Comprehensive solutions for the mining and gas industries Elektrometal

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COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR

THE MINING AND GAS INDUSTRIES

Elektrometal SA, a company based in Cieszyn, Poland, is a leading manufacturer of products for the mining and gas industries. In 2013 it celebrates its 65th anniversary.

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Elektrometal has many years of experience in designing and manufacturing of special devices designed for work under difficult and dangerous circumstances and in unfavourable environments. The company’s business includes the production of explosion-proof, special and standard lighting equipment for mining, intrinsically safe wired communication systems for the underground mining, mining safety equipment, radio systems, cable connection sets, power distribution substations, equipment for locomotive battery charging, technical designing and making of electrical installations, compiling and assembling mining devices and productive services such as zinc coating, painting and sheet machining.

The other branch of Elektrometal’s operations is the production of natural gas pressure reducing valves (gas regulators) for medium pressures, and meter-reducing points for

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house connections. The company is the biggest producer and distributor of such gas regulators in Poland. Its share in Poland’s intrinsically safe signalling devices market amounts to about 65 per cent, and its share in the specialist lighting equipment and gas pressure reducing valves reaches 60 per cent.

65 years of tradition

Elektrometal SA has been operating in Cieszyn since 1948, initially under the Francopol name. The name of Elektrometal appeared two years later. Renaming was associated with the extension of the production range to household hardware and the telephone switchboards, which became the basis for the telecommunication equipment produced later. By the mid-70s, the production was separated into 20 separate units located in different parts of the town. In 1977 a new production unit was opened. The facility consisted of an 11-storey building, a production hall, warehouses, social rooms and special buildings with a total area of 24m2. In 1990, Elektrometal obtained the status of an independent stateowned company, which on 12 January 1996 was transformed into a commercial company called Elektrometal SA.

The company employs more then 300 employees. The Elektrometal crew is stable: as many as 66 per cent of the employees have worked there more than 10 years.

From Cieszyn to the whole world

The company’s annual sales are estimated as PLN 160 million (approx. €40 million). “Our products and services primarily go both to domestic and foreign coal mines. To establish a good position on the market the company has introduced an integrated management system according to the following standards: ISO 9001 (quality), ISO14001 (environment) and PN-N 18001 (work safety). Elektrometal, as a manufacturer of equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, has also incorporated into its management system the requirements for hazardous area quality systems, which meet the ATEX and IECEx standards. The company quality system fulfils the requirements of Machine and MID Directives, that makes possible production also in this industry sectors. Exports make about 20 per cent of sales and this share is still rapidly growing. “In 2000, we focused solely on the domestic market, whereas today we are also present in Russia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, South Africa, Australia, Mexico and recently even in Bolivia,” says Mr Wojtyla, the company’s president of the board.

Main products of shipyard industry comprise the following: • ship windows • ship doors • portholes • rotary heads • window boxes • ventilation shutters • sanitary cabins

Both Polish as well as foreign shipyards are among our consignees.

Vessels with the products of Bohamet sail under the flag of several countries.

Ship windows and portholes are approved by D.N.V., L.R., G.L. classification association.

We produce windows and portholes of various shapes and dimensions.

Depending on the requirements of a shipyard, these products may be manufactured of various material: • steel • brass • aluminum alloys • stainless steel • anti-magnetic steel

Type of glass employed: •fl oat • coloured • A or B grade • electric heated glass

Windows and portholes may be equipped with mosquito screens and sunshades.

We manufacture typical windows and non-typical windows such as for wheelhouses.

e-mail: skrzynki@bohamet.pl web: www.bohamet.pl

Carbonex Sp. z o.o. www.carbonex.katowice.pl

Company CARBONEX Sp. z o.o. was founded in 1989. The main area of our business is the design and manufacture of communication and control devices.

Our main products are: • Device of wireless shaft communication ECHO • System of remote control RADIAX • Acoustic warning device HEROLD

Our products enjoy a good reputation among users and are widely known. Users of our products are also satisfied with our service maintenance. Our main client are mines in the country and abroad. Our devices work in Russia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Colombia, Iran. Our company employs a staff of highly qualified and highly experienced in the design and operation of mining equipment.

Metalplast Kalisz

We have many years of experience in producing a variety of plastic parts, made by injection molding. The range of our customers includes companies associated with the mining and gas industry, engineering, construction, car care products, and others, operating on the Polish market and abroad. Consequently, we aim to be constantly considered a recommendable business partner. The company’s location in central Poland, quick delivery time and our care for each customer are our advantages. We specialize in the production of components from PP, PE, PS, PMMA, PC, PA, EVA.

We are looking forward to your cooperation

Speed and flexibility

In the 1990s the company was engaged only in production. It made many devices that were installed by other enterprises. This in turn meant that it was poorly recognised on the market. However, all that has changed. The manufacturing part of the company’s activity has been enhanced by a complex range of services. Now, Elektrometal not only sells its products but also offers their installation and integration into the customer’s system as well as providing post-sale service. Recently, more and more often it carries out turnkey projects. Elektrometal SA has extended its offer for the following products and services: shaft communication systems, visualisation and control system, distributors for LPG, solid fuel boilers, plastic processing, and computer activity. Since 2000, it has executed many complex investment projects, such as the construction of electrical distribution systems, pump stations, fan stations, coal processing plants. In 2012, the share of services in the company’s sales was about 60 per cent, clearly showing the direction, in which Elektrometal is developing both on the domestic and foreign markets.

Such a wide scope of services makes it essential that the company benefits from the modern research and development department. The office employs about 40 engineers and technicians, who work on the development of the products and services.

“For our company, it is clear that the success on the market will be determined in the 21 century by two basic parameters: speed and flexibility. With these two advantages, along with growth, stability and the highest quality of products and services, we can ensure the continuous development of the company,” says Mr Wojtyla. n

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Zakład Produkcyjny “BOHAMET” Sp. J.

We design and manufacture:

“d” fire resistant barriers for all “Ex” explosion protected products designed to operate in extreme danger explosive zones in mines.

We offer:

• “d” fire resistant boxes - distribution boxes, - junction boxes, - coupling boxes for connecting all types of mining cables in wired networks with a voltage of 6 kV • control buttons

We specialize in:

the production of large-scale covers - “d” fire resistant casings according to clients projects. Electrical equipment in the cabinets of our production works in the domestic mines as well as in foreign mines.