Extra M

Printing plant Extra M is one of the biggest and most modern in Russia. Its core activity is the high-speed production of colour newspapers and the realisation of online nesting – the process of cutting and scanning for errors - in newspapers and magazines. The Geoman printing press installed at the plant is capable of producing 14,515,200,000 A2-sized pages each year. Extra M's customers include most of Russia's leading newspaper and magazine publishers.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

When Extra M built a new production facility, it needed a brand-new fire safety system. Two factors were key to the design and effective operation of the system: protection of the facility’s huge open production area and relatively small office space while working with large amounts of highly flammable materials. With these two challenges in mind, Extra M's security management began the process of identifying a suitable fire safety system provider. Ultimately UTCFS and its local fire detection installer, Paladin L, were selected to provide this massive printing site with a suitable solution.

UTCFS’s solution

Extra M uses UTCFS’s FP fire detection platform. More than 300 fire and smoke detectors are installed throughout the massive Extra M production plant, with each reporting any threat to the FP control panel. This is monitored in a central control room where the FP platform interfaces with all the plant’s other safety and operational systems such as extinguishers, lift control, air conditioning and voice evacuation systems. Known for its reliability, scalability and efficiency, the FP fire detection platform has earned a great reputation in the market, complies with international security standards and is supported by fully certified local installation companies. Extra M is confident that it can now offer its employees a safe and efficient working environment.