Product category:
Shutdown, SIS and safety systems
News Release from: Hima Paul Hildebrandt
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 May 2007
Safety specialist establishes subsidiary
in Italy
In April 2007 Hima Paul Hildebrandt + Co established its own subsidiary, Hima Italia Srl in Italy, to better service the Italian market, where Hima are market leaders for safety controllers
The Italian market is a significant international platform for the company, where Logitec Automazione has been actively representing Hima since 1987, and has achieved the position of market leader in the area of safety-related controllers, an area which will now be further expanded Increased market closeness and customer orientation as well as reinforcement for the on-site support are important advantages that Hima offers with the new subsidiary
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Hima Italia portfolio includes the sale of safety-related automation solutions, project management, engineering, training as well as comprehensive service.
Ronald Emig is the sole administrator of the new subsidiary, with a team of four people.
The new 160 square metre offices in Vimercate near Milan provide sufficient room for further personnel expansion, so the team can therefore be successively increased if necessary.
In the past 20 years, Hima has installed approximately 500 safety systems in Italy and, in the same period, has also sold almost the same amount in other countries via Italian contractors.
With a market share of over 70%, Hima is market leader in Italy in their core business of chemicals and petrochemicals, as well as oil and gas.
The end customers include, amongst others, Agip, API, ENEL, ENI and SASOL as well as systems integrators and Italian contractors (amongst others Technip and Snamprogetti), who deliver to non-European end customers, e.g in the Middle East or Africa.
Hima develops and manufactures products and solutions for safety-related automation tasks for the process and manufacturing industries.
Hima-solutions are used for applications up to SIL 4 (IEC 61508) or Kat 4 (EN 954).
These include Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD), Fire+Gas Systems (F+G), Burner Management Systems (BMS) as well as High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) as well as application solutions for conveyor systems, presses, paint shops, body welding facilities, assembly systems and lifts.
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