Ervist Group of Companies in Partnership with NPO Spectron Aggressively Implements Import Substitution Program in Russian Security Industry

Moscow, January 19, 2015 –  Ervist Group of Companies - the leading Russian provider of products and security solutions for industrial special hazards and fire alarm systems – in partnership with NPO Spectron - has successfully completed one of the first projects within the Import Substitution Program in Russian Security Industry. This entailed substitution of imported Western security equipment for industrial hazards at one of the new projects of development of Arctic Shelf Oil and Gas extraction.

 

“Industrial Security issues are one of the most demanding for Russia,”- states Mikhail Rukin, Ervist Group General Director, Member of Committee on Security of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, “-Unfortunately, currently security in Oil and Gas in Russia is mostly covered by foreign-made products and solutions. In many cases our domestic developments are not inferior to foreign ones, and, in some – are superior in reliability; not to mention their cost-effectiveness”. 

Among the Russian security solutions for hazardous industries are: the "Yauza-Ex" product line and its component parts, "Elan" Linear Heat Fire Detector and others. All these are specifically designed and manufactured for operations and instantaneous fire detection at the industrial sites with high requirements for reliability and technical specifications. The efficiency of "Elan" Linear Heat Fire Detector is spectacular – it is five times cheaper than the foreign peer’s product, while the qualitative characteristics are far superior. 

An integral part of "Yauza-Ex" product line is Spectron-601Exd IR/UV flame detector. This proprietary Russian development is currently in big demand at domestic Fuel and Energy installations, especially in hazardous environments. Spectron-601Exd flame detector was awarded the Security Reference Award at SFITEX Security Show – as one of the top innovation developments.

Yuri Kozyrin, Spectron’s Technical Director, states: “The basis for each and every Spectron’s products is our proprietary schematic solution that is protected by the Russian Patent. We extensively employ the think tanks of major higher institutions of the Urals Federal District, of the Novosibirsk Academgorodok, as well as technical and scientific resources of our Defense Industry. This leads to establishment and maintenance of the highest possible reliability for our products. They are exceeding main parameters and characteristics of all similar products existing in the Russian market – both imported and domestically produced. ”

Ervist Group of Companies has worked out a List of Domestic Equipment that is suggested for the Russian enterprises within the Import Substitution Program in Russian Security Industry. We invite all interested to look at the List at our corporate Web-site; and send inquiries to us.

Ervist Group of Companies 

Since its inception in 1996, Ervist progressed from a small installation company to one of the leaders on the Russian security market in the segment of products and security solutions for industrial special hazards and fire alarm systems. Currently there are four companies in the Group: Ervist-Moscow; Ervist-North-West, St. Petersburg; Ervist-Siberia, Novosibirsk/ Yekaterinburg; and Ervist -Engineering, Moscow. That allows for coverage of main part of Russia, and provides for a decent operational infrastructure. Over the years, the Group delivered more than 1.5 million equipment units, designed, installed and successfully maintained more than 5,000 different-scale installations and solutions. The major customers are Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil, Rosenergoatom, Russian Railways, RAO UES and other large corporations and companies. The Group’s engineers, in cooperation with leading Russian manufacturers, have developed a number of systems and safety equipment for hazardous industrial facilities and industrial plants. The Group is a Reseller and Distributor of more than 30 domestic manufacturers. The Group is certified in Quality Management System ISO-9001. Member of the Russian Association of Security Industry AIB (RASI). 

NPO Spectron Scientific and Industrial Production Organization

 NPO Spectron since 2000 is the leading Russian vendor of high technology equipment for security systems – both for industrial and household applications. The scope of products covers a wide range of harware in the field of fire and industrial safety, anti-criminal and anti-terrorist protection; smoke detectors, controllers for security and fire alarm systems, lightning protection devices, products to protect components of video surveillance systems, components of warning and evacuation systems. 90% of the components are manufactured by the leading Russian enterprises (Defense and Aerospace included). The owned Design Bureau is engaged in development of software and schematics for our products. More than 40 innovation solutions are protected by the patents of the Russian Federation. Our equipment is used for security protection for over 500,000 installation in Russia, CIS countries, Mongolia and China.

www.spectron-ops.ru

Ervist Group of Companies Presented Proprietary Russian Security Solutions for Industrial Hazards at OIL TERMINAL 2013 Congress

Moscow, November 25, 2013 –  Ervist Group of Companies - the leading Russian provider of products and security solutions for industrial special hazards and fire alarm systems – presented latest proprietary Russian security solutions for Industrial hazards at  VIII International Congress on transportation, storage & transshipment of crude oil, liquefied gases and oil products "OIL TERMINAL 2013".  The Congress was staged  on November 21-22 in St. Petersburg. Over 250 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 participated.

“Industrial Security issues are one of the most demanding for Russia,”- states Mikhail Rukin, Member of Committee on Security of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, the Founder and General Director of Ervist Group - “Unfortunately, currently security in Oil and Gas in Russia is mostly covered by foreign-made products and solutions. We have decided to fill in the information vacuum and communicate to top managers and to practitioners of industry the latest domestic developments – in many cases they are not inferior to foreign ones, and, in some – are superior”. 

Mikhail Rukin delivered a presentation at the Conference "Innovative Technologies & Equipment for Tank Farms & Oil Terminals" where he described Russian solution for the industry: "Yauza-Ex" product line and its component parts, "Elan" Linear Heat Fire Detector and others. All these are specifically designed and manufactured for operations and instantaneous fire detection – this is extremely important for Oil and Gas facilities. 

Ervist Group’s booth at the Exhibition "Tank Farms and Liquid Bulk Terminals" attracted undivided attention of both top executives and technical directors – for the first time they were presented with an opportunity to compare their existing operations (based on foreign manufacturers’ products) with the Russian ones. As an example, they were impressed with efficiency of "Elan" Linear Heat Fire Detector – it is five times cheaper than the foreign peer’s product, while the qualitative characteristics are far superior. Technical experts highly appraised Spectron-601 IR/UV detector, an integral part of "Yauza-Ex" product line that was recently awarded the Security Reference Award at SFITEX Security Show.

“It was indeed unexpected for us to see presentation of Ervist security systems at the Congress of this type”, - states Alexey Zakhmatov, Deputy Chief Engineer for Security, SPETSMORNEFTEPORT UST-LUGA Port, - “Nevertheless, I guess I would not be mistaken if I express the general opinion of all participants - such display of a Russian technical vision that is transformed into fire security systems, is extremely valuable for our business.  Security is vital for our existence.”

The management of Ervist Group believes that participation in VIII International Congress "OIL TERMINAL 2013" was exceptionally advantageous both for experts of Oil and Gas Industry and for designers and developers of security systems – this is our input into ensuring Industrial Security of Russia.

Ervist Group of Companies  

Since its inception in 1996, Ervist progressed from a small installation company to one of the leaders on the Russian security market in the segment of products and security solutions for industrial special hazards and fire alarm systems. Currently there are four companies in the Group: Ervist-Moscow; Ervist-North-West, St. Petersburg; Ervist-Siberia, Novosibirsk; and Ervist -Engineering, Moscow. That allows for coverage of main part of Russia, and provides for a decent operational infrastructure. Over the years, the Group delivered more than 1.5 million equipment units, designed, installed and successfully maintained more than 5,000 different-scale installations and solution. The major customers are Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil, Rosenergoatom, Russian Railways", RAO UES and other large corporations and companies. The Group’s engineers, in cooperation with leading Russian manufacturers, have developed a number of systems and safety equipment for hazardous industrial facilities and industrial plants. The Group is a Reseller and Distributor of more than 30 domestic and foreign manufacturers – among them: TYCO, Xtralis; Trade Partner in Russia for: BOSCH, STAHL, MEDC, MIKA, Protectowire. The Group is certified in Quality Management System ISO-9001. Member of the Russian Association of Security Industry AIB (RASI). 

Ervist Group at OIL TERMINAL 2013 Conference

Last week Ervist Group participated in VIII International Congress on Transportation, Storage & Transshipment Of Crude Oil, Liquefied Gases And Oil Products "OIL TERMINAL 2013".  The Congress was held November 21-22 in St. Petersburg in SOKOS Hotel and included:

• VIII International Congress "Oil Terminal 2013"
• V International Exhibition "Tank Farms and Liquid Bulk Terminals"
• IV International Conference "Innovative Technologies & Equipment for Tank Farms & Oil Terminals"

This was the first time that our Group participated in such event and this was worth it. Around 250 representatives of oil trading companies, oil terminals, Russian and European ports, refineries and oil storage farms were present; 50% were top management and 50% technical directors. Generally speaking Vostock Capital did an excellent job. First, this was a relative small hotel with comparatively small space: that means that the crowd was constantly interacting and was not lost in spacious halls. 

The opening session was very interesting to listen to: especially with analytic that Mr. Montepeke of Platt’s delivered on global trends on Oil & Gas

 The exhibition was also compact and presented a good opportunity to engage in discussion and see some samples. The exhibition itself showed the general Russian picture: most of the exhibitors were foreign and/or Joint Ventures, Partnerships. In fact, the only domestic products that we have seen was the display of Ervist Equipment and solutions of an innovative Russian company that makes equipment for recuperation and recovery of oil and oil products vapors in the tanks. Here is how the system looks at one of the petrol filling stations in Russia:

 By the way, this an extremely good solution for oil terminals and petrol filling stations:  it does not only reduce hazards but also allows for recuperation from vapors and sale of oil products. It is only starting its sales in Russia but I am sure it has a good future.

Ervist booth was located at strategic crossroad within the Exhibition and attracted a lot of visitors.

Ervist Group presented its integrated solutions for Oil & Gas Industry with the Yauza-Ex Suite of Equipment and Elan Fiber-Optics Laser Fire Detector. We also featured an array of various fire detectors from Spectron, our Partner. 

Most of our guests were top managers from Oil Terminals throughout the world, and many of them were indeed surprised to learn about our solutions. As an example, Director of a terminal in one of the Baltic States, compared Elan characteristics with the one that he already has from a European vendor – the fact the Elan equipment is capable to locate over the fiber optics cable the source of heat within four meters over total span of 8 km. He notes that Elan is far superior over similar equipment by European manufacturer

Coming to this show, we were expecting some flow of visitors, but never that big – on the first day only we had about 50 different groups visiting. One of the peculiarities of our solution was presentation of Yauza-Ex suite with complete set of associated equipment: detectors, sensors, flashing lights, annunciators, etc. This was highly appreciated by experts. Mr. Alexander Malinovskiy, Chief Commercial Officer, Ervist Group was eloquent, but extremely (and obviously happy) tired at the end of the day.  

 Another significant event within the Congress was IV International Conference "Innovative Technologies & Equipment for Tank Farms & Oil Terminals". I, personally, did not expect much, but, to my surprise, the attendance was full – at least of the session that was dedicated to fire security.

The opening report of moderator of the session – Professor Felix Demekhin of the State Fire Academy of EMERCOM, was indeed perceptive and sophisticated – there was a clear and definite classification of all fire hazards on Oil & Gas installations – with actual pictures and suggestions for improvement. It was our pleasure, that the report delivered by Mikhail Rukin, General Director, Ervist Group, “A Modern Approach to Fire Alarm and Special Hazards Systems Design at Industrial Installations. New Fire Alarm Products” – in fact was the continuation of the ideas and suggestions that presented by Professor Felix Demekhin.

 Summarizing Ervist experience of participation in "OIL TERMINAL 2013" it should be noted that it was a real accomplishment.  First, we were able to communicate to top management of Oil & Gas terminals the ideas of our domestic, Russian-produced fire safety solutions. These are based on advanced technologies, are user-friendly, and – what is of most important – cost-effective as compared to foreign vendors.  Second, we had the opportunity to exchange views and find actual requirements of the industry. We do hope that the seeds that we planted at the Conference shall yield in a good crop – first and utmost – INDUSTRIAL SECURITY of Russia.

Over the cup of coffee – Mikhail Rukin, as a Member of Committee on Security of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, General Director of Ervist Group discussed the issues of fire safety for industrial hazards in Russia with Professor Felix Demekhin of the State Fire Academy of EMERCOM.