack McLoughlin, along with his two other partners Toh Meng and Neocles Athanasiades will continue at FRC. Toh Meng, will assume the role of President of R·O·M’s Electrical Component Division. The transaction allows both companies to share best practices and continue to develop market-leading products. All FRC operations, including sales, customer service, engineering and production will remain based in Nesconset, NY.

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SPECTRA now UL Listed!

December 7th, 2012

We got word today from UL that all SPECTRA LED lighting can now be classified as UL listed.

While this doesn’t change the design of our SPECTRA line, it does give us something to crow about! Expect to see updates on our website, promotional materials and labeling as we can implement those changes.

“Congratulations! UL’s investigation of your product(s) has been completed under the above Reference Number and the product was determined to comply with the applicable requirements.”

Shown above is a 12V LED SPECTRA mounted forward. Note to self: please don’t drive to the scene with this light on as you will mostly certainly blind other drivers!

Take a tour of FRC

November 12th, 2012

FRC was recently featured on our local public access cable TV station (Smithtown Government Television). Brian Roehrich leads the tour of our facilities in this 12 minute video filmed earlier this year (2012) which includes all major production and assembly areas.

Did SANDY affect FRC?

November 1st, 2012

FRC is located well inland and did not sustain any damage due to the recent storm. We did lose electric and phones for two days but we are up and running and have scheduled overtime *to ensure that deliveries are not impacted*. We appreciate all the good wishes!

Power was restored to FRC late on Oct 31st. Some internal computer systems suffered damage but those have been replaced and operations were in full swing by 1pm Nov 1st. Some employees are still without power in their homes or without telephone service and gas lines have been a hassle. Our main phone lines were out (including our fax line) for another day or two though we were able to operate on backup lines during that time.

from Google’s Crisis Map for Sandy