SFITEX 2013 – A Personal View

Last week 22^nd International Security and Fire Exhibition was held in St.Petersburg.  What surprised me personally – a rather modest scope and actually information vacuum around the show. During my years in business, I had a chance to participate in a number of shows in telecommunications, finance, natural resources and security. This was the most shy one.  Despite the name “International”, very few global players were present, mostly through their distributors; and it was a tough job to find anything in the press.  Even now, when I look at official Web-site – I can find only 6 insignificant news items. Yandex, a Russian search engine gives only ONE relevant news item about the running show; while Russian Google - FOUR news reports on the running show. This is really astonishing, since during my meetings with experts, many of them mentioned some exceptional Russian developments in security and fire technology. However, I have heard one unanimous verdict – SFITEX is an image building event with really low commercial outcome.

Anyways, there were several things that attracted attention – large lavish booths by major trading houses, some of them were trying to attract attention of numerous students by theatrical shows like this one…

 

Ervist Group participated in partnership with Rielta Company:

We did have some meetings with a few of potential customers and system designers,

But what was really important, we met with a lot of our partners and were able to discuss our plans and latest developments. 

 A good pleasurable moment was the news that Spectron-601 fire detector, an integral part of "Yauza-Ex" product line, was awarded the Security Reference Award. Ervist Group congratulates Spectron NPO with this achievement, as this detector represents a unique Russian technology development that allows for provision of quality protection.

Another interesting discussion was with the management of Eternis Group of companies when they reported the Group’s latest fire extinguishing equipment. This is also one of the things that is in demand in the market.  Just watch this test show here: 

 Anyways, the visit was useful, as we have discussed a lot of plans and now we are bound to implement them…

Ervist Group of Companies Announces Participation in "OIL TERMINAL 2013" International Congress

Moscow, November 18, 2013 –  Ervist Group of Companies - the leading Russian provider of products and security solutions for industrial special hazards and fire alarm systems - announces its participation in VIII International Congress on Transportation, storage & transshipment of crude oil, liquefied gases and oil products "OIL TERMINAL 2013".  The Congress will be held on November 21-22 in St. Petersburg and is a place of meeting of representatives of oil trading companies, oil terminals, Russian and European ports, refineries and oil storage farms from all over the world, as well as Russian federal authorities.

"Problems of fire safety, particularly in locations such as offshore oil and gas platforms, large-scale storage facilities of liquefied natural gas and oil, oil refineries, always had been and still remain extremely significant," - notes Mikhail Rukin, the Founder, Chairman of the Board, and General Director of Ervist Group - "We have accumulated considerable experience in design, installation and commencement of industrial special hazards and fire alarm systems exploiting domestic and foreign solutions and techniques. Our goal is to convey  this experience to Industry professionals that participate in the Congress.”

 Currently in Russia, foreign vendors suggest a lot: in both equipment and technology; however we have decided this time to focus on the latest developments of domestic producers – in no way they are inferior, in many cases, they are superior to imported ones.  Mikhail Rukin is one of the speakers of the Technical Conference with a report: “A Modern Approach to Fire Alarm and Special Hazards Systems Design at Industrial Installations. New Fire Alarm Products.”  At the Exhibition the Group will display "Yauza-Ex" product line and its component parts, "Elan" Linear Heat Fire Detector and others. According to our experts, these are suited ideally for protection of Oil & Gas hazardous facilities – as they are capable of instantaneous fire detection. Moreover, Oil and Gas professionals will be introduced to the Group’s partners: Spectron Group of Companies (development and production of fire detection systems) and Eternis Group of Companies (development and production of professional fire extinguishing  systems – water mist, powder – and relevant controls). Thus, for the first time, we offer to Oil and Gas Industry an integrated set of services that allows to organize for enterprises and facilities multilevel protection and alarm system, fire detection and firefighting.

“We want to highlight new developments of Russian security engineering, the ones, as we think, put forward our country into first lines of global market,” – states Alexander Lyubochkin, Chief Engineering Officer, Ervist Group. “Just a few days ago at the SFITEX Security Show, Spectron-601 fire detector, an integral part of "Yauza-Ex" product line, was awarded the Security Reference Award. Another partner - Eternis Group recently made a sensation at "Fire India 2013" Show with their TRV-Garant water mist fire extinguishing modules and Garant powder fire extinguishing modules series.”