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{{Infobox Company
| company_name = American Signal Corporation
| company_logo = [[Image:American_signal_logo.gif]]
| company_type = [[Public company|Public]]
| foundation = 1942
| location = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| key_people = John Adler, Regional Sales Manager, Dale Moeller, designer of current sirens.
| number of sirens = Over 5 designs, over 600 installations.
| industry = [[Public safety]]
| total solutions = [[Computer Systems]]<br />[[alerting and notification systems]]<br /
| homepage = [http://www.americansignal.com/index.php]
}}

'''American Signal Corporation''' is a [[civil defense siren|outdoor warning siren]] company in America founded in 1942. The company started off from the early "Biersach and Niedermeyer" company, whom's name continued until 1990.

==History==
The Company was called Biersach and Niedermeyer Company in 1873, and started to make Outdoor Sirens in 1942. The company was then called ACA (Alerting Communicators of America) in the late 1970s. The company made outdoor warning sirens since 1942, starting with the Mobil Directo. Starting around 1960, they branched off into other designs, including the 10 HP. Banshee, the 2.5 HP. through 10 HP. Screamer, the 50 HP. Cyclone (which was also used in other countrys) among other types. In the 1980s, they decided to make the "Penetrator" line of sirens, which was a substantial improvement over the previous types they built.

==Older made sirens==
Most of these sirens are old, and hard to come by. Some were more common, while others were much rarer.

*[[ACA Allertor 125]]
*ACA Mobil Directo (under Biersach & Niedermeyer brand, used Federal Signal parts.)
*ACA Hurricane 130
*ACA Hurricane 130 (MK II)
*ACA Screamer Series. Ranged from 2 HP to 10 HP.
*ACA Banshee 110
*ACA Banshee 115
*ACA Sentry 95
*ACA Cyclone 125
*ACA Cyclone 120 (40 HP. version, only lasted for a couple years)

From the 1980s onwards, here is what was in production.

*ACA Cyclone (A foreign 53 HP. version was built, too)
*ACA P-10
*ACA P-15
*ACA P-20
*[[ACA P-50]]
*ACA Howler

==Rebrand==
ACA went bankrupt in 1990, and Dale Moeller bought the company. Then, they became the current ASC brand.
Here is what was built during that time:

*RM-127
*RM-130
*RM-135
*OM-120
*RE-1600

==Current mechanical sirens==
Tempest siren line is the current mechanical siren line.

*ASC T-112
*ASC T-121
*ASC T-128
*[[ASC T-135]]-AC/DC

==Current electronic sirens==
These are their good quality electronic speaker array sirens.
Alertronic line:
*AL-1000

*AL-2000

*AL-4000

*AL-8000

Others:

* E-Class PA speaker array

* iForce/Quadrant modular array

[[Category:Companies based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1942]]

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Revision as of 05:12, 11 October 2009

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