7 May 2026

Kentec Electronics has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise. Kentec is one of only 185 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in 2026. Announced on Wednesday, 6 May, the Award acknowledges the company’s outstanding achievement in International Trade.

Kentec was founded in 1985 and is one of the world’s pioneer life safety solutions, manufacturers of conventional, analogue addressable fire detection and extinguishant control panels. All design, development and end-to-end manufacturing is undertaken from the firm’s headquarters in Dartford, Kent, where it employs around 290 people.